Turnbull Government in crisis: fobs off nation with a review
By David Tyler Pleonexia … originating from the Greek πλεονεξία, is a philosophical concept which roughly corresponds to greed, covetousness, or avarice, and is strictly […]
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Watch this space in 2017
By Ken Wolff As with most political issues, the following few questions are inter-related: Turnbull’s future may well depend on the economy, on whether or […]
Where is our democracy heading?
By Kyran O’Dwyer In terms of the changes facing modern society, the process of change by erosion presents as the greatest threat, in my opinion. […]
Fake news? We should be so lucky.
By James Moylan It has been interesting to read the Australian Press report on the Fake News scandal breaking in the US. The hypocrisy is […]
Colin Barnett on a road to nowhere
By Tracie Aylmer On Thursday 12 January 2017 I went to a protest in order to protect the Beeliar Wetlands. There were around 1000 of […]
The rise and fall of Shan Ju Lin and her 5 minutes of shame
By Erin Chew Well that was short lived. Shan Ju Lin has been dumped in less than a month since she announced she was running […]
Hold our politicians to account? We can only try.
By Neil Hogan I think the time has finally arrived where we call all politicians for what they have become: parasites. They will not change […]
Can you beat a stacked deck? (Part 2)
By Steve Laing The changes in the senate rules were actually a good thing. A very good thing. By allowing a much reduced below the […]
Tilting at the Windmills of Power: Mainstream Religions in the Trump Era
By Denis Bright From Cervantes’ novel we get the English idiom “Tilting at Windmills”. Tilting or jousting, like our hero Quixote, in futile battles against imaginary […]
Climate Change and China: an example of media disunity
By Mel Mac I surfed the ABC news website this afternoon and clicked onto this headline: “China fights pollution: New environmental police squad to battle heavy smog”. […]
There’s national pride in national precincts
By R D Wood In 2011-12 alone, governments around Australia earned $5.5bn from gambling losses whereas $15bn ended up in ‘not-for-profit’ sports clubs and the […]
Bush, Blair and Howard – Three reckless adventurers in Iraq (Part 41)
The Iraq Inquiry Report (2009-2016) documents how Tony Blair committed Great Britain to war early in 2002, lying to the United Nations, to Parliament, and […]
Bush, Blair and Howard – Three reckless adventurers in Iraq (Part 40)
The Iraq Inquiry Report (2009-2016) documents how Tony Blair committed Great Britain to war early in 2002, lying to the United Nations, to Parliament, and […]
2016: the Top 5
A good indication that 2017 has started off as our busiest yet is that we are a few days late in publishing our annual Top […]
Bush, Blair and Howard – Three reckless adventurers in Iraq (Part 39)
The Iraq Inquiry Report (2009-2016) documents how Tony Blair committed Great Britain to war early in 2002, lying to the United Nations, to Parliament, and […]