Tony’s women
Jacqueline Maley writes: Prime Minister-elect, we’ve been through this! We’ve talked about it time and time again and we thought it was resolved. After you […]
An Abbott and two Bishops walk into a Party
“I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply […]
Why I don’t write Satire
Ok, the other day someone asked me why I don’t seem to write as much satire anymore. There’s too much competition, I explained. But I […]
The job losses Tony Abbott didn’t want to tell you about
Tony Abbott’s pledge to cull 12,000 jobs from the Public Service went down well with the electorate. From the time John Howard took over as […]
Australia is Nobody’s Business
From today, I declare that Australia is under new management and that Australia is once again open for new business,” Tony Abbott “All models are wrong; […]
What does Abbott stand for?
What exactly does an Abbott government stand for? After reading Julia Gillard’s insightful and useful appraisal of what’s come before and what might come after […]
An Open Letter to Bob Day
Dear Bob Day, I would like it known from the outset that this is not a letter of congratulation. I will not be showing any […]
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” – Aldous Huxley
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we […]
Whose fault is it?
I once observed that it’d benefit a lot of organizations if someone was paid to take the blame when things go wrong. “We’ve overestimated/underestimated/overspent/missed the […]
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 […]
#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 […]
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
1993 – Hewson has lost the unlosable election. He had released the most detailed policy, outlining his plans for a GST, welfare reform, cutbacks to […]
Usually, they wait till you’ve signed the contract before revealing the fine print!
Who else received a Contract from Tony Abbott? Just wondering, because I misplaced mine and I’ve been searching for it on the internet, and I […]
Meanwhile, in other news
I can’t help but notice how lazy many of the political journalists in the mainstream media have been during this election campaign. It is evident […]
Australia Cannot Afford the Coalition
This isn’t an article about economics. This is an article about something far more precious: Culture. Australia is losing the best parts of itself and […]