The Tag Line

May 30, 2019 2353NM 21

The recent election was an exercise in marketing and not much else. Morrison promoted himself and ‘good economic management’ rather than the Coalition while flitting […]

Fear, Deception and Gravitas

May 8, 2019 2353NM 7

Enjoying the election coverage? Essentially it is the day-to-day analysis of the political leaders of this country racking up the kilometres to appear in ‘strategic’ […]

Three Years Later

April 23, 2019 2353NM 6

In 2016, we published 36 Faceless men, comparing the ‘need’ for Australian political parties to have an absolute majority when forming a government versus the […]

Bovine excrement

March 21, 2019 2353NM 25

Prime Minister Morrison seems to be certain that the next federal election will be in May. Cynics would suggest as Parliament is only sitting for […]

Dare ya

November 5, 2018 2353NM 8

On 21 August, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said I think in the immigration portfolio, you are defined by Nauru and Manus … I would love […]

Poor planning causes overcrowding

October 19, 2018 2353NM 13

Population Minister Alan Tudge has suggested that Melbourne and Sydney are experiencing significant pressure from excessive population growth. He’s probably got a point, but his […]

4 cents a day

October 9, 2018 2353NM 24

Former Chairman of the ABC Board, Justin Milne fell on his sword after sacking the Managing Director, Michelle Guthrie, recently. The discussion around this will […]

Morrison’s Legacy

September 24, 2018 2353NM 20

So Australia is going to have another Royal Commission, this time into Aged Care. It really doesn’t matter if the announcement was a pre-emptive response […]

Valuing the Aspirational

September 13, 2018 2353NM 9

Over the past few years, politicians, in general, have spoken of motivating those with an aspiration to better themselves across the country. The conservatives will […]

The Base

September 6, 2018 2353NM 21

Everyone in the building industry will tell you the maxim to ‘measure twice and cut once’. Given the events of August 2018 in the Liberal […]

The perils of popularism

June 18, 2018 2353NM 2

This week we originally were going to be discussing Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party and their apparent habit of losing Senators. After all, to lose […]