Malcolm And The Art Of The Selfie…
Now sometimes I’m a bit slow… I mention this because what I’m about to write may seem terribly obvious to some of you and you’ll […]
Tony Abbott
The Magnificent NBN, Victoria’s “Right-To-Kill Bill” And It’s Just A Flesh Wound…
Writing in “The Herald-Sun” (and no, that’s not really an oxymoron) in May last year, Terry McCrann lauded the government’s NBN success: “RIGHT now, […]
The List Of Strange Bedfellows – If You’ll Pardon The Expression
Sorry, but I’m off to New Zealand in a couple of days and this may be my last post for a couple of weeks. The […]
Abbott Supporters Still Pyning Away!
Well, thank god those days of dysfunctional government are over and the adults are back in charge. No, really, they’ve told us many, many times […]
Surprises Are Surprising – Just Ask Theresa May, Tony Abbott Or Campbell Newman!
A few weeks ago I suggested that I couldn’t understand why Theresa (Dis)May called an election. She had everything to lose and very little to […]
Honour The Sabbath, But Clearly In A Clearly Optional Way OR Why Tony Is The Only True Conservative Left!
Recently I’ve speculated on how the Christian Right have found clear evidence about the Bible’s opposition to gay marriage based on highly ambiguous readings of […]
Abbott & Turnbull – It’s on like Donkey Kong!
I can imagine Abbott reading the latest dismal polling figures for Turnbull and dancing around reminiscent of his 2013 election victory screaming “The Leadership will change! […]
The year that made me
As I listened to Attorney-General George Brandis today unconvincingly bellow (shout loud: argument weak, as the father of my children used to say) that Malcolm […]
Day to Day Politics: Is the IPA getting its way?
Sunday March 13 2016 The Insidious Invasion of the IPA into Australian Politics, or Public Apathy and 75 Ideas to Make You Shudder. The Institute […]
Day to Day Politics: Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Wednesday 9 March 2016 1 Tuesday’s Newspoll sees both Labor and the Coalition on 50/50 confirming that the poll a fortnight ago wasn’t a rogue […]
Day to Day Politics: ‘Shambolic’ – I cannot think of a better word.
Tuesday 8 March 2016 1 One would have thought that after Tony Abbott was disposed of, the good government that we were promised so often […]
Dear America, please don’t make Donald Trump your president
So Donald Trump wants to be president. Well I would implore all Americans to think long and hard before casting a vote in his favour. […]
Should the media act more responsibly?
By Dave Chadwick The public’s hunger for every image and piece of information about terrorist acts and mass murders does not always need to be […]
Just in time for Christmas . . .
By Richard O’Brien With Christmas just around the corner, Commonwealth Toys ® has announced a new range of action figurines – the Political Leaders series. […]
Is the Bible the same as the Koran?
By Bob Rafto The Paris terrorist attacks were horrific and like any other terrorist attack they leave a trail of grief for the victims’ families […]