Oh God! Another Train Wreck
Scott Morrison might be trying to scare us with his latest warnings of a $1 trillion gross debt within a decade, or he might be […]
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Scott Morrison And His Kodak Moment!
Scottie Morrison was grumbling about superannuation funds not investing in coal. Apparently, according to Mr Morrison, they’re doing so for ideological reasons. As he told […]
Blind ideology and political cowardice hamstring the government
The Coalition’s inability to address taxation reform is as exasperating as Dutton’s refusal to address the plight of those incarcerated on Manus and Nauru. The […]
Complicit in corruption
In June, in an interview with A Current Affair, Nauru’s Justice Minister David Adeang claimed that Nauru has “much lower” rates of sexual assaults, murder […]
In praise of our ABC
By Loz Lawrey ABC radio grew my mind. I mean it. Each working day, throughout my career in the building industry, I listened exclusively to […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s DD delivered the balance of power to a motley crew of extremists
Malcolm Turnbull’s strategic judgement has just delivered the balance of power to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and what a motley crew they are. This was […]
Turnbull’s Folly: The Double Dissolution Disaster
The Senate results are finally in, and one thing’s abundantly clear – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to take Australia to a double dissolution election […]
Trump: the re-establishment of white male privilege
The left is never going to stop the rise of President Trump, the worst imaginable outcome, without acknowledging reality: the US election is not a […]
The archetypal dilettante
You have to hand it to Tim Wilson. He is the archetypal dilettante – a man who swans around the world at other people’s expense […]
Why is there so much anger?
By Ad astra No matter when we listen to the news, watch TV, or browse social media, the pervading emotion in so many items is […]
A leader in name only – our powerless PM
One of the most important attributes of leadership is the ability to unite your team, to set the direction, and to get people collaborating towards […]
Mr Turnbull, where are your verbs?
By Ad astra It was one of The Political Sword’s regular contributors, Casablanca, who drew my attention to the absence of a verb in the […]
Learning to love Big Brother
It is time to be pessimistic. Joy has fled. Hope is dead. The sun is setting on the election and we are entering a long, […]
Malcolm Turnbull does NOT have a majority
Let’s be clear about this – Malcolm Turnbull is not leading a majority government. The party he leads only won 60 seats while Labor won […]
If you can’t see the bruises . . .
“My thoughts on domestic violence – as a survivor”, by Tracie Aylmer. When Steve Price delivered his “hysterical” comment last night on QandA, I wasn’t […]