Greetings, and salutations on vellum even, to my fellow manorial slaves. There…
In a set of stable circumstances, funding higher education should be a…
By Dr John Töns Politicians around the world are treating the COVID-19 as…
There's been a definite change from some of the commentators with respect…
By Julian Cribb As the world reels under corona virus and the resulting…
What is conservatism?"Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social…
It was fortuitous for the Coalition government that the Covid-19 virus should…
By Evan Jones Right-wing governments splashing the cash in gay abandon – what…
There's been a definite change from some of the commentators with respect to our Prime Minister over the past couple of weeks. People who were criticising Scott Morrison just a few weeks ago are now comparing him to Hawke, Curtin and even Winston Churchill. Personally I find the comparison to…
By Julian Cribb As the world reels under corona virus and the resulting economic meltdown, another crisis – far more serious – appears to be building: the potential collapse of global food supply chains.For those who cry “We don’t want any more bad news”, the fact of the matter is we…
Happy days. The unemployed will now no longer be demonised as dole bludgers or Newstart Criminals. From now on they will be known as Australians in need.Mind you, it has taken a crisis of unprecedented proportions to force a sliver of care, empathy, and compassion, into the punitive hearts…
There's been a definite change from some of the commentators with respect to our Prime Minister over the past couple…
In a set of stable circumstances, funding higher education should be a matter of automatic persuasion. If you want an…
What is conservatism?"Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions like politics and Christianity. It believes in…
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By Evan Jones Right-wing governments splashing the cash in gay abandon – what gives?Sydney Morning Herald journalist Matt Wade finished a…
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In 2014, when the Abbott government slashed funding to the CSIRO, one of the affected research bodies was the Australian…
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By Grumpy Geezer The make-over of FauxMo, a disaster recovery project, has been overtaken by circumstance. After his facile daggy dad routine was found to be…
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In this piece, I want to look at two policies from the Morrison Government in response to COVID 19. The…
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Less than four weeks ago, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was still singing his own praises:“Australia approaches the challenges ahead from a…
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It was fortuitous for the Coalition government that the Covid-19 virus should disrupt the world at the moment when the…
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Existential threat and the generational divide.While the world as we know it collapses around us the politicians and pundits are…
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Somewhere around Australia, behind a closed door in one of our suburbs, right now a woman is being beaten. There…
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I am writing to bring to your attention a matter regarding the awarding of OAMs. Given the recent controversy regarding…
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I wrote to the senate inquiry today to speak as a private citizen, as a survivor of crime and as…
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In a set of stable circumstances, funding higher education should be a matter of automatic persuasion. If you want an…
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By Dr John Töns Politicians around the world are treating the COVID-19 as a short-term crisis – the economy will go…
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It has become a source of pride. Highly salaried executives – often, it should be said, receiving pay very much…
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I have a war story ... well, not actually about war itself, but about how it broke and remade a…
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By Graham Nowland From the car park on the roof of Coles in Fremantle shoppers can see the MV Artania. It’s…
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The global effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic has been one of stutters and staggers. There are go-it-alone instances of…
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Greetings, and salutations on vellum even, to my fellow manorial slaves. There be plague in the realm!Just did my six-monthly…
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There are many who are better qualified than am I to try to change the world, while we have a…
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As a long-time agnostic, I remain unconvinced that there is an omniscient, omnipresent being, responsible for creating the world and…
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