The Chinese political donations blow up
Well the dragon is out of the bag. The Chinese political donations scandal has taken front and centre stage in Australia, with politicians now dotting […]
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Speaking Of History: Though I Disagree With What You Say, I Am Doomed To Repeat It!
Ok, let’s have a little think about Dutton last week, but before we do that, let me just state that I’m an angry white male […]
What economic plan?
By Ken Wolff Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared that GDP growth of 3.1%, reported by the ABS on 1 June, showed that his plan for […]
Dear America, please don’t make Donald Trump your president
So Donald Trump wants to be president. Well I would implore all Americans to think long and hard before casting a vote in his favour. […]
Australia versus USA on social housing – how do we compare?
By Dr Heather Holst On a recent trip to the USA I was struck by the progress being made nationally to solve the homelessness crisis. […]
Terrorism in Australia
I wonder how I would feel about the title of this article if I lived in Syria or Lebanon, Somalia or Pakistan, Yemen, Palestine, Israel, […]
There must be a better way
Solving the problems in the Middle East is a task we cannot achieve but we can certainly do better in Australia to protect our children […]
Does a successful ERF auction bid really help an Australian company to remain competitive?
By Dr Anthony Horton Now that the results of the second Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction have been released, I think it is reasonable (and […]
Dear Mr Murdoch
By Bob Rafto. Dear Mr Murdoch Life’s good for an old fella it seems and may you live long to enjoy it. However, there is […]
The top 5 signs that your country’s Refugee Policy is a disaster
Australia’s Minister for Saying-We’ve-Stopped-the-Boats – one Mr Peter ‘PDuddy’ Dutton – was out and about this morning defending what he and his government believe is […]
First Class Travel and the Danger of Extremism . . .
This morning Paul Sheehan quoted Canadian author, Mark Steyn who was over in Europe to see what immigration had done. Canada, of course, has been […]
Free Trade Agreements – economic or electoral?
Since September 2013, the ‘achievements’ of our government could be broadly summarised by ‘knock it down, rip it up, sell it off or shoot it.’ […]
Bob Katter nails it: we are being deceived about the FTA with China
Bob Katter is a man I’ve never paid much attention to. He’s on the other side of the country and might as well be on […]
Against radicalisation
By Barry Hindess My title might seem to suggest an hostility to radicalisation, that is, to the thing itself – and thus as endorsing the […]
Metadata, Australia and Edward Snowden
By Daniel Ellery I have some thoughts, one being that this war on ‘terrorism’ has created through surveillance on unparalleled scales, the largest form of […]