What do you want to hear from Labor?
With an election some time in the next ten months, the end of this government is in sight. It has been an ugly ride that […]
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1943 – AN EPIC YEAR: Turning the Nazi-fascist tide (part one)
On 25 July 1943 – as Primo Levi recalled – came the internal collapse of Fascism, the piazzas jammed with happy, fraternal crowds, the spontaneous and precarious joy of a […]
IPA: Institute of Pathetic Authoritarians
By Christian Marx Australia has a big problem. The democratic processes and freedom of the press is under threat. Not content with having an out […]
America’s 51st state: North Australia
By Tony Ryan Australia’s celebrated Arnhem Land aerospace project, rather than being dedicatedly civilian as the nation was media-led to believe, will have a US […]
Bill Shorten’s Mistake And The Media’s Lack Of Memory
A few days ago I wrote about the problem that the left had with “framing”. In the light of Bill Shorten’s terrible, terrible mistake, I […]
Turnbull, the self-made man. Seriously?
I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them … I […]
Killing The ABC: The IPA’s Agenda To Dismantle Australia
By Loz Lawrey I’ve been resisting the urge to write yet another “rant” because … geez, who wants to hear more whingeing? Another complaint, another […]
Rewarding incompetence – yet another scathing report about Dutton’s department
The 2014 National Commission of Audit decided there were “too many government bodies in Australia” and suggested abolishing, merging or privatising 99 of them. One […]
We are mired in the gutter of character assassination for political purposes
The Coalition’s political strategy has been, for some time now, to attack individuals in relentless smear campaigns. This does absolutely nothing to advance policy. It […]
Malcolm Turnbull and ‘the $100 Billion Porker’
By Michael Griffin One would expect that the Treasurer of a nation entrusted with the duty of protecting a nation’s accounts and economy would be […]
Vicki Campion’s judgement
If you are a politician who has, for your whole career, deliberately courted the cameras for your own purposes, you cannot expect them to just […]
Man the life rafts
By 2353NM It is probably an urban myth that the dance band on the Titanic were playing Nearer my God to Thee as they went to a […]
Bully Boys
By Ad astra Did you notice the behaviour of Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull during Budget week? Were you comfortable with the words and actions […]
Bill’s a liar? ScoMo, your own pants are on fire
“Liar”, screeches Scott Morrison, the pot calling the kettle black, opting fittingly for a personal insult rather than a reply to Bill Shorten’s Budget reply, […]
Expect some Rubbery Figures in the Budget
It is perhaps a tad unwise to try and second guess the budget to be handed down next Tuesday, but some things need to be […]