Why would anybody want to re-elect this government?
Voters must have an intense dislike of asylum seekers. The latest Morgan Poll is great for the government, which sees them leading the opposition 56.5/43.5. […]
When you wish upon a star
When the IPA came up with their list of 75 plus 25 policies “that would make Australia richer and more free” they described it as […]
First Class Travel and the Danger of Extremism . . .
This morning Paul Sheehan quoted Canadian author, Mark Steyn who was over in Europe to see what immigration had done. Canada, of course, has been […]
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
As the snake oil salesman and his happy clapper gear up to sell us on their compensation for a higher GST, it is worth remembering […]
Nauru: What do bird poop, the Russian Mafia and Australia’s refugee policy have in common?
Nauru was described by The Economist in 2001 as a hotbed of incompetence – as “Paradise Lost … an enormous moth-eaten fedora: a ghastly grey mound of rock […]
Stop The Homeless … A Moderate Proposal
When it’s all boiled down, politicians aren’t actually there to run the country. That’s what we have the public service for. It’s not that politicians […]
Malcolm and Scott’s great big new tax on everything
According to the Liberal Party newsletter, aka the Telegraph, the party who never raises taxes, the party who screamed blue murder about the carbon and […]
Reward for achievement?
When Peter Dutton, at age 30, was elected to Federal Parliament in 2001, he said “it brought to a climax a lifetime of hard work […]
Abbott another Right Wing Nutter
There’s nothing quite as pathetic as watching a former Australian prime minister trying to redress a less than stellar political career. That Tony Abbott would […]
NSW Government push to amalgamate councils goes awry
The Independent Review Panel’s final report into local councils was released in October 2013 and recommended amalgamations of councils among other things. In September 2014 […]
Free Trade Agreements – economic or electoral?
Since September 2013, the ‘achievements’ of our government could be broadly summarised by ‘knock it down, rip it up, sell it off or shoot it.’ […]
Co-incidence or Prophecy? And a Mystery.
By Bob Rafto A chapter in the book Divine Inspirations Vol 1. – The Art of Bob Rafto It was in late 2005 that I […]
Bob Katter nails it: we are being deceived about the FTA with China
Bob Katter is a man I’ve never paid much attention to. He’s on the other side of the country and might as well be on […]
China illustrates the true meaning of Direct Action on climate
By Dr Anthony Horton With 37 days to go until the Paris Climate Change conference in December, a report released by the Paulson Institute in […]
They are not economic refugees, Mr Abbott
Liberated from his stand-in job as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott is now free to impart his wisdom on the world stage. Last night his ‘wisdom’ […]