$110,000 done, $69 billion to go.
I actually read things. You know how you just click on “I agree to these terms and conditions” when joining something? Well, I’m the guy who often reads them. I … Continue reading
In the light of the Budget, the NDIS and Gonski…
We can’t afford it? How many times will we hear that? Our debt is now the equivalent of $14,000 for every working Australian. (I read this in the Murdoch Press, … Continue reading
Budget Blues and Other things
In January of this year I wrote a piece outlining my list of “political priorities for 2013.”I blogged it prior to the Prime Ministers announcement of a September election. I … Continue reading
#Budget2013 The way twitter saw it
Simulpost with TurnLeft2013, post by -99- of TurnLeft Labor chooses a stronger, smarter, and fairer Australia #Budget— Wayne Swan (@SwannyDPM) May 14, 2013 A weaker, dumber and meaner Australia #budget2013— … Continue reading
How come readers of the Fifth Estate can see what our journalists can’t?
Apart from momentarily shouting that it will make Australia a better place, ie, acting as Tony Abbott’s mouthpiece, the mainstream media hasn’t said boo about Abbott’s Industrial Relations policy, unveiled … Continue reading
Tainted Journalism
Yes, I’m writing on this topic again. On the same topic that I wrote about last week in response to Mr Denmore and the same topic that my mother, Kay … Continue reading
The Journalism of Conviction
‘Everyone sees through their warp, through their bias, through their pretentions, through their needs.’ Norman Mailer, on journalism. I read with interest Jonathan Green’s defence of journalism and his identification … Continue reading
May Day May Day Update 2
May 9 came and went and it was somewhat of a fizzer. It seems Mr. David Ettridge still has some work to do. One cannot help but draw some hypothetical … Continue reading
Monday’s at Monica’s
By John Lord Monica Attard was my tutor in fine arts at Melbourne University. She was a tall angular woman who carried herself with style and sophistication. We first met … Continue reading
The Lateral View
Government debt is frequently referred to as “the credit card” by Joe Hockey. This is, of course, a deliberate attempt to make the Labor Party sound like those “hopeless” people … Continue reading
Predicting the future is hard, but predicting the past is an oxymoron.
“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. … Continue reading
Man Overboard Tony’s Boats Backflip
And Jesus said: “This is my commandment: Love one another, as I have loved you. No one can have greater love Than to lay down his life for his friends” … Continue reading
Keep your hands off the poor, Mr Hockey
In a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs yesterday, Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey warned that a Coalition government would implement drastic welfare cuts, finger-pointed that “attacking spending and looking … Continue reading
Joe Hockey, Welfare to Work and a pack of damn lies
While researching my forthcoming post ‘Keep your hands off the poor, Mr Hockey’ (in response to yesterday’s speech to the IPA where welfare cuts were flagged), I dug into my … Continue reading
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