Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat
If there was ever any doubt, it has now been undeniably shown. The ultimate aim of conservative government is to acquire ultimate power unrestricted by […]
Social Justice
Baby boomer protection
Why is the Abbott government offering $10,000 to employ people who are over 50? We grew up in a time of free education and high […]
‘Middle-Out’ Economics
Here it is. Here is the wealth inequality narrative progressives have been searching for. Yesterday I wrote about rich wankers and a couple of helpful […]
June 28, 1914
A guest post by Alan Knox. Alan lives in California where he studies Sociology at the State University. He was formerly from Burringbar NSW and […]
Kids and Capuchins
While children may lack the cynicism that comes with age, the sophistication that comes with experience, or the confidence that comes from success, they have […]
Talk about stubborn!
Yesterday I heard Joe Hockey interviewed. When asked about Tony’s pet Paid Parental Leave Scheme he had the unmitigated gall to say that Labor hates […]
Conspiracy of silence
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down […]
Bigots or the disabled?
There could be no starker signal of this government’s intentions than the appointment of Tim Wilson as the Human Rights Commissioner for ‘Freedom’ at the […]
The Grey Army
Young people starting out in life are a great resource for our future. Investing in them, giving them a helping hand to get started, is […]
A Lesson in Displacement at the Bureau of Worldly Advice
Refugees are people. Let’s treat them as such. Loz Lawrey shares a recent experience with some refugees and despairs at the treatment this country affords […]
Hockey’s lazy, lying helpers
It disturbs me that this email is hitting the in-box. Disturbing in that there appear to be a high number of Australians who are satisfied […]
Taking us back 50 years?
How far does Tony Abbott want to take us back? Ten years? Twenty years? Some people say 50 years. Warwick O’Neill suggests it might be […]
No ‘love’ in the Abbott Government’s ‘tough’
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey have taken to describing their budgetary cruelty as an act of “tough love” for which we may […]
My kids are ok, yours can go beg.
When I hear Joe Hockey say, with trembling lip, that he refuses to saddle his children with the nation’s debt, my hypocrisy radar maxes out. […]
Some of my best friends are corrupt
There appears no question that Craig Thomson misused union funds, though his sentence of 12 months gaol (3 months to be served) is being appealed. […]