“They come for help and you torture them.”
Dear Mr Dutton, Words cannot express just how disgusted I am in you and your Department. It is clear that your abhorrent asylum seeker policies […]
Are you rational or self-interested, PM?
“We mustn’t let empathy cloud our judgement.” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged the Australian people not to get all “misty-eyed” about the fate of refugees […]
Day to Day Politics: Budget talk or just propaganda?
Tuesday 3 May 2016 It is only three years ago that the then Opposition leader Tony Abbott, with the use of language more befitting a […]
Why isn’t the Medicare rebate freeze a major issue?
By Ken Wolff Although the former Abbott government dropped its $5 co-payment for Medicare it retained and extended a freeze on Medicare rebates that has […]
Lords and Ladies: the world changes
By Ken Wolff My Lords and my Ladies, I beseech your indulgence, here before your magnificent court, as I present for your amusement and moral […]
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse
Once again, we are going to an election with the Coalition running a deceitful scare campaign about “a big thumping electricity tax”. A report published […]
Promises, promises
Near the end of August in 2013 Tony Abbott launched the Liberal Party Campaign with a rousing speech full of pithy one-liners and simply jam-packed […]
Turnbull, Maths, Literacy, Back To Basics And Innovation(?)
Apparently, the Turnbull government is going to give a billion dollars to “help” education. A billion dollars? Why that’s nearly as much as they’ve committed […]
Divining the federal budget
By Ad Astra Some of you may question the purpose of trying to divine what will be in the May 3 federal budget when the […]
Day to Day Politics: Just who is Malcolm Turnbull?
Sunday 1 May 2016 In December 2014 The Saturday Paper said this of Turnbull: “He has worked up a lovely public persona: as cultured as Keating but […]
Pseudo-democracy, pseudo-concern, and pseudo-campaign fatigue
By James Moylan Our Prime Minister is going to call an election in about two weeks time. We are not in an ‘election campaign’ but […]
Senior DIBP official overrules medical experts yet again
The case of an African asylum seeker detained on Nauru and known as S99 is currently before the federal court, in an effort to have her […]
Koalas, Coal and Cash
A more publically accountable and transparent planning and assessment process is urgently required in order to prevent further unnecessary damage to the quality and health […]
The Tony Abbott Error … Or Was It Era?
This week I’ve heard some strange things. Stranger even than that photo of Christopher Pyne wearing an Akubra. Well, we had Turnbull’s stellar performance on […]
Tax religion – “Yes” say 64% of the public
Media Release 29th April, 2016 “As a revenue-starved budget looms next Tuesday only 7% of Australians think religion should be tax-free — costing Treasurer Scott […]