Awww did the mean people call Scotty names? Try being queer
Scott Morrison worships at a church that deems homosexuality as a “broken-ness”, something that can be fixed with conversion therapy. When the country overwhelmingly voted […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Bringing the family to work
Like everyone else, politicians have private lives. Unlike everyone else, increasingly they have been sharing these with us during the course of their work. Brittany […]
Look in your own bed, Dutton
It was August 2014 when then assistant defence minister, Stuart Robert, took a “private” trip to Beijing to oversee a mining deal involving a major […]
Why am I crying?
Even before Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame stood up to speak at the National Press Club today, I found myself shaking. Not in excitement at […]
Morrison is an “arsehole”, just ask his colleagues
It seems whatever he does, Scott Morrison leaves a bevy of disgruntled colleagues in his wake. An early job was with the Tourism Task Force […]
How are you going to pay for it?
The Coalition stakes a lot on the perception of them as better managers of the economy. In the past, they have relied on ‘debt and […]
The best a man can get
When the Prime Minister chooses his Ministry, he has many things to consider – reward for support, factions, states, urban/country, diversity, longevity of service. Merit […]
Is time up for Eric Abetz?
With a hostile Senate, a Labor government would be severely hamstrung in pursuing their legislative agenda. We have seen the irrational demands and horse-trading from […]
After the seven hottest years on record, Labor lessens its climate ambition
In 2015, the Climate Change Authority recommended emissions reduction targets for the government to take to the Paris climate conference: a 2025 target of 30 […]
Barnaby thinks being in government is for looking after your mates. So does his mate Gina.
When Barnaby Joyce regained the leadership of the Nationals in June last year, no-one could have been happier than his dear friend and supporter, Gina […]
He just won’t listen
Scott Morrison has an arrogant certainty about him. Whether this comes from his self-perceived divine ordination, his devotion to ideology, an inflated view of his […]
The real cost of AUKUS
We will never know the full extent of what our government has signed up to with their AUKUS deal but it is increasingly looking like […]
Teachers are not babysitters
As the beginning of the new school year approaches, politicians, doctors and journalists are racing to tell us all that school must go back on […]
Australia did well when we followed the health advice, and then the politicians took over
Just over three weeks ago, on December 14, NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, held a press conference to confirm that the next day pretty much […]
While university jobs disappeared, Jobkeeper provided a windfall to wealthy private schools
Jobkeeper has proved to be a gravy train for wealthy private schools serving the most advantaged families in Victoria. New financial statements posted on the […]