“Co-existence” – NBN’s latest excuse
Regular readers will know the saga I have been dealing with as a result of living in a marginal seat which had FttN thrust upon […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Hunt offers less for youth mental health programs than we spent on the postal survey
Amidst much fanfare, Greg Hunt announced yesterday that there would be an injection of more than $100 million into school mental health programs and a […]
Roman’s holiday – what else could go wrong?
“May God bless you, may God bless your work, may God bless the country you are helping to protect and prosper.” So said Tony Abbott in July […]
Peter Dutton defies the Peter principle
When John Howard turned almost certain defeat into victory at the 2001 election by exploiting fears about refugees and national security, he set us on […]
Private schools not accountable for how they spend government funds
The following is an excerpt from a report by Save Our Schools titled “Govt. Failure to Ensure Private School Systems Distribute Funding According to Need […]
The beer-swilling bullying buffoon who is running/ruining our nation
When Warren Truss was approaching retirement, there was a significant push in the National Party for “anyone but Barnaby” to take up the reins of […]
A bad year for the church but huge steps forward for the rest of us
The problem with religious people is not in what they choose to believe. It is their insistence that everyone must abide by their beliefs. For […]
When it comes to infrastructure, the Coalition prefer announcables to planning
Much has been written about the dismal failure of the NBN. We are spending $50 billion on an unreliable system that cannot be upgraded. This […]
ABC opts for Murdoch misinformation on MYEFO
For those who may be watching the ABC to get updates on the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, don’t bother. The first thing I […]
The Catholic influence on our politicians has been to the great detriment of our education system
In light of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse, the worst offender, the Catholic Church, has immediately hunkered […]
With rapidly evaporating respect Mr Turnbull, that’s crap
Good poker players learn how to read signs from their opponents about when they are bluffing. For Malcolm Turnbull, one signal is when he says […]
What the hell is this juvenile fool doing in our Parliament?
It is appropriate that David Leyonhjelm got into parliament on the donkey vote because he has certainly turned out to be a total ass. In […]
If we are to save the planet we need our journalism to get better
In 1989, Prime Minister Bob Hawke described a “growing consensus amongst scientists” showing there was a strong chance that major climate change was on its […]
Keep the proletariat poor, in debt and scared – it’s the capitalist way
When Tony Abbott, contrary to his 2013 election promise that there would be “no adverse changes to superannuation”, chose to delay/abandon the scheduled increase in […]
Is Julie Bishop leadership material?
The media, prompted by the Nationals, far right conservatives and Kevin Rudd, have decided that Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership must end. But who might replace him? […]