The Coalition’s Savings measures – what do they mean for you?
In defiance of the strategy, that won them power in 2007 and the obvious preferences of a large part of the electorate, Labor has adopted […]
An Open Letter to Fairfax Media Limited
To whom it may concern, A great deal has been said about the media in Australia of late, especially with regard to political coverage. Most […]
This is Democracy
500 BCE, Athens This is Democracy. Each year, 500 names are randomly drawn afresh from the pool of eligible voters. These 500 citizens will serve […]
And The Winner Is …
This is emphatically not an election campaign about policy. Labor’s are mostly already in place and the Coalition doesn’t have any “big ticket” policies that […]
Literally doesn’t mean literally anymore, and the Conservatives have been Radicals since the 80s
The word ‘literally’ has been redefined in the Oxford English Dictionary – to include what is widely accepted as the ‘wrong’ definition.The dictionary has altered their […]
Careless whispers nothing to dance about
In my years of being old enough to know what an election campaign is, I cannot recall one so inundated with media tales of what […]
Joe Hockey Manages to Smear Himself
The Courier Mail today ran a story revealing that would-be Treasurer Joe Hockey failed to declare a family interest for most of the duration of […]
People told me to read between the lines, but I didn’t see anything written there!
“Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a Coalition policy to pay long-term unemployed young people who find a job up to $15,500 is “a sensible investment”. […]
Since when did we become a greedy nation?
Watching QandA last night I was struck dumb when a young female member of the audience pounced on Bill Shorten for the government not matching […]
The government that doesn’t want to govern
On 1 October, the Affordable Health Care Act comes into force in the United States. It has split the US down the middle – by […]
An Open Letter to Journalists at News Ltd
Dear News Ltd Journalists, I’m writing you this letter on behalf of all Australians. That includes everyone who can vote in the upcoming election, as […]
Talking about my generation
I was thinking the other day about my generation, or the people I come into contact with from my generation, and how little they care […]
Bias – Are we talking lawn bowls or loaded dice?
Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a “jack” or […]
NBN: Redefining Possible
There’s been a lot of noise in certain corners of the media about Rupert Morlock Murdoch and his opposition to the NBN in Australia, which […]
Abbott v Rudd in the Education Debate
TONY ABBOTT: Leigh, I think the education debate, the school education debate shouldn’t be about funding, it should be about quality, and that’s what we’re […]