“I’m black and I’m proud to be”
The Adam Goodes’ saga reminds us that racial vilification is one of sport’s most contentious issues. Racism in sport historically has been a display of […]
Wonderful Humanitarians – The Altruism of Our New Coal Miners
“Coal is good for humanity, coal is good for prosperity, coal is an essential part of our economic future, here in Australia, and right around the […]
Racist Australia? Of course.
The Adam Goodes booing saga has me shocked. I’m not shocked at the incident itself; as a lifelong AFL supporter I’ve seen a lot of […]
The victim mentality
When Julie Bishop appeared in Harper’s Bazaar in December last year she said women should “stop whingeing and just get on with it.” “Please do […]
I once booed Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes is an Australian I rate highly as not only a footballer but as a pillar of our society. His performances off the field […]
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
1 It’s difficult to criticise Labor’s proposal to impose the so called Buffet Tax on the rich when the Australian Taxation Office had found that […]
Boys Club Beneficiary Gives Opinion On Quotas and the Quality Of Women
This week we have witnessed white people instructing Aboriginal people about what is or is not racism. We have witnessed the Speaker of the House who has been exposed to be a serial breaker of rules, receive backing from the Prime Minister to remain in the job which will decide who else breaks the rules. Now we have Jamie Briggs, Member for Mayo, a former PM staffer elevated into a blue ribbon seat by The Boys Club, giving his opinion on ‘quotas and the quality of women in parliament.’ Has the world gone mad?
Bishop stays. Goodes goes. Abbott is silent. What is wrong with this picture?
In case you are still in any doubt about what matters and what doesn’t to the Anglo-Saxon hegemony think on this: white Speaker of the House […]
We Have The Right To Boo, Do We Have The Maturity Not To?
When somebody points out that Adam Goodes is being booed not because he’s indigenous, it’s because of his “behaviour”, I can almost buy it. After […]
The politics of solidarity
Solidarity is an idea that is in the foundations of the ALP, writes Tim Curtis, and that means sticking together to fight for the common […]
Hippie daze in the earth garden
We bought a block of dirt in the hills behind Goomboorian (Qld). By putt-putting away from Brisbane in our old Kombi we just knew that […]
Ten Questions for Cory Bernardi and Penny Wong
Ten questions I would have liked to have asked Cory Bernardi and Penny Wong on marriage equality
With all that is wrong with Australia, all we hear about is boats
I truly detest how this country is treating asylum seekers and I detest the policies of both the Coalition and Labor – none of which […]
Scare Campaigns Hide an Economic Void
Just eight weeks after the release of the 2015-16 Federal Budget, one that the MSM will tell you was well received, serious doubts are now […]
Vote For Tony Abbott Because Consistency And Focus Mean Everything And A Cat!
Now, there’s one thing I love and that’s consistency. I’m not going to talk about my first wife, or even mention her, but she was extemely […]