Domestic violence is real: Centrelink where are you?
By Tracie Aylmer I used to be somewhat quiet over the domestic violence that I suffered, although I did advise Centrelink time and time again […]
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The Death of the Nation State
By Christian Marx Neoliberalism has seen the gradual erosion of the nation state, and in its place Transnational Corporations have infiltrated Federal governments worldwide. The […]
Why are Abbott’s conservatives destroying our PM?
By Ad astra To those of you who dispute the assertion embedded in the title, let me provide you with supporting evidence. First some questions […]
In praise of our ABC
By Loz Lawrey ABC radio grew my mind. I mean it. Each working day, throughout my career in the building industry, I listened exclusively to […]
Hypocrisy and Censorship from the Right
By Christian Marx Right-wing regimes have a history of censorship and obfuscating the truth. From Mussolini to Hitler to Pinochet, one of the first actions […]
The democratisation of opinion
By Ken Wolff With the rise of the internet and social media almost anyone can express their opinion to an audience in the thousands, even […]
Pretty money makes graves: give in to Trump, give up to lust
By Oliver P. Clarke Well, it has happened. The Republican Party has officially nominated Donald Trump as their candidate for President of the United States. […]
Johno goes to heaven
By 2353NM Johno was (as they say in the classics) a good and decent man. When he dies, he goes to heaven, and St Peter […]
From Hero to Zero – When a PM fails to deliver
By Peter McCarthy When Malcolm Turnbull saved the Liberal Party from annihilation by taking over the Leadership of the party from Tony Abbott, things were […]
Royal Commissions and the LNP
By Tracie Aylmer The 4Corners program into torture within children’s detention centres in the Northern Territory must have really shocked a great number of people […]
Why is there so much anger?
By Ad astra No matter when we listen to the news, watch TV, or browse social media, the pervading emotion in so many items is […]
War in a public place: The Bastille Day attack, the strategy and tactics of Insurgencies
By Dr Strobe Driver Introduction As difficult as it is to write on such a recent event in a clinical way, due to the carnage […]
A Morbid Fear of Intelligence
By Ross Sharp July 13, 2016, ABC’s “7.30 Report” begins. An interview with Wyatt Roy, the youngest person ever to be elected to Federal Parliament, and […]
Census 2016 … A Seismic Secular Shift
By Brian Morris When a leading betting agency makes a ground-breaking move to lay odds on the upcoming census you know something is about to […]
Mr Turnbull, where are your verbs?
By Ad astra It was one of The Political Sword’s regular contributors, Casablanca, who drew my attention to the absence of a verb in the […]