The Rise of Mammon
By Bob Rafto In the 1960s and 70s there was such a thing as the American and Australian dream, things were good, in America nappy […]
Your Say
Dear Pauline – Let Me Explain
By Bob Rafto Dear Pauline, You have been derided on social media and in the mainstream media as a fact-free redneck from Queensland on just […]
What do we do about Sam?
By Steve Laing A smartly dressed man walks up to an attractive woman sitting alone at a hotel bar. “If I give you $50, will […]
*SIGH* A Personal Review of Negative Commentary
I’ve read two interesting articles this week. One was by Lorelle on WordPress how blogging is like stand up comedy and the other was how […]
Is the Prime Minister suffering a form of electile dysfunction?
By: Redcuchulain On Thursday they lost a vote in the House of Representatives. Something that the Gillard government never had the misfortune of happening to them, […]
Fighting from the Left
By her own admission Jennifer Meyer-Smith has never said she knows all the answers when it comes to how we Aussies are going to get ourselves […]
Why do 13 Coalition backbenchers need to racially offend and insult?
Today, the first sitting day of a new parliament, thirteen, yes thirteen coalition backbenchers defied their Prime Minister and called for an amendment to Section 18C […]
The Cancer of Capitalism
By Christian Marx Capitalism by its very definition is exploitative. It relies on winners and losers. At its most basic definition it can be defined […]
The pueriles of Pauline
Richard Ackland’s brilliant article today (‘The defence of free speech is limited for the anti-18C brigade‘ in The Guardian) reminds us of one of Pauline […]
Australia, Vietnam and white male supremacy
I don’t know who came up with the macabre notion of recreating the concert at which Little Pattie was performing when the Battle of Lon […]
There’s never been a better time for white men and Section 18C
Oh, that David Leyonhjelm! What a scamp he is! As you probably know, he’s making a complaint to the Human Rights Commission under Section 18C of […]
Hypocrisy and Censorship from the Right
By Christian Marx Right-wing regimes have a history of censorship and obfuscating the truth. From Mussolini to Hitler to Pinochet, one of the first actions […]
Pretty money makes graves: give in to Trump, give up to lust
By Oliver P. Clarke Well, it has happened. The Republican Party has officially nominated Donald Trump as their candidate for President of the United States. […]
From Hero to Zero – When a PM fails to deliver
By Peter McCarthy When Malcolm Turnbull saved the Liberal Party from annihilation by taking over the Leadership of the party from Tony Abbott, things were […]
Royal Commissions and the LNP
By Tracie Aylmer The 4Corners program into torture within children’s detention centres in the Northern Territory must have really shocked a great number of people […]