The Messiah from the Shire and other advertising slogans
If you believe the media, Scott Morrison is popular with the electorate because he is “genuine”. Apparently, he is a man of conviction, a man […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Pulled the wrong rein there
After my father was medically retired from teaching, he chose to take a lump sum payout of his superannuation. When he lived longer than expected, […]
The impact of climate change felt in the National Accounts
When Josh Frydenberg gave his press conference about the June Quarter National Accounts, he tried his hardest to stick to the designated talking point. Josh […]
Message massacring
For democracy to function with anything approaching efficiency, the people who choose our representatives need to know the truth about the challenges facing us, have […]
Morrison doesn’t want to talk about his anniversary – with good reason
As the media falls over itself lauding Scott Morrison for lasting a year without being rolled, we are approaching the six-year anniversary of a Coalition […]
“Weak as piss”
Just to underline how puerile politics has become, Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan has called engineering firm Aurecon “weak as piss” and a “bunch of […]
Quiet Australians will never permeate the Morrison bubble
In what appears to be an attempt to emulate John Howard’s battlers, Scott Morrison tells us that he will be the champion of “quiet Australians”, […]
“Stale conventional wisdoms and orthodoxies”
In an astonishing display of projection, Scott Morrison has blamed the public service for the “trust deficit” in politics. He then goes on with the […]
They don’t want freedom – they want dominion
According to the Universal Declaration of Rights: “The freedom to observe and practise religious faith protects the inherent dignity of individuals, acknowledging the autonomy of […]
Craig Kelly, the ultimate hypocritical NIMBY
When Craig Kelly gave his first speech in Parliament in 2010, he declared himself an environmentalist, citing a particular concern about the detrimental effects of […]
Pusillanimous liars and cheats
Imagine the reception you would get if, having failed an exam, you went and saw your uni lecturer and said “Remember how I got a […]
Conservative Christians running foreign policy are scary
Much has been written about Andrew Hastie’s idiotic comments this week comparing the rise of China to that of Nazi Germany. Having James Patterson come […]
Who needs due diligence when you have billions of public money to splash around?
It has come to the stage where nothing surprises anymore. The government is not even pretending to do due diligence as it hands out billions […]
In Barnaby’s world, everything is about him
It comes as no surprise that the bill to have NSW catch up to the rest of the country in decriminalising abortion has all of […]
Foreign influence in Australian politics
We hear a lot about Russia and China trying to influence politics in other countries, including in Australia, when sitting in plain sight are blatant […]