Adani and the Queensland election myths and political mayhem
By Truth Seeker I don’t know about you, but I am really pissed off with the lies, misinformation and generally grubby political games being played […]
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A single day out of 1516
Written by Sharafat Ali Sharfi, and light editing by Janet Galbraith of ‘Writing Through Fences‘. Today is the 1516th day of my life in a […]
The iniquity of homelessness
By Ad astra What thought do we, who curl up in a warm bed after a good meal and an evening watching our favourite TV […]
We are All Equal before the law in Australia, and was that a pig flying by my window?
By Terence Mills The Commonwealth has been assiduous in pursuing people who had received entitlements from Centrelink to which they were not legally entitled. Ignorance […]
The Fatal Ambush in Niger: Challenging Military and Corporate First Solutions to Global Underdevelopment
Denis Bright invites discussion the recent fatal ambush of four members of a US special forces unit in remote Niger. Is the US Africa Command […]
GetUp! vs the IPA
By Kyran O’Dwyer There is a ‘to-do’ over GetUp! and a pending stoush with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) as to whether they are an […]
Dear Premier … don’t do it
Dear QLD Premier and Deputy Premier MPs Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk (Inala) and Hon. Jackie Trad (South Brisbane) I write to you both today as not […]
Fake news – or lousy reporting
By 2353NM A few weeks ago, there was another mass murder in the USA. This time the shooter, a 64-year-old male, holed himself up on […]
Religion, science denial, and our evolutionary roots!
Brian Morris specialises in secular politics and is the author of ‘Sacred to Secular’. Here he focuses on why science denial and religion are manifestations […]
Replacing Neoliberalism: A model for the future
Neoliberalism is in its death throes around the world. In the United States the wealth gap between the poorest and the richest is at an […]
The Opium of the People and the Addiction of Government
By Terence Mills Several years ago a friend who gambles regularly mentioned to me that pokies were manipulated by the larger clubs and casinos to […]
‘Spring clean’, anyone?
By Kyran O’Dwyer There is an old adage, “Lie to me once, shame on you. Lie to me twice, shame on me”. Day after day, […]
Our priorities need a serious rethink
By Warwick O’Neill Just in case you’ve been living in a shoe box today, let me take this opportunity to advise you that Lisa Wilkinson […]
What’s wrong with PM Turnbull?
By Ad astra As a weary electorate approaches yet another holiday season, looks back over the year and asks: ‘How has our federal government improved […]
Manus deadline looms: opinion
By Jane Salmon Festival of the Dead, Halloween, is also the literal deadline for the Manus men still at Lombrun RPC. On that date they […]