It’s obvious who is beholden here, and it isn’t Bill Shorten
On August 30, almost two years after the hearing into prohibited political donations concluded, ICAC released its report on Operation Spicer and it was damning […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Sam’s stupidity shines a light on the Coalition’s cupidity
In the true tradition of Coalition governments in trouble, the Turnbull government has pulled out its dirt files and manipulated a sensationalist MSM to go […]
Who would you trust?
Every time I hear party mouthpieces like Dutton and Morrison tell me what Australian people want, what we “know”, I have to fight an overwhelming […]
Something went terribly wrong
When presenting the Derek Fielding Memorial Lecture a few days ago, president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, singled out 2001 as […]
We won so you have to do what we say
It hasn’t taken long for the co-operative negotiation strategy to be discarded in favour of the “we won so you have to do what we […]
How conservatives use racism and why
The 60s and 70s were times of great change in Australia. Women were throwing off the shackles of domestic servitude, Aborigines were demanding civil rights, […]
Blind ideology and political cowardice hamstring the government
The Coalition’s inability to address taxation reform is as exasperating as Dutton’s refusal to address the plight of those incarcerated on Manus and Nauru. The […]
Picking on poor Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton is upset about the allegations that there is anything wrong with Australia’s offshore gulags. “I’ve spent much of my professional career investigating sexual […]
Ship of fools
There are many reasons for the current woes facing the government but, considering their habit of rewarding incompetence, it is hardly surprising. Joe Hockey’s budget […]
Complicit in corruption
In June, in an interview with A Current Affair, Nauru’s Justice Minister David Adeang claimed that Nauru has “much lower” rates of sexual assaults, murder […]
Conservatives are a product of Direct Instruction
It’s not surprising that conservatives are fans of Direct Instruction. It’s their whole life. Many of them are religious. They do not/cannot question the belief […]
Will Abbott be suspended?
In February this year, three Liberal Party members including two former MPs were suspended for six months from the party for appearing on a 7.30 […]
Speaking of hate speech and feeling safe walking down the street….
The recent election has had serious consequences in taking this country backwards in many ways, not least of which is the bolstering of the numbers […]
Freedom of speech the Bernardi way
Front man for the far right conservatives, Cory Bernardi is a strong advocate for freedom of speech – for some. On his questionably named blog […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s DD delivered the balance of power to a motley crew of extremists
Malcolm Turnbull’s strategic judgement has just delivered the balance of power to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and what a motley crew they are. This was […]