Does Barnaby Joyce actually deliver for regional Australia?
The line being very strongly pushed by the Nationals is that Barnaby Joyce “delivers for regional and rural Australia like nobody else.” But is it […]
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The truth bomb that terrifies Turnbull
There is mass outrage today at the news that Turnbull has pressured the ABC to take down and censor parts of an article by Emma […]
Why are our politicians held to much lower standards than the rest of us?
Why are our politicians held to much lower standards than the rest of us? In what workplace would the married boss promoting his pregnant girlfriend […]
Turnbull’s Joyce will cost him dearly.
“There’s no-one more Australian than Barnaby Joyce”, blusters Malcolm Turnbull, his fair-weather defender in happier – well – slightly less miserable times last November when […]
Is this man fit to serve?
By Leonie Saunders The above tweet goes to the despicably dishonest craven character of this country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce and the all omnipotent […]
The Joyce affair: how the media didn’t know about it for sure until yesterday. No, really.
Over the last twenty-four hours, since the Daily Telegraph revealed the worst-kept secret of 2017, there’s been a deluge of rather plaintive articles from journalists […]
Turnbull will do anything to keep his job including sacrificing our democracy
Yesterday, George Brandis, in his farewell speech, fired a warning shot at the Liberal Party and, in particular, at Peter Dutton. Brandis said “powerful elements […]
The vilification of Australia’s most vulnerable people
By Tina Clausen What makes some think people on Centrelink benefits are more likely to over-spend on non-essential items than other people in society, and […]
Arms deals, cabinet leaks and fake jobs figures reveal a desperate Turnbull government.
Return of The Fixer opens to a stacked house this week in Canberra’s political theatre. The show has everything, arms-dealers, a PMC mystery Cabinet of Dr Caligari homage […]
The system works – pity about the politics
Remember the ‘South Australian’ power failures? The ones that Prime Minister Turnbull and Energy Minister Frydenburg still claim was due to the over-reliance on renewable […]
Speck, plank Malcolm
I’m not sure what to call Malcolm Turnbull’s latest spray at the Labor Party – projection, cognitive dissonance, gaslighting? Malcolm Turnbull said Labor was in […]
Andrew Laming’s $20,000 family holiday at your expense – value for money?
It wouldn’t be Australia Day without a story about Andrew Laming, the federal member for the seat of Bowman, located in the eastern suburbs of […]
Aboriginal Australians are a problem for our society
By Anthony Andrews We can’t seem to grasp the fact that our Indigenous brothers and sisters think differently to mainstream Australia. We assume knowledge of […]
Australia’s taxpayers question more “religious freedom”
By Brian Morris Philip Ruddock’s “Religious Freedom Review” is of concern to same-sex couples but how will tax-payers respond to more religious privilege for the […]
Let’s keep Australia working
By John Haly The Liberals who cut penalty rates, public services, and taxes for the corporates, have come up with a slogan to replace “Jobs […]