My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday July 18 This is not going to go away. The revelation that Bishop wasn’t prepared to pay back the money for her helicopter flight […]
Politicians: undoing their folded lies
By Jennifer Wilson It ought to be self-evident that any individual or politician or government or opposition sincerely concerned with the welfare of waterborne asylum […]
Get Mike to do it.
As with so many of his categorical promises, when Tony Abbott said “the GST won’t change – full stop, end of story”, he lied. Having […]
“Where is your spine, Mr Shorten?”
Dear Mr Shorten, I don’t actually know why I afford you the respect of addressing you by title, since you clearly have no respect for […]
Labor’s Asylum Seeker Policy Should Be A Seven Point Star!
“I’m not in favour of changing the flag, I’ve got to say. Although I have to say that if the Commonwealth star was to be a […]
Shorten joins Abbott on the Dark Side
There was a certain politeness about Waleed Aly’s critique of our political system in his article this week, “Politics: the ugly game where the melee […]
“What about my rights?”
It would be easy to assume that the Government of a country founded on democratic principles and the rule of law would have a semblance […]
How dirty?
How do I feel about Labor adopting Abbott’s turn back the boats policy? I will try to explain using a football analogy. On Sunday I […]
What opposition?
By Matt Hurley It appeared in the beginning that Opposition leader Bill Shorten’s modus operandi was to simply shut up, sit still and watch as Abbott destroyed […]
A solution is ready and available – right here, right now
By Sean Crawley Occasionally I get the chance to talk politics with real life humans. Mostly this centres around apathy, disgust and frustration, and almost […]
Being better than Bronnie or driverless cars and terrorism
There’s going to be a trial of the driverless cars in South Australia. Now, I just read that the driverless Google cars in the US have […]
The Whitlam SJ Model – the small electric car that saved Australia
Ford, General Motors, and Toyota have pulled the pin on us and tens of thousands of Australians are about to be dumped on the job […]
Come on Australia, what are you so afraid of?
Australia is scared – scared of debt, scared of unemployment, scared of carbon pricing, scared there won’t be enough to go around when they get old, […]
The continuing saga of Bronwyn Bishop
The Bronwyn Bishop saga continues and deepens. At the same time another pitiful effort is uncovered, writes Ross Hamilton. The subject of whether or not […]
George Christensen, standing between our children and a thousand years of darkness
On the 16th of May, Scott Morrison announced that the Abbott Government will invest over $22 million in assisting humanitarian entrants and other vulnerable migrants […]