Do Taxes Fund Spending?
Let’s step way outside our comfort zone here and take part in a discussion that, I think, we need to have. It is about money. […]
Why do people riot?
As we look at the turmoil around the world, it only reinforces how lucky we are to live in Australia. While it is far from […]
Greater Australia-Japan Military Ties: another dangerous step for Australia in the coming age of pax-Sino
The upgrading of Australia-Japan defence ties by the Abbott Government sends a dangerous and irresponsible signal to China, writes Dr Strobe Driver. Bishop, Johnston and […]
What Gina wants, Gina gets
In 2012, Gina Rinehart self-published a book called Northern Australia and then some: Changes We Need to Make Our Country Rich. In it she calls […]
Hockey’s Class Warfare
When a politician defends his/her position by drawing attention to social classes, you can be forgiven for thinking his/her original argument wasn’t that strong to […]
Is it DD Day?
From The Australian Greens comes this breaking news: The Australian Greens along with communities around Australia are celebrating the survival of the Clean Energy Finance […]
Earn or learn: earn for opportunistic job providers – learn that your qualification means nothing
“If you’re a school leaver or unemployed and between the ages of 18 and 30” writes Edward Eastwood, “then you’re considered fodder for the Job […]
It’s Abbott Time We Got Some Perspective!
“While some sections of the media continue to show their political bias by accentuating what they think is a negative, Mr Abbott and Mr Obama, […]
When your dad is not the PM
Frances Abbott, 24 year-old daughter of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, made news a couple of weeks ago when it emerged she’d been offered a $60,000 […]
Hi ho, Hi ho . . . where am I spose to go?
This government is fully aware that their policy regarding unemployed people under 30 will cause enormous hardship. This is shown by the fact that they […]
This government is now officially obscene
One of my more mundane, but at times more amusing jobs as a federal public servant was for a short time reviewing letters to and […]
Hockey’s lazy, lying helpers
It disturbs me that this email is hitting the in-box. Disturbing in that there appear to be a high number of Australians who are satisfied […]
A ‘budget emergency’: it’s all about choices
The excuse for the draconian cuts made by Abbott and Hockey is that there is a budget emergency and a debt crisis. I in no […]
Compare the pair
Joe Hockey’s budget has been widely rejected by the Australian people. And he knows it. How do I know he knows it? Because why else […]
Joe Hockey, Shrek and Other Misunderstood Ogres!
“This year the Australian government will spend on average over $6,000 on welfare for every man, woman and child in the country. Given that only […]