The truth as opposed to what Melissa Price says
Today, the misnamed Minister for the Environment, Melissa Price, announced that, on the advice of the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia, she was approving the Adani […]
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Trending Issues: Address in Reply-Appealing to National Consensus
By Denis Bright In the traditions of outstanding Address in Reply Speeches from the Labor Party since the days of Andrew Fisher in 1909, […]
It’s only words, and words are all I have
The Coalition have delivered a budget full of promises that they hope will win them re-election but, until those promises actually eventuate, they’re only words. […]
Dead Kids Are Not Sophisticated, Scott. Put Hanson Last.
One Nation flew to a foreign country to ask for millions. They asked USA gun lobbyists to interfere in our politics on social media. PHON […]
If Australia is to move forward, we must dump the Howard legacy
The fact that the Liberal Party consider John Howard some sort of elder statesman with great knowledge to impart, the fact that they wheel him […]
Publicised Cruelty: Scott Morrison Visits Christmas Island
His visit struck a sour note. The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison was making an effort to show he cared: about those intangible things called […]
Could A Prime Minister Be Worse Than Tony Abbott? Unfortunately, YES!!!
Last week, we had Julie Bishop telling us that she could have beaten Bill Shorten, but she didn’t get the backing of her party, while […]
It’s anything but normal governance from a bunch of incompetents
It must be said that this cohort of Liberal and National Party parliamentarians is the most leaderless, unethically rancid, and corrupt group the country has […]
Nothing underlines white privilege more than the government’s reaction to child sex abuse
Nothing underlines white privilege more than the government’s reaction to child sex abuse. When allegations of paedophilia rings and child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities […]
Better economic managers? You gotta be shitting me
According to just about every journalist, commentator, and Liberal/National politician, the Coalition are better economic managers. Crap. Pretty much every problem we have can be […]
The staggering cost of defending incompetence
When it was revealed last year that taxpayers had shelled out more than $825 million on lawyers in 2016-17, Attorney-General Christian Porter said he was […]
Refugees as Business: The Paladin Group Contract
Despair breeds profits; disturbances supply opportunity. The genius and venal nature of human nature will always see a possible buck from an impossibly cruel situation. […]
Forget Good Government. It’s All About Winning
Politics in Australia has descended into the pit of the abyss. Take note! The conservative forces in politics are about to unleash one massively negative […]
No matter how much you give the rich, they will always want more
It seems astonishing that, in a country where one in eight adults and more than one in six children are living in poverty, and many […]
Playing the ref with a fake tax
The Liberals are playing the ref by tagging Labor’s dividend imputation policy a ‘retirement tax’. It is not surprising they see this as a productive […]