Towards an Australian republic (part 3)
By Dr George Venturini What have we got? The Australian Constitution is really no more than a slightly glorified trade agreement, written in the most […]
A Bunch of Complete Crap (ABCC)
In 1984, after several ad-hoc royal commissions into crime and corruption (at least nine in 14 years), the National Crime Authority (NCA) was established to […]
The War on Feminism and the Normalisation of Misogyny in Australia
By Jennifer Ellem Since I was a young girl I believed I lived in a world where my gender made no difference whatsoever. I was […]
Towards an Australian republic (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini Race, trade and loyalty to ‘home’ It was Thomas Alexander Browne, a London-born Australian author, who sometimes published under the pseudonym […]
Respecting Those Who Tell It Like It Isn’t!
So our Immigration Minister, Peter Mutton, is considering denying a visa to Daryush “Roosh” Valizadeh and planning to send some babies to Nauru or Manus. Excellent, […]
The lucky country or a nation of gullible gits?
Why did Labor lose the last election? For those not au fait with Australian politics, Labor’s loss at the 2013 election seemed unfathomable. They had […]
The Peoples Empire, Australian Pure Democracy
Part two of a series by Philip Ayton on ‘The Revolution of Evolution in Australian Politics‘. We live in a world where the majority of […]
A Double Dissolution – The Non-talking Point!
Ok, so let me see if I’ve got this right. Turnbull is threatening to call a double dissolution if Labor and The Greens don’t pass […]
Towards an Australian republic
By Dr George Venturini “Does Australia have the desire to move into the twenty-first century, or will it continue its retreat into a past as […]
Day to Day Politics: ‘Would Honourable Members Rise in their places’
Tuesday February 2 2016 1 Today the political year starts in earnest. Parliament resumes. The Honourable members will start hurling abuse at one another. A […]
Malcolm has gone too Far(r)
“What’s Tony Abbott up to?” was the headline that linked to an article from Malcolm Farr about Tony Abbott’s meeting with US President Barack Obama. […]
It’s 2016. Why is breastfeeding still an issue?
It’s 2016 and people still get excited over breastfeeding. Men, women and babies. While hungry infants are excited for all the right reasons, in the […]
Vote One: The Politics of Envy
By Richard O’Brien “The politics of envy [and] just another smear“. – Malcolm Turnbull’s response in October to criticism of his government’s decision to exempt […]
Disunity is death and the Liberals have it in Buckets
From memory John Howard was the first to say, “Disunity is death” when referring to political parties, although just about everyone in politics says it […]
New poll on religion and the Australian Constitution
By Brian Morris Changes to the Australian constitution are infrequent. One amendment that many would like to see concerns the head of state, and Australia […]