“Is that supposed to be a selling point?”
When Scott Morrison looked the camera in the eye and told us that “If you vote Labor, you get Bill Shorten. If you vote Coalition, […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Was ‘Mediscare’ really a lie?
An obviously still bitter Coalition, amplified by a compliant media, have decided to use Labor’s so-called ‘Mediscare’ campaign last election as a reason to call […]
Election campaigns are unedifying spectacles nowadays
The spectacle of political parties jostling with each other for ascendancy is ugly. Promises of money are thrown around like confetti – a tax cut […]
You don’t have to be dumb to be a Liberal but…ah stuff it, yes you do
Despite having repeatedly shown appalling judgement in her political career – mistakenly locking up Cornelia Rau and overturning deportation orders to grant Francesco Madafferi a […]
When it comes to taxation, Labor has a purpose – the Coalition has a slogan
As the Coalition do their usual big scary number thing, the real debate about taxation is being obscured. The government’s plan is to cap taxation […]
Why we should elect Labor – brought to you by the Liberal Party
In his 2005 tax policy paper, Malcolm Turnbull described negative gearing and the CGT discount as a “sheltering tax haven” that is “skewing national investment away […]
FauxMo’s “truth campaign”
Scott Morrison told radio host Alan Jones the Coalition would not resort to a “fear campaign” but would run a “truth campaign”. Guffaw. Apparently, joining […]
The truth as opposed to what Melissa Price says
Today, the misnamed Minister for the Environment, Melissa Price, announced that, on the advice of the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia, she was approving the Adani […]
Living in a marginal seat can be hell
I live in the marginal seat of Robertson, misrepresented by the wholly inadequate Lucy Wicks. Lucy was a Tony Abbott captain’s pick, parachuted into the […]
If the government really cared about suicide prevention, they would look at what causes it
Much has been made of the government’s budget commitment towards tackling mental health needs and suicide prevention. Whilst the election influx of funding will no […]
Voters should heed the warnings given by Liberal women
Yesterday, Jane Prentice joined a growing list of Liberal women calling out their own side. “Impatient ambition, treachery and lies are now, more than ever, […]
It’s only words, and words are all I have
The Coalition have delivered a budget full of promises that they hope will win them re-election but, until those promises actually eventuate, they’re only words. […]
Whatever the cost of Labor’s policy, the Coalition’s inaction on climate change will cost infinitely more
As the Liberal’s break into the predictable hysteria about Labor’s climate change policy, demanding to know how much it will cost the economy, Rio Tinto […]
The economy is going great but the same can’t be said for the people
The Coalition will go into the next election on the back of what is expected to be a strong budget. There will be figures and […]
George Christensen is missing the point
Channelling ScoMo’s ‘aggrieved victim of outrageous slurs’ approach, George Christensen has hit back at those who have criticised him for spending 294 days in the […]