The Festering Seed at the Heart of Victim Blaming
By Jennifer Ellem I’ve given a great deal of thought to this piece over the past weeks and have come to realise that what I […]
How politicians force us to make a choice we should never have to make.
The phrase, Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite, frequently attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville but in fact coined by French counterrevolutionary Joseph de Maistre, is translated […]
Public transport is too expensive for the unemployed
By Tracie Aylmer As someone who has tried absolutely everything to get off benefits, only to fail time and again, I have few funds to […]
That’s not how the system works.
Franklin D Roosevelt once said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” Not true, not anymore. Occasionally we come across watershed moments in our […]
Jumping the Shark with Robbie
‘Beware the great union comeback’ is the actual name of an actual article. On the front page of the Australian this headline was coupled with […]
The Coalition has some things right
The Coalition has some things right. They are right when they say we must invest to create a better future for our children. Unfortunately, they […]
Class Warfare – A Short Blog!
Ok, watch this two minute video about monkeys (actual monkeys no connection to the photo of Dutton and Abbott): Yep, class warfare. Now what’s the […]
Dutton must stop holding pregnant women hostage
What kind of a sick, evil nation do we live in, where pregnant rape victims are held to ransom by the Government? What kind of […]
They have no plan – they are just doing what Liberals do
Flushed with electoral success, and with the Treasury keys burning a hole in his pocket, Joe Hockey was only three months into the job when […]
Malcolm Has A Plan
Some people have unkindly suggested that the Liberals new slogan “Jobs and Growth” is directly borrowed from their old pre-Turnbull slogan which was “Jobs and […]
The murky depths of links between Transfield/Broadspectrum and politics
By Tracie Aylmer A while ago I did some research on mining companies, as well as Broadspectrum (when it was called Transfield). The research was […]
Aggravation
Every day it seems there are new things to be aggravated about. Take Peter Dutton. If Australia is not responsible for the detainees on Manus […]
Gobbledegook in three part harmony
Part one: the consumer We have been all been sold a pup. And a coat rack. Also an extensible walking stick with a built in […]
“Elections are decided by those who turn up”
We’re going to the polls on July 2 in what the pundits are predicting will be a close call. Let’s hope that the disappointments of […]
My innovation is bigger than your innovation
By Ken Wolff Malcolm Turnbull launched his ‘National Innovation and Science Agenda’ on 7 December last, three days after Labor had launched its ‘start ups’ […]