My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday June 6 1 The Prime Minister’s and Minister Dutton’s responses to Senator Hanson Young’s objection to allegedly being spied on in Nauru was appallingly […]
Mainstream media
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday May 30 1 I put on the telly this Morning to find Greg Hunt giving a press conference self-congratulating himself on the UNs decision […]
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Author’s note: I have decided to convert what was my ‘A Month in Politics’ post into a weekly commentary: ‘My Thoughts on the Week […]
“The Rise and Fall of Australia”
Book Review by John Lord Nick Bryant Is a BBC correspondent and author who often appears on Q&A and The Drum. I made the dreadful […]
Whitlam eyed our conscience, not our wallet
First of two guest posts by Race Mathews. Race is former chief of staff to Gough Whitlam and Labor leaders in the Victorian parliament, federal […]
A Week is a Long Time in Politics
If ever a week in politics supported a headline it was the week that Gough Whitlam died. In the main the death of this undeniably […]
“A Giant of a Man”. Yes he was indeed.
Gough Whitlam (1916-2014). I recall the first time I laid eyes upon him. It was at a Labor rally at the suburban Greensborough Football oval […]
New James Ashby scandal could ‘rock’ Abbott Government
Author’s Note: 60 Minutes (Channel 9’s) current affairs program will on Sunday night air an interview with James Ashby. The promotional teaser doing the rounds […]
Sitting in Judgement of Abbott’s First Year
The first anniversary of an Abbott led government is almost upon us. What yardstick do we use to judge its performance? For me there is […]
Springtime for Abbott and Processing!
“Godwin’s Law A term that originated on Usenet, Godwin’s Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely […]
Australia Cannot Afford the Coalition
This isn’t an article about economics. This is an article about something far more precious: Culture. Australia is losing the best parts of itself and […]
The mainstream media has gone stark raving mad
It’s official. The mainstream media has gone stark raving mad. This article was published in the Age today: For the sake of the nation, Ms […]
Don’t write crap
My observations of both the mainstream and independent media over this past week show just how far removed one is from the other. Stories that […]
An invitation to Tony Abbott
Three months out from the federal election Tony Abbott must be very frustrated. He has only three months to tell us what he will do […]
Tony Abbott: the ‘million dollar’ man
It has been widely reported that in the last 12 months Tony Abbott has claimed more than one million dollars in expenses. Nobody from the […]