What Goes Around, Comes Around
In 2013, after Kevin Rudd had been reinstalled as prime minister, he bowed, quite disgracefully, to Coalition pressure and reopened both Manus Island and Nauru […]
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Through the looking glass darkly
October 2019. The Australian Labor Party is the government of Australia holding a whopping majority in the lower house, but it must deal with a […]
The Fallout from Wentworth
It takes a brave pundit to predict the outcome of the Wentworth bi-election just days before the votes are cast, but the actual outcome, either […]
When Sputnik went ballistic
As its 61st anniversary approaches it is worth pondering the lasting impact on popular culture of a polished metal sphere whose 21-day orbit ushered in […]
What do think tanks think?
Auguste Rodin’sThe Thinker is universally regarded as a symbol of science and philosophy. But Rodin originally called it The Poet as a detail of a […]
What Can the Prime Muppet Do?
For Scott Morrison and his Muppet Coalition Government, time is fast approaching the nervy end of an election cycle. So far, he has given us […]
The language of treachery versus a statement from the heart
When I thought there was nothing more to write about apropos the events of the last fortnight, I came across an op-ed penned by Daily […]
So, the boats haven’t been stopped after all
Who would have thought? An illegal vessel has made it to the Australian mainland. After all the boasting, the chest beating and bragging by the […]
Is Scott Morrison really on our side?
Nothing sounds more hollow than a statement in need of some truth. As an opening salvo from a pretend new leader, it was an insult […]
Don’t wait for the next challenge, Malcolm. Call an election now!
It would be safe to say that, as a prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull has been a disappointment. Displacing Tony Abbott, as he did in 2015, […]
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Watching Richard Di Natale posit the Greens political philosophy on Insiders with Barrie Cassidy (ABCTV 19/08/2017) reminded me of Kermit the Frog’s cutesy tune, It’s […]
Drought, the end of the right, and the Last Man
The sight of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull embracing a distraught woman trying to make sense of drought, reminded me of a line from an old […]
MORTGAGE STRESS! MAKING ENDS MEET
When I bought my first home back in 1973, Australians were being advised not to pay more than 25% of their net income on their […]
The dearth of Australian journalism
ABCTV’s the Insiders broadcast 29/7/2018 the morning after Super Saturday demonstrated the parlous state of quality Australian journalism. After interrogating Liberal Minister for Defence Industry […]
Like Spoilt Little Brats
It was not paranoia, it was real. The past three weeks saw our supposed free press, our once proud doyens of truth and justice forsake […]