Understanding Australian Government Finances
By Denis Hay Introduction Understanding the Australian government’s finances is crucial for grasping the broader economic picture. Misconceptions about budget surpluses and deficits often lead […]
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Conspiracy: the disease that threatens our survival
Sometimes it takes a war correspondent to cast light on what is happening at home. The New Yorker’s Luke Mogelson has just published The Storm […]
Accusations in a mirror: US warnings for Australian civil discourse
Extremist rhetoric from the ever-more radical right makes it impossible for their followers to see the facts about the centrist governments in America (and Australia). […]
Australia might be saving our democracy. Can the UK and US?
Almost precisely a year ago, John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations published an essay by this author entitled, “Think tanks have put British democracy at risk.” […]
Australians must not ignore the Religious Right’s global warnings
Australians have begun to see the new face of extreme religion in our “conservative” politics. The international influences are varied and interconnected. These radical forces […]
Asylum seekers languish through the job summit
In the week of the Albanese government’s job summit, the immigration department again sent out a raft of letters to bridging visa holders in Queensland […]
Golan Heights – Questions on Australia’s role still unanswered
By Hungry Charley Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent statement on a new role for Australian peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, where they would join an […]
Beyond the ‘Palace Letters’ (part 1)
By Dr George Venturini Beyond the ‘Palace Letters’ Traveller would find a constant element through those three events: the Évian Conference, the Kimberley Plan, and […]
The enemies of free speech
By Kathryn The unspeakable, blatant ultra-right-wing bias of the Murdoch press in favour of the LNP is the huge elephant in the room here! Why […]
The Coalition money shuffle
One of Joe Hockey’s first acts as Treasurer in 2013 was to gift the RBA $8.8 billion. The main reason for this was to make […]
Piggish Problems: African Swine Fever Does Its Worst
You cannot get away from it, at least in print or in Google land. African swine fever is doing its rounds, cutting through the swine […]
The Évian Conference
By Dr George Venturini The Évian Conference In 1930, with the Great Depression severely affecting Australia’s workforce, the Scullin Government (1929 – 1932) tightened up […]
Morrison’s monumental dysfunctional Pacific “family” failure
No matter how much money you put on the table it doesn’t give you the excuse not to do the right thing, which is cutting […]
CPAC’s travelling show can pack up and go home. And stay there.
“I’ve been to the border,” Fox TV’s Judge Jeanine Pirro says. US citizens living there talk of “rape trees” upon which the clothes of rape […]
Big Mouthed Blue-Eyes: Frank Sinatra in Australia
The demigods are rarely tempered, and Frank Sinatra, who considered himself one, along with a horde of adulating fans, was one who rarely faced the […]