A Brief Guide To Understanding Politico-speak.
It occurs to me that many people are put off politics by their simple expectation that politicians should be honest and their frustration when they’re […]
Morrison’s Dilemma
Within a comparatively short space of time, we are starting to see our new Treasurer’s ‘modus operandi’ toward economic reform. Scott Morrison’s recent claim that […]
What If The Liberals Were Running Volkswagen…
Volkswagen has recently had a bit of trouble. After discovering that the steering was faulty on some vehicles a couple of years ago, they’ve recently […]
Human Rights “Roundtable” – has Australia become a Soft Theocracy?
By Brian Morris Has the Christian lobby influenced the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in discrimination against gays? If the answer is “no”, why has the […]
Turnbull’s actions should carry a trigger warning for all women who have survived sexual violence
At a time when we are struggling in this country with the death of two women every week from male-perpetrated domestic violence, and the physical, […]
Let’s We Forget! Turnbull, Turnbull, Turnull. Whoops, I Left out out a “B”…
It’s suddenly grown harder to write. Both satire AND intelligent articles. I mean, when Tony Abbott was PM, all you had to do was quote […]
What extremism, Australia?
The Federal Government has made quite clear its belief that Australians are at risk from extremists. It is so concerned about the threat of fundamentalists […]
The Second Marshmallow
We need to start encouraging our society to wait for the second marshmallow. I’m not suggesting this will be an easy task, but I am […]
Turnbull and Dutton wage war on women
When Tony Abbott was Prime Minister it was difficult to imagine myself feeling more contempt and loathing for any politician than the contempt and loathing […]
Construction of new urban infrastructure could exhaust the world’s carbon budget within 5 years
By Dr Anthony Horton According to a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the infrastructure that is already in place around the world effectively […]
Labor’s empty promise
Much has been made of the influence of trade unions and the power of factions within the Australian Labor Party and rightly so considering some […]
Australia Post cannibalising mail and print for its own benefit
On August the 28th Australia Post (AustPost) applied to the Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC) to increase not only the price of a stamp from […]
People in glass houses
With the very real prospect of Tony Windsor challenging Barnaby Joyce for the seat of New England, Joyce, in true Coalition style, has reached for […]
Global fossil fuel divestment a tsunami of change
By Dr Anthony Horton According to a report published by Arabella Advisors, since Climate Week in September last year more than 250 institutions and 1300 […]
Money Is No Object!
Paul Sheahan wrote something rather interesting today… Well, that’s incorrect. He wrote something that caught my eye. And I’m trying to work out whether the […]