Brawling over Vaccines: Export Bans and the EU’s Bungled Rollout
The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging the equitable distribution of vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, COVID-19. Numerous statements speak […]
Politics
We are destroying the future for our descendants
This is the third time in the last 8 weeks that I have started to write an article to be published on The AIM Network. […]
Wednesday was a weird day
Angus Campbell isn’t a bad man. The vast majority of Australian men aren’t ‘bad’ men. But they still seem to think it is a woman’s […]
Morrison shows us again how much he despises women
In his press conference today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked about allegations pertaining to the anal rape of a child, allegedly perpetrated by one of his current cabinet […]
Politics is a charade
By Ad astra Charade: an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance. We, the people, are the victims of such deliberate pretence […]
The Morrison government is a sewer
An allegation of the brutal anal rape of a child in 1988 has been made against an un-named minister in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet. The victim […]
Whatever the Liberal Party is, it is not a place for women
Who would have thought that of all the blunders the Liberal and National Parties have made over their period of incumbency that it might be […]
“He said, she said”: How Dutton is attempting to control the narrative
One of the greatest challenges for a political commentator in recent years has been keeping track of the Morrison government’s lies and obfuscations. These have escalated […]
The only jobs the Nats are concerned about are their own
When you have a leader whose most memorable contribution has been a rather tragic Elvis impersonation, I guess it’s understandable that the natives might get […]
Refriended in Defeat: Australia Strikes a Deal with Facebook
The Australian Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, was unconvincing in his efforts to summon up courage. The Australian government had been left reeling in the wake of […]
If you’re a woman in Parliament House, nobody hears you scream
Over the last few days, no less than five federal government ministers have publicly stated their support for Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s claims that he knew nothing about […]
Finding the truth and reporting it is more important than creating a narrative where controversy matters more
1 The journalist who broke the story about the rape in the Minister’s office, Samantha Maiden said on ABC Insiders last Sunday that she first […]
Bubble Politics
By Ad astra As we emerge from four years of disastrous Trump politics, fervently hoping for a modicum of normality in US politics, we find […]
Seeking the Post-Covid Sunshine: Making the Gig Economy More Inclusive
By Denis Bright A century after that prior attempt at Return to Normalcy in the wake of the Spanish flu pandemic and the burdens imposed […]
Dob on us and see what happens
When Peter van Onselen revealed that the prime minister’s office was deliberately backgrounding journalists to smear Brittany Higgins’ now partner, I thought here we go […]