Fairfax and Centrelink unite in an unprecedented move to publicly persecute one woman
Early in February, writer and blogger Andie Fox published an account of her interactions with Centrelink over a failure by her ex partner to submit […]
Articles by Dr Jennifer Wilson
Fake threats, and democracy
Demands that we be kept “safe” by governments play into the hands of conservatives who simultaneously, and with an alarming degree of cognitive dissonance, […]
Turnbull’s faith in coal is weak: his home is ready to go off grid
Today, FOI documents confirmed that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was advised that last year’s power blackouts in South Australia were not due to renewable energy failures, […]
As long as Pell is protected by the Pope no one can trust the Catholic Church
The Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, Mark Coleridge, yesterday morning expressed his horror and outrage at the latest report from the Royal Commission into Child Sexual […]
Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope
In one of those serendipitous moments I treasure, such as when a book that contains much of what I need to know about a topic practically […]
In which Turnbull is thoroughly played by Trump
Towards the end of the Obama administration, a classified “deal” was made between the then President and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, to send an […]
Trump’s Chief Strategist: I want to bring everything crashing down
In a revealing 2013 interview with The Daily Beast, US President Donald Trump’s Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor, Steve Bannon, gives insight into his long-term goals: […]
Australia supports Trump. How does that make you feel?
By now, US President Donald Trump’s executive order denying entry into the US of a wide selection of people, including Australians with dual citizenship, is […]
Dear Chris Kenny. When you lose your reproductive rights, then you can call us petulant.
There are people who should know better who seem to be unclear about the nature of democracy. I’m thinking of The Australian’s star turn Chris […]
Giving a damn still matters
Yesterday, in the Melbourne CBD, James “Jimmy” Gargasoulas, 26, used a car to mow down dozens of pedestrians. He killed four people, left a baby […]
Politicians must take responsibility for their greed, wastage and negligence
If you go to the website #notmydebt you’ll find fifteen pages of stories written by people who’ve received demands from Centrelink to repay debts the department […]
I’m flying myself to the footy and I’m wearing Hugo Boss, so suck it up you sexist socialist serfs
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday made a desperate attempt to staunch the bleeding from wounds inflicted on his government by his own ministers thieving […]
Compare and contrast: Sussan Ley and Centrelink punters
Such is politics in these interesting times that it’s impossible when alerted to one scandal, to refrain from speculating if it has been confected to distract […]
How Turnbull plans to raise $4.6 billion from the unemployed
The Turnbull government plans to raise a windfall of $4.6 billion over the next four years, and this is how they intend to do it. […]
The LNP war on welfare recipients
Yesterday I watched, incredulous (I know, only a fool with no sense of the immediate past could continue to be startled by any action performed by […]