Fire: what have we learned from the devastation?
Some of the lessons learned from decades of studying major fires have been learned, and then forgotten, in a drive to simplify the message to […]
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The government you have when you don’t have a government
Is anybody still listening to Tony Abbott? Jennifer Wilson doubts it very much, and with good reason. I woke up this morning thinking that I […]
Cruel and unnecessary deaths
Last year 630 Australians died as a result of Hepatitis C. More will die, reports Graham Osborne, while the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee rejects calls […]
Australia’s core beliefs – where are they now?
What happened to a ‘fair go’ in this country? It has long gone, writes Jack Gleeson. So who is to blame? Above all else, Australians […]
Abbott’s future: lose-lose
No matter what the outcome of Tuesday’s leadership spill, Tony Abbott is a damaged man writes Jennifer Wilson. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, former Oxford boxing […]
How to use women to get you out of the deep excrement other women got you into
Are voters are so gullible as to be swayed by Tony Abbott wheeling out his wife in his time of political need, while tucking away […]
Joe Hockey is either a hypocrite or incompetent, or maybe both
Today’s interest rate cut have – as cuts do – no doubt been welcomed by Australians weighed down with a mortgage, but one prominent and […]
Are conservatives irrelevant in the 21st century?
Are conservatives irrelevant in the 21st century? Jennifer Wilson reports. The extraordinary Queensland election result saw former LNP Premier Campbell Newman lose his seat, and […]
Liberal Party Redux, or What Were They Smoking?
How can normality return to Australian politics? Paul Dellit has found a simple answer. No treatise upon the evolution of Liberal Party philosophy, no eminence […]
You’re F***ed, Tony
Guest blogger Ross Sharp explains why … and he pulls no punches. From awful to f***ed in the space of one brief week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, our Dear Leader, the […]
In March, we’ll march again
We’re marching again, writes Loz Lawrey. And with good reason. In 2008, when Australia faced a real and actual global financial crisis, sound economic initiatives […]
This Machine Still Kills
“I’ll stand with you and your right to offend but I insist on the freedom to judge you on who you’re offending and why” writes […]
Australian Identity: Advancing or Waltzing?
Since Federation, the Australian population has changed dramatically, and now Australia has become one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. We are […]
Double Standards: The West and Terrorism
The West, whilst insisting that others seek peaceful solutions, has resorted to the sword on many occasions, writes Dr Strobe Driver. The horrors recently delivered […]
Life imitating art
The scenes of social collapse in movies of a decade ago are now everyday scenes in allegedly democratic countries, writes Melissa Frost in this letter […]