An amazing recovery
After falling three storeys from a rooftop onto concrete in March last year, Paul McMahon’s loved ones feared the worst. Would he survive? And how […]
Renewables will overtake coal as long as climate pledges are kept
By Dr Anthony Horton According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) wind, solar and other renewables will overtake coal and become the world’s premier electricity […]
Actions, not words, Bill
The Australian Government has reached yet another low point. And not just Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his freedom-hating Cabinet. Bill Shorten, while holding the […]
Talkin’ shit on the tee-vee
By Ross Sharp “The ABC is out of control and must be reformed!”, howls Andrew Bolt, the Herald-Sun’s resident expert on taste and restraint, and […]
Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Women, Sex, Why?
By Jennifer Wilson So, if I came away with anything after last night’s final episode of ABC TV’s The Killing Fields, oops, sorry, The Killing Season, […]
Turn out that damn light
The Abbott government’s hysterical response to a question asked on last Monday’s Q&A is concerning on many levels. Zaky Mallah, an Australian who spent 2 […]
Still Governed by Fools
Three months ago, Laura Tingle wrote a stinging critique of the Abbott government in the Australian Financial Review entitled, ‘Being Governed by Fools is not […]
Pyne must go
If anyone had any lingering doubts about Christopher Pyne being a privileged twat who is completely unsuited to be Minister for Education, unlikely I know, […]
Resisting the tide of Australian extremism. If we don’t, who will?
By Keith Davis Already we have the Nazi slogan of ‘Work Will Make You Free’ splattered heavily across our social welfare landscape. ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ […]
More “freedom”, or anarchy?
By Barry Tucker The Liberal Party of Australia believes in more freedom. Sounds good. Beats slavery — for the slaves. But what does it mean? […]
The heart of Australia
Every day, as our politicians tell us that pensions and welfare are unaffordable, we must pay more for health and education, the unemployed are lazy, we […]
Terror Australoss
23rd May 2020. Report on Press Conference. Yesterday, the Australian Government held their annual press conference to report that for the third year running everything […]
In government, nothing is an accident
I worked in government long enough to know how they operate. Nothing is an accident. Everything is planned or stage-managed. It is especially so before […]
Mortgage Stress: Armageddon in waiting
There’s no easy way to say this. Right now, the government’s economic policy is on a collision course with ballooning private debt and a meltdown […]
If only we could
It’s been a fairly heated week and perhaps it’s time for a bit of fun. So . . . Let’s imagine . . . One […]