The moral principles of independent publishers
The perilous future of the Australian Independent Media Network should be a wake up call to those of us hungry for an alternative to main […]
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Life out of Balance
I recall 1982 as a confluence of firsts. As I began my thirty first year, life seemed as an endless sequence of possibilities, rolling toward […]
Is Morrison’s Pink-Batts Moment Coming?
Will the federal JobKeeper Allowance become Scott Morrison’s pink-batts/school-halls’ experience? It’s starting to look that way, even at this early stage. Just to recap, when […]
Hungry miles
The other day a relative said she felt uneasy and that the present situation seems unreal. She described a sense of foreboding despite warm weather […]
A not so Good Friday
Today is Good Friday April 10, 2020. The latest modelling shows that although Australia’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, talk of its suppression seem as a […]
The Recession we are going to have!
Now we will see them in full bloom. No, not my iceberg roses, although they look spectacular at the moment. No, now we are seeing […]
The Trickle-up Conspiracy
Henry Johnston’s article, NO WE CAN’T (AIMN, 13/02/2020) begins “Try as I might, I cannot pinpoint the exact moment or instance, when the world’s conservative […]
No we can’t
Try as I might, I cannot pinpoint the exact moment or instance, when the world’s conservative parties shifted from extolling tradition and practising good manners, […]
Mother Nature is Pushing Back
If there is a positive to draw from what is happening to us this Australian summer, it is that for climate deniers, this is, thus […]
Is Europe drifting towards another war?
There is a saying in France that the unskilled worker is either on strike or on holidays. It’s not true; it’s an idiom that has […]
Frydenberg and Steel-Plated Boots
The final results are in for the fiscal year 2018/19. The government’s May Budget prediction of a $4 billion deficit has come in officially at […]
What is truth?
Jet lag is a crime against circadian rhythms. If you’ve travelled umpteenth hours at sub-sonic speed from near the meridian of forty degrees south, chances […]
A restless muddled class
With one word – zeitgeist — Germans manage to describe two complex metaphysical concepts:- time and spirit. Zeitgeist as adopted by the Anglophone world means […]
Remember Hiroshima
Today, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 is the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The following is a detailed account of what happened that […]
Boris’s blonde ambitions
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it […]