Giving wedgies on national security policy
You would have thought it would be at least mildly damaging to the Abbott government, if not just a bit embarrassing, that one of their […]
Articles by Dr Victoria Fielding
Sticks and stones break bones
Remember the old saying ‘sticks and stone may break my bones, but names will never hurt me’? It’s time Australian voters worried less about the […]
An Open Letter to Joe Hockey
Dear Joe Hockey, I am writing to you about your announcement on Mother’s Day that you’re going to deprive 80,000 working mothers from the government […]
What went wrong for UK Labour?
Through my study of political narratives I’ve learned many interesting things. But the one most important lessons is that a political narrative has to be […]
What will it take for the Greens to be ‘mainstream’?
After today’s shock Greens leadership change, new leader Richard Di Natale has been quoted as saying he wants the Greens to be ‘the natural […]
Curing Outrage Fatigue
I agree with Tim Dunlop when he says we’re currently living through a phase of ‘the normalisation of bad politics’. There are hundreds of […]
Labor framed as the villain again
Over the last couple of days, the Twittersphere has been full of congratulations for Waleed Aly’s The Project segment on the Renewable Energy Target (RET). […]
If you don’t love Australia, leave
It’s time we reclaimed Australia. Because I love this country and I hate to see it being sullied by bigotry and racism. I’ve got a […]
What should Shorten say?
In the political battle of ideas, the weapon is the political narrative. After spending the last year researching political narrative, I have learned it’s not […]
An Open Letter to Peta Credlin
Dear Peta Credlin, First of all let me say that I’m sorry you’re having such a horrible time at work at the moment. Since it’s […]
The Elephants in the Press Gallery
The Press Gallery have been busily, emphatically, excitedly making the most of the new leadership tensions story that Abbott has gifted them over the past […]
An Open Letter to Malcolm Turnbull
Dear Malcolm Turnbull, I hate to distract you from the clusterfluck that is your political party at the moment. But I can’t help but notice […]
We knew who Abbott was back then
I’m really sick of people saying that they didn’t expect Tony Abbott to be the type of Prime Minister he is. I’m really sick of […]
It makes no difference
Whether it’s Abbott as PM or someone else from the Liberal government, it makes no difference. Because they are all the same. Sure, it’s fun […]
Murdoch prepares Bishop for Libspill
Abbott must be having a horrible Christmas break. He can’t have missed that his old buddy, his mentor Rupert has completely dropped him and in […]