The National Anti-Corruption Commission has fallen at the first hurdle
The decision by the head of the NACC not to proceed with any further investigation into the Robodebt scandal was greeted with 900 complaints about the decision. […]
Articles by John Lord
Dutton is a man of little compassion and much less logic
All that I had predicted about Peter Dutton has come to pass. His comparing the 1996 mass murder of 35 people at Port Arthur with a […]
Nuclear Energy: A Layperson’s Dilemma
In 2013, I wrote a piece titled, “Climate Change: A layperson’s Dilemma” in which I pointed out the debunked theories of people like Andrew Bolt, […]
Triumph over Dutton-style politics: A retrospective look
Of course, any election will have various reasons for why a particular candidate or party won or lost. Therefore, what I write can only be […]
What has age got to do with it?
The ongoing commentary about the relative ages of the two Presidential candidates is becoming tedious. What matters most is their ability to lead. By the […]
Significant changes to a worn-out Australian democracy require some positivity from Peter Dutton (cont)
Continued from Significant changes to a worn-out Australian democracy require some positivity from Peter Dutton Let’s envision a future where everyone has equal opportunities for […]
Significant changes to a worn-out Australian democracy require some positivity from Peter Dutton
Continued from Is Australian democracy at risk from an authoritarian leader? One day on a tranquil Sunday, I found myself lost in thought as the […]
Is Australian democracy at risk from an authoritarian leader?
Continued from Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia? To recap, in Part 1 I wrote that: In recent years, we have witnessed […]
Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia?
It would seem that many countries around the world have decided that democracy has run its race. Russia, India, Hungary, Turkey, Poland, China, Slovakia, Afghanistan, […]
Sky News: where facts don’t seem to matter
At the risk of arousing my natural bias toward the truth, I have of late taken to reading Sky News. I have done so during […]
What will the conservatives campaign on at the next election?
Now that Australians have, depending on where they live, gotten through fires and floods or too many days at the cricket drinking excessively, some will […]
Money, money, money. It’s a rich man’s world.
The headline conveys a tale of acquisition, narcissism, and unimaginable wealth. The world is overflowing with money inherited, earned honestly or obtained through corrupt means. […]
It’s a nasty business this, being in Opposition
A few years back, 2016 to be exact, I wrote a piece for The AIMN suggesting that being in Opposition was a thankless, powerless task […]
The Mystery of why Scott Morrison is still in Parliament
On May 21 2022, Scott Morrison and his corrupt bunch of cronies were thrown out of office. Most Prime Ministers who have lost their hold […]
2024: A Year of Change for Labor
It seems that whenever Labor comes to power, it is under the worst possible economic conditions. If you have a long memory, you will recall […]