Talkin’ shit on the tee-vee
By Ross Sharp “The ABC is out of control and must be reformed!”, howls Andrew Bolt, the Herald-Sun’s resident expert on taste and restraint, and […]
Your Say
Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Women, Sex, Why?
By Jennifer Wilson So, if I came away with anything after last night’s final episode of ABC TV’s The Killing Fields, oops, sorry, The Killing Season, […]
If only we could
It’s been a fairly heated week and perhaps it’s time for a bit of fun. So . . . Let’s imagine . . . One […]
Who leaks?
Welcome to another Your Say. Can we talk about leaks? They certainly have been big news this week: Senior Minister Ian Macfarlane has described as […]
Nudge to humans from planet Earth: How many warnings do you lot need?
“Hi Humans. Lately you may have noticed that I have accelerated the melt rate of my Antarctic Glaciers. Lately you may have noticed that I […]
A Massive Over-Reaction
What is Anzac Day to Australians and New Zealanders? As an Australian, I was taught to see it as a day of honouring the fallen, […]
What We All Forget About Is Asia
Sir ScotchMistery has been taking a long hard look at Australia-China relations and puts forth his opinion. Disclaimer. The following viewpoints are those of the author […]
There’s always something to talk about
There’s always something to talk about. Certainly far more than we can write about. “What we need then” said our wise heads, “is a forum […]
I won’t be carrying a gun, and I don’t want you to either
“What happened in that cafe would be most unlikely to have occurred in Florida, Texas, or Vermont, or Alaska in America, or perhaps even Switzerland […]
Everything is politics
In this piece on The Drum today titled “Labor misreads the politics of Ebola,” Paula Matthewson argues that the Opposition has misjudged its stance on the […]
Alan Jones, Heather Pascoe, I am with you
As the silent tentacles of Eddie Obeid were, piece by ugly piece, exposed to public view, we listened in horror. The party that allowed this […]
This is the most biased article you will ever read
I was recently reading some sporting survey results on the viewing habits of Australian sports fans. I wasn’t at all surprised to find that Australian […]
Murdoch hasn’t finished yet
Did you notice anything during the election campaign? I noticed that the ferociously rabid Murdoch media unleashed itself as the most persuasive and effective media […]
Why Labor Lost
Firstly: The truth of the matter is that my Party is at times its own worst enemy. For the six years Labor has been in […]
#OneTermTony – back to basics
As the dust settles on Tony Abbott’s election victory, I can’t help but feel extremely optimistic about this country’s future. That might sound like an […]