Mr Trump Goes To Washington!
Of course, one wonders if Donald Trump will be able to overcome what I see as his biggest hurdle: finding a running mate. I mean, […]
Cynical opportunists or dumb as posts – or both?
When Scott Morrison told the shadow cabinet meeting on December 1 2011 at the Ryde Civic Centre that the Coalition should ramp up its questioning […]
Protection and Punishment in the People Business
Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist and an honorary member of PEN International, writes from Manus Island, where he has been interred for 29 months. Wilson […]
Merry Christmas meine liebe frau
I am not sure how excited Howard’s battlers would be, the ubiquitous ‘mums and dads’ that get dragged out occasionally but are usually forgotten in […]
Turnbull’s Innovation – a rebranding of the same old pocketful of promises
Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘Innovation! Package‘, turns out to be another boost to small business and nothing to do with innovation at all. It is another conjuring […]
Is Full Employment also on the Table, Malcolm?
We keep hearing from the government that everything is ‘on the table’ when it comes to tax and other reforms. Really! Does that include a […]
Tony Abbott: “I May Still Be Made Pope!”
No, he didn’t really say that. Although he did declare that he would have won the next election. Not could have or might have. Would […]
Day to Day Politics. Climate Change: A lay person’s dilemma
Wednesday 9 December. 1 The Paris Climate talks are now in their third week. The coverage of this most important and crucial event in the […]
On what Clementine did
I’ve read two opinion pieces today on how Clementine Ford handled the online aggression and threats against her by naming and shaming the individual responsible, […]
Fact Check. ICT Students. Malcolm Turnbull
All of these things take a commitment of serious funding. Will Mr. Turnbull and the Liberal Party actually act in good conscience on this, when they have not taken the Gonski reforms seriously? Gonski was a serious innovation in education reform and sadly it was not implemented by the Liberal party as the experts recommended. Its kind of like putting salt in a cake instead of sugar. It is still called a cake and you can say you have a cake, but it is a pretty useless cake.
The Nasty Government
Malcolm Turnbull avails himself of every opportunity to tell us how exciting it is to be alive with his new agile government and its positive […]
Australia versus USA on social housing – how do we compare?
By Dr Heather Holst On a recent trip to the USA I was struck by the progress being made nationally to solve the homelessness crisis. […]
Australia: An Impoverished Nation
The year 2015 will likely be remembered as a watershed for the Liberal Party having surrendered what they perceived as the high moral ground of […]
Groundhog Day
How appropriate that federal parliament is to resume on February 2, Groundhog Day, as the Australian public will be facing their 4th election in a […]
Australia’s gun laws are the envy of Obama
I like this ‘Your Say’ section. I can have a say, basically, and keep it simple. So keep this simple I will. With some ultra […]