Spent Matters: The AUKUS Nuclear Waste Problem
When Australia – vassal be thy name – assumed responsibilities for not only throwing money at both US and British shipbuilders, lending up territory and […]
Politics
Bright and shiny things
While the former Coalition Government was never one to consider the frail, elderly, unwell or jobless as full members of society, you would expect better […]
As the month of March rolls on, so does Albo
1 Whenever you think the political world has gone quiet, a bit of scratching on the surface reveals that the early frenetic pace set by the […]
Many suffered a robodebt of death
It must be challenging for the Commissioner and Senior Counsel Assisting when critical witnesses at the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme either suffer from […]
How will the Liberal Party brand itself philosophically under Peter Dutton’s leadership?
The LNP went down without so much as a whimper on May 21 2022. It was a defeat one could blame on many factors; race, […]
Fascist politics on our streets and in speaking tours
Over this last weekend, the latest American CPAC convention took place in Maryland. This one did not host the autocrat Viktor Orban, CPAC’s poster fascist. […]
No, Minister, that’s illegal
Former Government Services Minister Stuart Robert appeared at the Robodebt Royal Commission last week and attempted to do as so many others have done – […]
If You’re Interested In Some Fiction…
Now, I know that this may sound like the start of something to do with Stuart Robert’s testimony at the Robodebt Royal Commission but I’ll […]
We are not America
Australia is transitioning from our old colonial master to a self-selected new colonial master. We have those with power nostalgic for the glories of imperial […]
Who should take the blame for the current dismal outlook?
Everyone is doing it hard at present. Or so it seems. There may be exceptions, like Woolworths, which announced a 14 per cent (to $907 […]
Negative nellies
In the world of Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, the Albanese Government’s ‘Voice’ process is a stunt to get re-elected. This is the same Susan […]
Dutton and the DeLorean
So Opposition Leader Peter Dutton believes that “the Voice to Parliament’ referendum will fail. If it does, there is one person to blame – Peter […]
Irresponsible Politics: Australia’s B-52 Nuclear Weapons Problem
It is not farfetched to make the point that delivery systems capable of deploying nuclear weapons will lead to them carrying those very same weapons. […]
Twiggy’s Afghan Mineral Coup
By Antony Loewenstein The ‘deal of the century’ for the exploitation of Afghanistan’s resource treasure trove has disappeared in a puff of smoke Andrew […]
An appetite for evil
Beyond incompetence and corruption Untroubled by the burdens of either wit or intelligence the embaldened tubermensch who, for now, leads the meritocracy trading as the […]