How can Turnbull make refugees second-class citizens in another sovereign state?
The Turnbull government, no doubt believing it hasn’t yet done enough to convince the Hansonites they should vote for it, has now decided to create […]
Articles by Dr Jennifer Wilson
Dear Mr Turnbull. With regard to respect.
For quite some time now, you’ve been speaking in mellifluous tone on how lack of respect for women is at the root of violence towards […]
Government v Triggs
It’s hardly President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs’ fault when the Australian government is the worst human rights offender that Commission has to […]
Letting loose the inner Trump
The footage of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s bus ride with Billy Bush in which he owns sexual assault as his preferred method of engaging […]
The debate that told us all about sexism (in case we weren’t sure)
It’s difficult to imagine a man finding himself in the same position as did Hillary Clinton in the second debate yesterday. When did you last […]
Controlling women’s bodies: Trump and Pence
It neither shocked nor surprised me to yesterday hear a recording of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, made some ten years ago, boasting that his […]
Taskforce integrity. Let’s start with politicians, shall we?
You may or may not be aware that in November 2015, the Turnbull government announced the formation of “Taskforce Integrity”, a unit set up specifically […]
Turnbull welcomes nice refugees who wait to be invited.
Just when you thought the Australian government’s treatment of refugees held on Manus Island and Nauru could not descend any deeper into the slough of […]
The year that made me
As I listened to Attorney-General George Brandis today unconvincingly bellow (shout loud: argument weak, as the father of my children used to say) that Malcolm […]
Pot, kettle – There’s no missing the government’s glaring hypocrisy
The Coalition’s current explosion of self-righteous outrage is something to behold. Compared to the excesses of, say, Bronwyn Bishop, or the personal gifts bestowed on […]
The government as sea lions
I don’t know if you’ve ever watched the sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco. I’m reminded of that querulous and stinking marine rabble […]
Why do 13 Coalition backbenchers need to racially offend and insult?
Today, the first sitting day of a new parliament, thirteen, yes thirteen coalition backbenchers defied their Prime Minister and called for an amendment to Section 18C […]
The profound nastiness of the Turnbull government
It was inevitable that any opposition by the ALP or Greens to Abbott’s reeking legacy, the proposed plebiscite on marriage equality, would provide the Turnbull […]
Morrison’s ethics and the Taxed-Nots
Treasurer Scott Morrison and I have very different understandings of what comprises a “Taxed-Not,” a term it was yesterday alleged on Twitter he plagiarised from […]
Dutton’s message: torture works
Yesterday I had a Twitter conversation about Kathryn Bigelow’s movie, Zero Dark Thirty, which was shown on SBS last night. Many angry critics have described the […]