Whose life is it anyway?
By Janine Gebert Thirteen years ago I had to dress my 30 year old daughter for her funeral. She had survived a battle with cancer […]
Your Say
Why on earth would you want to vote for the LNP?
Give or take a bit, the polls have both parties squared off at 50/50. So it means that half of the voting population are prepared […]
There’s an election around the corner, and it’s hard to pick
By Peter McCarthy The way our democracy has evolved to this point in time has led to much angst, and it’s hardly surprising. Sometimes it […]
Australia shows America what you get with a Trump
By Peter McCarthy In political history Australia generally follows America by about a decade, although that distance may have shortened up more recently. And by […]
The deterioration of the living standards in Australia
By Arthur Plottier (aka Freethinker) It is the opinion of the the Grattan Institute that Australia’s political system is failing to deal with – among […]
Serial complaining
By Peter McCarthy I accept that I am a political junkie who delights in watching election campaigns, even to the point of trying to watch […]
No one has the right to take the moral high ground
By Tony Bonnici A violent homophobe from a Muslim background – who was on FBI watch and yet licensed to carry assault weapons – kills […]
Hospital cuts hurt
By Jane Salmon Hospital cuts hurt people when they are at their most vulnerable: presenting to Accident & Emergency after motor or industrial accidents, for […]
Politics. What is it good for?
I don’t know if there are people out there as fed up as I am with this interminable election campaign, with its interminable commentators making […]
What will Malcolm say now that the NBN is an election issue?
Much has already been written about Malcolm Turnbull’s disastrous NBN plan though I would just like to add just one thing, by way of a […]
“If good men do nothing”
By Callen Sorensen – Karklis Australia: the said land of the fair go and mateship. Australia has a strong history with links to multiculturalism and […]
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”
This statement by ‘anonymous’ is too good not to share! I have had an absolute gutful of this “government”. Never ever have we had such […]
A Healthy Society
By Nick Chapman, Independent NSW candidate for the Australian Senate Our lives revolve around our relationships with partners, family, friends and colleagues. Relationships are the […]
Labor’s Legacy Shines Through
By Callen Sorensen-Karklis The 21st century Labor Party has a lot to offer Australians, despite being written off in recent times as a party of […]
Sydney’s Lock-out Laws: The Death of Nightlife and Tourism
By Oliver Clarke Australia’s a flawed land; a place of construction and destruction, sometimes in the same day. Sometimes in the same place. Sydney is […]