The mythical $80,000
By 2353NM Some reading this would be able to remember the days when the urban dream was the quarter acre block in a ‘nice’ suburb, […]
Why The Liberals Are Considered Good Economic Managers!
There’s something satisfying about denial. You say no to that extra bit of chocolate cake and you pat yourself on the back and say what […]
Piss off ya nasty old bludger
According to a 2015 headline in Rupert Murdoch’s rag, The Australian, “No, the rich don’t pay a ‘fair share’ of tax. They pay all of […]
Is everybody happy now?
By now everybody in Australia knows who Duncan Storrar is. Until a week ago he was just an Australian battler who had faced more challenges […]
Negative Gearing was designed by God
DO NOT PANIC. The Labor Party might want to destroy our way of life and utterly debauch all of the maidens in our midst but […]
7-Eleven And Their Fire; Malcolm Makes Strange Promise To Enforce Law
MICHAEL SMITH (7-Eleven Chairman): Well I think you’ve come to the nub of the issue. We were on fire when this happened and we needed […]
An Open Letter to Peter van Onselen
Dear Peter On Monday you asked this question on Twitter and seemed quite flabbergasted about the situation, so I thought I’d do you the favour […]
Let them eat toast
By now, you’ve probably all heard the tale of Duncan Storrar, the man on $20,000 a year who asked assistant treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer on QandA why […]
Regarding insignificant questions and spontaneous swearing
Hard-hitting cutting-edge political commentary goes right to the heart of an issue. The best practitioners carefully sieve and weigh competing ideas, contentions, and stories. They […]
Trickle down thinking breeds inequality
By Ad astra In a piece published on 13 April, I predicted that inequality would be a hot button issue in the upcoming election. Now […]
Duncan versus Malcolm
How might Malcolm Turnbull’s life have turned out if he was sexually abused as a child, which caused him to suffer post-traumatic stress, making it […]
The employment statistics they don’t want to talk about
Australia Area Profile – March 2016 Working Age Population (15-64) : 15,790,200 Employment Rate (15-64) : 72.3 % Participation Rate (15+) : 64.9 % Unemployment Rate (15+) : 5.7 […]
Jobs and growth, but what jobs?
By Ken Wolff There are two key aspects to the government’s ‘jobs and growth’ mantra: one that it has been successful in creating 300,000 jobs […]
How much has been cut from your schools?
The Turnbull Government has cut $29 billion from schools’ funding. Would you like to know how much has been cut from your local schools? Click […]
Incentives – When You Think About It, It’s Not One!
Tax is a disincentive to working. We’ve heard that often from the Liberals. If taxes are too high, people have no won’t want to work. […]