Scott Morrison, like Moody’s, doesn’t have a Clue
This week, Moody’s ratings agency warned that Australia’s AAA credit rating was at risk. The report said without measures to raise revenue “limited spending cuts […]
Not the full quid
Barnaby Joyce is always saying something remarkable for its inanity, and the last couple of days he’s done nothing to cause me to reassess my […]
It has never been a better time to be a politician!
By Bob Lee We must clear the mind of the past and vigorously challenge and debunk this 2016 Report on the Independent Committee’s Review of […]
Investment bankers and venture capitalists
What do PM Malcolm Turnbull, Premier Mike Baird, and NZ’s PM John Key have in common? They were all investment bankers – for Goldman Sachs, […]
The average no-voter
By Tracie Aylmer We all wonder how some people in Australia have no consideration for politics whatsoever. They refuse to want to talk about politics, […]
‘Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did’.
In Queensland the political class is currently planning to double down on Richard Nixon’s ‘war on drugs’. The Queensland State Parliament has decided to change […]
The Non-caring Government Moving Into Caretaker Mode… Soon!
Excerpt from “Dummies for Poltics”… Or should that be “Politics for Dummies”? In today’s lesson, we were going to learn that a double dissolution was […]
An open letter to Christians and other bigots
By Sir ScotchMistery For the last several years as a gay man I have stood silently by and allowed your fundamentalist claptrap to interfere with […]
Be a 2016 Budget winner
In two weeks Treasurer Scott Morrison will hand down his first Budget. The mainstream media has started hurling speculation at us as to what it […]
We could all do what Labor asks
If you don’t vote Labor or advocate for change in Labor, then don’t bother reading any further. A large number of our readers have indicated […]
Why we need a Royal Commission into Banks
Section 912A of the Corporations Act states that a financial services licensee, such as a bank, must “do all things necessary to ensure that the […]
The Emperor fiddles while Rome burns
We are currently experiencing a massive natural catastrophe such as Australia has never before experienced. The Northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef are dying. […]
The new age of direct democracy in Australia
By Famida Rahman While the notion of direct democracy epitomises the true will of the people, the impracticality and inefficiency of this system has lead […]
There’s still something missing from our media
Something went missing from our mainstream media after September 2013: the opinion of the opposition leader. Until then it was the most sought after voice […]
Billionaires, Banks, Bureaucrats and the Bible
By Brian Morris Why is it that with each new financial scandal that breaks there’s invariably a grubby link between corporate greed, weak politicians and […]