Senator Payman, Billy Elliot and Other Random Thoughts…
Most people I know loved the film “Billy Elliot” but I must confess that I found it all a bit twee… Look, I love art […]
John Howard
Reflections on the return of the Green Horned Devil
The green-horned devil, “Mother of Dragons”, or 12P/Pons-Brooks, a dirty big snowball, larger than Everest, hurtles into view from the edge of the solar system […]
Dutton’s bid for nuclear power: hoax or reckless endangerment?
It’s incredible. Such is our love-in with Peter “Junkyard” Dutton, our former Border Overlord, who used to play the bad cop dispensing rough justice–doing whatever […]
Morrison’s Coup De Grâce
“Human beings are social beings, who need to be able to rely on each other. That requires trust, and trust requires truth-telling.” (Quassim Cassam). Grace […]
Can the Libs come up with someone even worse than Morrison? History says they will
When discourse between fair-minded people turns to speculation as to who has been Australia’s most appalling Prime Minister there are four names that are consistently […]
Same Sex Marriage Against Sharia Law!
Well, I don’t know that it is, but I thought that the heading was a great way to confuse Pauline Hanson’s One Nation voters. Although […]
Bush, Blair and Howard – Three reckless adventurers in Iraq (Part 1)
The Iraq Inquiry Report (2009-2016) documents how Tony Blair committed Great Britain to war early in 2002, lying to the United Nations, to Parliament, and […]
Not About Iraq And Any Similarity Is Purely Coincidental…
“G’day, Howie, haven’t seen you in ages!” “No, I’ve been keeping a low profile lately.” “So what brings you here.” “Well, I’ve come to set […]
Australia’s gun laws are the envy of Obama
I like this ‘Your Say’ section. I can have a say, basically, and keep it simple. So keep this simple I will. With some ultra […]
The Anglo-American ambush of the Whitlam Government – 11.11.1975 (Part 3)
Who was really behind the dismissal of the Whitlam Government? As we approach the 40th anniversary of the dismissal, Dr George Venturini* critically examines the […]
The Great Hoax, Climate Change or the GST?
Personally, I think that maths is overvalued in schools. Now I’m not talking numeracy, I’m talking trigonometry, surds, quadratic equations and a whole range of […]
Free Trade Agreements – economic or electoral?
Since September 2013, the ‘achievements’ of our government could be broadly summarised by ‘knock it down, rip it up, sell it off or shoot it.’ […]
The question should be “Will you marry me?” not “Can you marry me?”
On the 16 September 2015 the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee reported on an inquiry into “The matter of a popular vote, in […]
Politicians want unions to be accountable?
Dyson Heydon and Tony Abbott want union officials to be held as accountable as company directors. Personally I would like company directors also held to […]
The Republic debate is back: Is this Hockey’s ‘Marriage Equality’?
Joe Hockey – along with Peter FitzSimons (head of the Australian Republican Movement) and Labor Senator Katy Gallagher – announced today that they are putting the […]