Lest we forget
We have been here before – and we must not forget it. At least, the world has, and some of its older residents remember at […]
Politics
Vale Dave Graeber
When one writes satire, it’s sometimes hard to write something serious and have people realise that you’re actually just writing what you actually think, particularly […]
A damming report on aged care the government cannot ignore
The COVID-19 deaths in our aged care institutions has revealed the dereliction of duty by the federal government, as it is the federal government who […]
Pandemic Reflexes: Lockdowns and Arrests in Victoria
Ugly. Rough. Police in the Australian state of Victoria muscling their way in. The father and children watching. It had all arisen because the pregnant […]
The Face of British Trade: Tony Abbott Goes to Blighty
The question was put by interviewer Kay Burley on Britain’s Sky News network to UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock. “Is Tony Abbott the right kind […]
Energy and power
I was 10 when I started my first year in the Secondary Grammar School in the UK. The school system at that time saw us […]
Let our old folk die? Abbott sets the tone for a cruel and heartless government’s next act.
“We haven’t got everything perfectly right … we continue to learn from the experiences of previous events”. Richard Colbeck appears as this week’s poster-boy for […]
Blunder from Down Under
According to Richard Denniss, the chief economist and former executive director of The Australia Institute, government spending is the key prop of the Australian economy. […]
Staying alive
When my children were young, and referred to anything that happened before they were born, they used to talk about “in the olden days”. I […]
Politicians with a death wish
By 2353NM You have to wonder if some with a high profile in the ALP have a political death wish. Recently, the government’s performance was […]
Australia-China Relations: Down Under Squabbling
These are proving testy times for Australian-Chinese relations. Last week, Chinese authorities announced that an investigation would be conducted into claims that Australia has been […]
Seeking the Post-COVID Sunshine: Consolidating Win-Win Commercial Relationships with China?
By Denis Bright What should be Australia’s responses to those mega Chinese commercial and development initiatives which have already transformed the global political economy? This […]
Australian policy needs consistency
I am a dual national – one advantage of which is that I cannot ever sit in the Australian Parliament – but nothing can stop […]
The Blame Game – only it isn’t a game!
When things go wrong in a political context, the finger finally points at the man at the top of the ladder of responsibility. In life, […]
Morrison is not a Leader
By 2353NM Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of the USA in the aftermath of the ‘Great Depression’ that commenced with the stock market crashes […]