You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
As Tony Abbott once said, “politicians are gonna be judged on everything they say”, (May 2010), and goodness knows, Tony has said some rather controversial things […]
Politics
Abbott, “skills beyond his years”
Mark Kenny has been effusive in his praise of Tony Abbott, writing: Abbott in China shows skills beyond his years. My first response was a […]
He Wouldn’t Dare
No matter what Joe Hockey says, he wouldn’t dare upset today’s aged pensioners…would he? As much as he would like to, the consequences of such […]
The Superannuation saga
While a pained Joe Hockey tells us his “truth” about the mess Labor has supposedly left, and that the old age pension is no longer […]
General Alert
Despite diplomatic convention dictating otherwise, in a press conference in Seoul, Tony Abbott continued his bad habit of publicly criticising the previous government for several […]
Abbott’s tyrannical silencing of 1,892,100 possibly critical political opinions
The recent directive from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on the lack of freedom of speech public servants have as private citizens, includes […]
A job application to Clive Palmer
Dear Mr Clive Palmer, May I call you Mr? It’s not Sir Clive yet is it? I’m sure it will be in the offing should […]
The erosion of our democratic system
Unless you own a newspaper or a mining company, or are happy to turn a blind eye to the erosion of our democratic values then […]
The truth about the ‘carbon tax’
Firstly, let’s remember that from June 2007 to December 2012, before the introduction of carbon pricing, average electricity prices rose by 70 per cent, so the […]
The characteristics of Fascism and how we might note its presence today
Is fascism creeping into Australia? There are clearly no Fascist regimes in Australia, or any regime with even the slightest of Fascist agendas. We’re a […]
Scott Ludlam for President?
Imagine having a head of State who was calm, articulate, honest, dignified, compassionate, knowledgeable, respectful, practical, hard-working. The more I see of Scott Ludlam the […]
Wherever I lay my hat that’s my home
In 1996 John Howard became the first Prime Minister to make Kirribilli House in Sydney his prime residence. Over the next 12 years, this decision […]
How many people does it take to tell the truth?
As Western Australia prepares to vote AGAIN for the Senate no doubt some people just feel over it all. Though aghast at the result, I […]
The truth about the mining tax
It has become increasingly apparent that the onus is on citizen bloggers to inform the Australian public of the truth. We certainly can’t rely on […]