The Republic debate is back: Is this Hockey’s ‘Marriage Equality’?
Joe Hockey – along with Peter FitzSimons (head of the Australian Republican Movement) and Labor Senator Katy Gallagher – announced today that they are putting the […]
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The Snouties: Awarding the most ‘on the snout’ pollies
As we all know, good government started six months ago – following Abbott’s near demise as our Prime Minister. And this last parliamentary sitting fortnight in Canberra […]
Use of Force Bill – first secrecy, now the power to use deadly force
As most people know, laws came into effect on 1 July this year making it a crime for an ‘entrusted person’ – such as a […]
A ‘People’s vote’ on marriage equality: Abbott’s latest Truthiness phrase?
Following last week’s cabinet discussion on marriage equality, Tony Abbott announced that: “going into the next election, you’ll have the Labor Party which wants [marriage […]
Aussie Racism – it’s time to Stop. Think. Respect.
Political commentator Andrew Bolt said recently that Australia is fundamentally not a racist country. He’s wrong. Ok, that’s hardly a phrase that’s in uncommon usage […]
Ok. I’m convinced. Terrorism is THE BIGGEST threat to Australia right now.
I have to confess that it’s taken me a while to get here. A few months back, when Tony Abbott said: “Daesh is coming, if […]
Abbott the Dragon Slayer: The art of making scary mountains out of molehills
Unless you’ve been on a desert island or in a coma, you’ve heard Tony Abbott boast over and over and over again that: “We’ve had […]
Understanding ‘Abbott-Speak’ – Truthiness to English Dictionary
Listening to Tony Abbott speak can be confusing. One day he’s saying something like “Let me be as categoric as I can, the GST won’t […]
OK Pollies – time’s up. It’s the end of your age of entitlement
At the time of being elected, the government proclaimed that there was a debt and deficit emergency. They needed to clean up Labor’s mess, they […]
So how fascist is Australia right now?
If a fifth-grader can see it, shouldn’t we be paying attention? Earlier this week, a ten year old boy who had been watching WW2 movies, […]
Tony Abbott: it’s called the House of Representatives, not the House of Rulers
“Heads should roll“ declared Abbott a few weeks back, after the ABC dared to do what every other TV channel was doing by replaying Zaky […]
The Idiot’s Guide to avoiding Terrorists under the bed
“When Abbott was voted in, various jokes circulated about Australia returning to the 1950s. It seems that these weren’t too far from the truth.” In […]