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A sign of desperation before the firing squad is jitteriness and the desperate sense that history needs revision. You were not the one responsible for […]

We are to face a federal election by May, maybe earlier. Our accidental PM hopes the electorate will then legitimise him as its very own […]

I wonder if Coalition politicians understand how ridiculous they sound when they disagree with, or cite, things they admit to not having read. It’s a […]

Nothing sounds more hollow than a statement in need of some truth. As an opening salvo from a pretend new leader, it was an insult […]

It would be safe to say that, as a prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull has been a disappointment. Displacing Tony Abbott, as he did in 2015, […]

Commentators blame successive governments over the last ten years for our lack of a coherent energy policy resulting in excessive power bills but that, in […]

By Ad astra Let’s remind ourselves of the meaning of ‘zealot’. Historically, it denoted a member of a fanatical sect in Judea during the first […]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, in its Super Saturday massacre 28 July, (National Drowning Prevention Day) the Coalition is quick to spin its […]

Saturday 4 August 2018 There have been calls for a National Anti Corruption body for some time now but there has always been reluctance, mainly […]

In both the Senate and the media, questions are being asked about Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to gift almost half a billion dollars to a few […]

1 August 2018 Newspapers and media outlets in a rush to make themselves relevant within a life or death struggle for survival, push all sorts […]

ABCTV’s the Insiders broadcast 29/7/2018 the morning after Super Saturday demonstrated the parlous state of quality Australian journalism. After interrogating Liberal Minister for Defence Industry […]