After White Ribbon Day: put your money where your oath is
November 25th is the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, known as White Ribbon Day after the organisation that works to prevent male […]
Something Wonky
Imagine opening the morning papers to read the startling revelation that the government’s prime objectives are to decrease services to the poor by decreasing taxes […]
Strength in diversity
Whilst there are many aspects that Australia shares with the rest of the world, the combination here is unique and offers one of the best […]
Donald Trump, Sam Newman And Why I’m Not Politically Correct!
Well, the week was bookended by Sam Newman and Donald Trump with some interesting takes on political correctness. Sam, for those of you who have […]
How to Undermine our Future Well-being
While the Australian economy continues sliding towards recession, the mainstream media seems more interested in focusing its attention on the latest popularity contest between Malcolm […]
Why Delhi is the perfect air pollution case study
By Dr Anthony Horton A recent article published in the journal Atmospheric Environment has illustrated why air pollution is a multi-factorial issue that shouldn’t be […]
Do ‘Australian’
By Bob Rafto A spin-off of the Iraqi/Syrian war has been the radicalization of a group of folk here in Australia and who have banded […]
Men’s Business
By Richard O’Brien Yesterday was White Ribbon Day, a national day to stop men’s violence against women. Courtesy of the ABS and White Ribbon, here […]
Sergeant Singh
By Paul G. Dellit A lonely sunset, a solitary flight to a far-off destination, the aftermath of one of life’s signal events – these provide […]
An Open Letter to Reclaim Australia
Dear Reclaim Australia, Out of genuine curiosity, I visited your website to find out what this ‘Reclaim Australia’ malarkey is all about. You all seem […]
‘Day to Day Politics’ with John Lord
Thursday 26 November 1 I have reached the conclusion that we have a Government of talkers, not doers. One might easily call them wafflers. They […]
A Reclaimed Australia
By Richard O’Brien Yesterday, Australia’s own far-right wing group, the United Patriots Front, announced their plans to form a new political party to run candidates […]
Spreading hate and fear the Murdoch way
The video below has been going viral and I post it here in the hope that it gets even more of a push along. But […]
Islamism, Atheism, and the ‘Voldemort’ effect
By Brian Morris An atheist view of Islamic extremism is well-founded; on two fronts. One is that most western Muslims don’t follow authoritarian Islam, and […]
Terrorism – The bottom line
By Richard O’Brien So what does Daesh (aka ISIS/ISIL/IS) really stand for? Profit. With assets of around US$2 billion – much of it obtained from […]