The LNP’s new talent – How to disable people with a disability.
Kevin Andrews has announced that anyone seeking to access the disability support pension, will now be required to see an independent doctor prescribed by the […]
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What else happened yesterday?
While we were all mesmerised by the tragic and horrific events unfolding in yesterday’s siege at the Lindt Cafe, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister […]
Australia’s bigot problem
My first thought on hearing the news of the hostage situation in Sydney’s Martin Place this morning was ‘those poor, terrified people and their anxious […]
The less they know the better
The Age of Entitlement may be over for pensioners, students, sick people and the unemployed, but it is alive and well for our fearless leader. […]
SACK HOCKEY. WE NEED A JOB CREATION PLAN, NOW!
The Australian economy is heading down a slippery slope. Successive data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week all points in the same […]
Morrison’s powers: nobody will know who he sends back to be killed
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Scott Morrison, is the only minister who is not answerable to anyone for his decisions, with the exception of […]
Joe Hockey plays Santa and you’re the ones who need to get stuffed
DON’T let Santa – or Joe Hockey – down. Get out and spend up big this Christmas. THE federal treasurer has urged consumers to put […]
The Schism and the ABC
The ABC and SBS provide tangible social benefits to Australia and contribute hugely to our cultural and intellectual life, writes Loz Lawrey. But because they […]
It’s Time for Abbott to Step Down
Surely when Alan Jones, one of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s most fervent supporters, gives him a grilling on radio, it is time to say enough […]
What Abbott actually said
Weird and graceless. Shorten’s description of Abbott’s G20 address to world leaders was spot on. We all know that Abbott doesn’t perform well at public […]
Tony Abbott Addresses The G20 But Forgets To Put Stamp On Envelope And So It Comes Back To Him!
Today Mr Abbott had the opportunity to talk to the World’s Leaders. As he noted, some of the most powerful and influential people in the […]
Joining the dots
I, like many others, was bemused by our government’s tardy response to the Ebola crisis. I know they were advised that infected health workers might […]
Journalists have questions to answer
Look at this photo of Julia Gillard. Does this look like an innocent person – someone who has just been vindicated by a Judge as […]
The Coalition’s Looming Debt and Deficit Disaster
They’re spending like drunken sailors. When you voted in the federal election last year, were you concerned about Labor’s debt and deficits, and did they effect […]
The “Hysterical” Tanya Plibersek
It’s always worth remembering the origins of the word “hysteria”. I actually can’t at the moment, but I do know that it stems from the […]