Abbott blames the system. Bishop is its victim. Oh, that’s so funny
Prime Minister Tony Abbott today absolves his “political mother” Bronwyn Bishop from all wrong doing: What has become apparent, particularly over the last few days, […]
Articles by Dr Jennifer Wilson
Bishop stays. Goodes goes. Abbott is silent. What is wrong with this picture?
In case you are still in any doubt about what matters and what doesn’t to the Anglo-Saxon hegemony think on this: white Speaker of the House […]
The continuing saga of Bronwyn Bishop
The Bronwyn Bishop saga continues and deepens. At the same time another pitiful effort is uncovered, writes Ross Hamilton. The subject of whether or not […]
A Speaker on probation cannot remain a Speaker
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to put his handpicked Speaker Bronwyn Bishop “on probation” demonstrates, as perhaps little else can, his contemptuous disregard for our […]
Bronnie’s shoes: a fractured fairytale
Back in the day, second-wave feminists warned us to ditch our high heels because they hampered us if we needed to move fast or even […]
Tony Abbott: the human face of evil
More than forty current and former workers at Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island are challenging Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton to prosecute […]
It isn’t the only question that matters, Mr Abbott
“Again I keep making the point the only question that matters is, is this government prepared to do what is necessary to keep the boats […]
Abbott’s denial of reality
It’s the goal of every political party to impose its particular concept of reality onto the nation over which it desires governance. Treasurer Joe Hockey, […]
On entitlement and celibacy
A sense of entitlement is listed as one of the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which seems so obvious you probably don’t need to go […]
The Cardinal Pell: Slouching towards Bethlehem
In my experience one of the more dangerous types of human is the man or woman with an intense and unshakeable conviction that he or […]
Drugs and Depression
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have deliberately guided Flight 4U9525 into the French Alps killing all 150 people on board was reportedly suffering from depression, and […]
At the mercy of the State
There is something very rotten in the state of a nation’s politics when both its government and its opposition are able to co-operate on the […]
Labor is the despicable winner in the Triggs affair
The Abbott government’s attacks on President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, have served the ALP’s interests more than any other. They […]
Benefit of doubt – what the Minister for Women doesn’t say
In his desire to distract the general public from the depth and breadth of the country’s increasing contempt for him (with the exception of Gerard […]
Meta data and the effects of surveillance
Proposed mandatory data retention legislation might well see citizens regressing to cold war practices of leaving notes in hollowed-out trees and chalk marks on park benches, […]