Arthur Sinodinos – The Man Who Would Have Done Something If He’d Known Anything!
“Did you know at the Liberal Party end in your capacity as Treasurer that Australian Water Holdings was making donations to the Liberal Party?” “Not […]
Likely arguments in Day v Regina
By James Moylan Even given that there are generally only two or three flavours of opinion available in the Australian media regarding any given topic, […]
Then and now
In the 2013 Climate Change Performance Index, Australia ranked 40 out of the 58 OECD countries, a poor result but “In the policy category Australia […]
What chance Abbott returning after the election?
It seems unlikely, unthinkable, and even impossible. The most erratic, dysfunctional, and accident-prone prime minister we have ever had making a stunning comeback? No, not […]
Why we need to be intolerant of climate science fools
By James Moylan I am guardedly optimistic that we will eventually come together and designate global warming as being the most pressing issue facing humankind […]
Donald Trump must have been in a hurry
The terrorist attacks in Belgium were appalling and we have all been touched as stories of heartbreak, loss and despair emerge. Politicians from across the […]
Beware the revival of Hockey’s 2014 budget
If the Coalition wins a double dissolution election in July and gains a joint sitting of the lower house and the senate, all the elements […]
Get your own house in order, Mr Turnbull
Soon after his election in October 2004, in an email to a Greens Woollahra councillor in February 2005, Malcolm Turnbull wrote that he believes “no […]
Day to Day Politics: Reducing tax for those who don’t pay any.
Thursday 24 March 2016 1 My headline doesn’t make any sense but then not much does with the Abbott/Turnbull Governments. The tax office tells us […]
Continuity AND Change, Tradition AND Innovation, Incompetence AND Malcolm Turnbull
Ya gotta wonder! Years ago, at someone else’s (OK, my ex-wife, but people get upset when I mention my ex-wife so I’m just going to […]
I am a colonial boy
Paul G. Dellit and James Moylan have written some outstanding political articles for The AIMN. Their skills, however, run far deeper, as their latest offerings […]
The Peter Principle again – has the GOVERNMENT reached its level of incompetence?
By Ad astra It is not often that we see The Peter Principle played out before our very eyes. We saw it recently with ex-PM […]
Innovation? The deeds belie the words
Malcolm Turnbull has tried to differentiate himself from the negative rhetoric of the Abbott years by saying ‘innovation’ a lot and telling us all there […]
Campaign coping strategies
We are all in for three months of non-stop, 24/7, stage-managed outrage, reaction, over-reaction, retraction, retraction outrage, non-retraction outrage, etc. Gala headlines slagging-off individuals, unions, […]
Are we really that stupid?
John Lord, asked the question this morning in his ‘Day to Day Politics’ column, why would you reward a party another three years in office […]