Connie Fierravanti-Wells hits peak weird
Backbench Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has just raised, or is that lowered, the bar on fake news. In a painfully obvious attempt to move the […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
The sheer idiocy of Barnaby and the Joycettes
In order to shut Barnaby Joyce and the Joycettes up, we will fork out $4 million for a feasibility study into a new coal-fired power […]
Adapting to the “new normal” in politics is not an option
The government wants us all to adapt to the new normal, whether that’s the consequences of out-of-control global heating or equally uncontrolled political corruption. Veteran […]
There will be no climate change policy under this government
As I have reported before, climate change has now been moved to the Department of Industry. A phone call to the climate change division revealed […]
If this country saves itself, it will not be thanks to the Coalition
The Coalition have become so entrenched in maintaining the status quo that they have forgotten what it means to govern. Their fetish to be a […]
The problem with ministerial discretion
As scrutiny grows on the political nature of grants schemes, Coalition MPs are ramping up their attacks on “bureaucrats” in defence of “ministerial discretion”. “We […]
The “sound economic management” of the Coalition has increased net debt by 250%
The monthly account figures for December have been released and they put a lie to the Coalition’s claims of “sound economic management” – at least […]
Thank you for your application, Barnaby but you are not what we need right now
So Barnaby will put his hand up to be leader … if called on of course. Have we so quickly forgotten why he resigned? It […]
Anne Ruston – what a shocker
You may not have heard of the woman that some describe as Australia’s answer to Margaret Thatcher. But she is busy trying to remedy that. […]
What hope have we got when the rorters make the rules?
Bridget McKenzie’s blatant misuse of public money for political purposes should surprise no-one. We have been enabling this behaviour for a long time. That the […]
Who’s he ‘meeting’ and what’s he ‘beating’?
I don’t know who ScottyFromMarketing is meeting or what he is beating but it sure as hell isn’t our Kyoto target of a 5% emissions […]
Today I am supposed to feel proud – so why am I so angry?
Today I am supposed to feel proud. I am supposed to celebrate what it means to be Australian – how we treat each other, our […]
Giving our children a start in life
Most people facing parenthood do so with some trepidation, others with great joy. All of us hope to be able to give our children a […]
The consequences of a callous, incompetent government
A quick scan of today’s news paints a very sorry picture of a callous, incompetent, ideologically-driven, and arguably corrupt, government. Aboriginal youth are being detained […]
How much will it cost – the ridiculous hypocrisy of Morrison and Frydenberg
When Bill Shorten couldn’t put an exact figure on how much Labor’s climate policies would cost 11 years out from the deadline of 2030, Scottyfrommarketing […]