Are you a Real Australian? Not if you’re a woman.
As I read this piece by Sean Kelly at The Monthly yesterday, titled Real Australians: The way we talk about our country needs to change, I […]
Your Say
We are All Equal before the law in Australia, and was that a pig flying by my window?
By Terence Mills The Commonwealth has been assiduous in pursuing people who had received entitlements from Centrelink to which they were not legally entitled. Ignorance […]
Media women name and shame sexual predators … unless they are politicians
Further allegations have been made against Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, including multiple sexual harassment and molestation claims dating back to 2012. One of the […]
Dear Premier … don’t do it
Dear QLD Premier and Deputy Premier MPs Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk (Inala) and Hon. Jackie Trad (South Brisbane) I write to you both today as not […]
Replacing Neoliberalism: A model for the future
Neoliberalism is in its death throes around the world. In the United States the wealth gap between the poorest and the richest is at an […]
‘Spring clean’, anyone?
By Kyran O’Dwyer There is an old adage, “Lie to me once, shame on you. Lie to me twice, shame on me”. Day after day, […]
Our priorities need a serious rethink
By Warwick O’Neill Just in case you’ve been living in a shoe box today, let me take this opportunity to advise you that Lisa Wilkinson […]
The bottom of the barrel
By Christian Marx Once again Murdoch attack dog, Rita Panahi has outdone herself with her article (pay-walled) on Harvey Weinstein. Weinstien is at the centre […]
Expect Future Storms to Intensify
By Keith Antonysen Malcolm Turnbull says that the LNP is doing everything possible to keep Australians safe in relation to terrorism (ABC, A.M. 4/10/2017). There […]
“Catastrophic neglect”
By Julie Grint The death of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee in Papua New Guinea is the sixth fatality on Manus Island in just four […]
The Rule Book
By Kyran O’Dwyer If you are to believe the pollsters, politicians are not trusted. Various ‘ratings’ put the level of trust in the ‘profession’ at […]
Macklemore and the NRL Grand Final: The Politics of Sports
One cultivated myth of human endeavour is the creaky and far from convincing idea that politics and sport are strangers, gazing indifferently from distant across […]
“War Pigs”
By Christian Marx Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the […]
Power to the people? Perhaps not.
By Terence Mills There is something very strange going on with power pricing in Australia, particularly so in the states where privatisation of distribution and […]
Vote ‘Yes’ to bring down the wall
Why I’m looking forward to my first gay marriage By David Ayliffe I’m a celebrant and I love performing weddings. You meet people at […]