Broad church vs damaging splitters
Instead of a billboard announcing boat arrivals (which was apparently not aiding people smugglers), the Coalition have gone for a scoreboard of how many Labor […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
When Turnbull still gave a shit
In July 2011, Malcolm Turnbull addressed the Virginia Chadwick Foundation. The following is an excerpt from his speech: “….the most significant but least tractable threat […]
Fact free campaigning – we’ve heard it all before
As I move into the 31st business day without EFTPOS (and thanks for nothing Lucy Wicks and Mitch Fifield – you have been a great […]
Wealthy conservatives can’t understand people who aren’t them
It is Tuesday night and I have had a very hard day with my business which STILL, after almost two months, is having problems with […]
Piss off ya nasty old bludger
According to a 2015 headline in Rupert Murdoch’s rag, The Australian, “No, the rich don’t pay a ‘fair share’ of tax. They pay all of […]
The employment statistics they don’t want to talk about
Australia Area Profile – March 2016 Working Age Population (15-64) : 15,790,200 Employment Rate (15-64) : 72.3 % Participation Rate (15+) : 64.9 % Unemployment Rate (15+) : 5.7 […]
The Coalition has some things right
The Coalition has some things right. They are right when they say we must invest to create a better future for our children. Unfortunately, they […]
They have no plan – they are just doing what Liberals do
Flushed with electoral success, and with the Treasury keys burning a hole in his pocket, Joe Hockey was only three months into the job when […]
Aggravation
Every day it seems there are new things to be aggravated about. Take Peter Dutton. If Australia is not responsible for the detainees on Manus […]
NBN nightmare
When the Coalition took over the NBN rollout, not only did they destroy a nation building game changer, they have caused enormous problems by imposing […]
Fifteen things the government doesn’t find as important as I do
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled Fifteen things that are more important than slogans about innovation. It is informative to measure […]
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse
Once again, we are going to an election with the Coalition running a deceitful scare campaign about “a big thumping electricity tax”. A report published […]
A government in opposition and the media who put them there
In June 2013, the Age newspaper printed an editorial calling for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to stand aside “for the good of the nation“. The […]
Where is the evidence?
Before the 2013 election, Malcolm Turnbull said “The politicians and parties that can demonstrate they can be trusted, that they will not insult the people […]
Breaking news . . . NOT!!
Yesterday, several papers and the 7:30 Report revealed shocking allegations of corporate corruption made to a Senate Committee. Sam Dastayari was “gobsmacked”. Leighton’s had engaged […]