Operational matters are now on the nightly news
When Scott Morrison was Minister for Immigration he very firmly stated that speaking about operational matters was a no-no. “That goes to operational matters that, […]
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How to keep the bastards honest
By Bob Rafto The political parties are incorporated businesses which makes them subject to the laws of the ACCC. A political party is an organisation […]
Joyce, Canavan and Murray Darling scandal expose fatal flaws in Turnbull’s government.
Explosive revelations rock our sleepy island-continent this week as a plot to bring down a plane with an “improvised explosive device” is thwarted in Sydney in yet […]
Mum Did It: The Canavan Argument, Citizenship and the Australian Constitution
“A real Italian never blames his mum.” Australian Greens Senator Richard Di Natale, SBS, Jul 27, 2017. It has raged, and continues to do so, […]
An evil, self-serving tyrant
By Kathryn Byrne This malignant despot is the most dangerous non-Australian in the country – an evil, self-serving tyrant whose toxic influence over the LNP […]
Turnbull looking both ways
For those of us who have been pushing to have Tony Abbott produce his renunciation certificate (his RN form), to show he is no longer […]
House Music: Welfare Reform and Drug Testing
This is the first of a weekly blog about Parliamentary Business. This week: Social Security Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill, Senate Committee Inquiry and a Petition […]
Abbott is determined to destroy Turnbull
“It’s not that easy being green …” sings Kermit, the sage of Sesame Street, a truth NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon helps her party revisit […]
The curious incident of the bigot in the Senate
By Damian Smith I’ve been reluctant to comment on Pauline Hanson’s noisome remarks regarding autism and schooling. Like wildfire her vacuous bigotry requires oxygen and […]
Hanson displays her ignorance – again
By Jane Salmon In suggesting that ‘autistic kids should be removed from mainstream classes,’ Pauline Hanson has reached a new low. The view Hanson reflects […]
Turnbull government in crisis as ministers face contempt charges and Abbott stages a revolt over Finkel.
A life-threatening political and constitutional crisis is brewing for the Turnbull government this week as three Ministers of the Crown face contempt proceedings in Victoria’s […]
Memo to Mortgagors…get your house in order
Whether you believe it or not, an economic tsunami is coming and if you think we will survive the damage and the fallout, as we […]
The Myth of the Balanced Budget
Something will happen this week that will alert us to the reality of this government’s failures. Despite all their rhetoric and their pathetic attempts to […]
Theresa May sends message to a Turnbull government of slogans, secrets and lies.
Stunned by what the press insists is a “shock” election result in Britain where, inexplicably, hollow slogans, austerity economics and Sir Lynton Crosby’s fear tactics […]
Josh, I don’t believe a word you or your party says
A few months after the 2013 election, then Environment Minister Greg Hunt addressed the Clean Energy Council Annual meeting to outline the Coalition’s plans to […]