Adults in charge, or a dolt in charge?
Interviewer: Good afternoon, today we have a Liberal Party spokesperson, Noah Dear, because none of the Parliamentary party were prepared to be interviewed… Mr Dear: […]
USEPA Carbon Regulations to create tens of thousands of jobs
By Dr Anthony Horton On June 9, 2015, a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) stated that The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) […]
How Australians Justify Torture
Torture is an evocative word. It conjures up images of shackles, chains, beatings, burnings, suffocation, and waterboarding. Almost everyone has watched a movie that incorporates […]
Are wind farms noisy?
Are wind farms noisy? Tony Abbott thinks they are. And if Tony Abbott thinks they’re noisy then I imagine that every right-winger in the country […]
Gillian Triggs’ Apology to the Liberal Party
Ok, some in the Liberal Party have suggested that Gillian Trigg’s should apologise for some of her comments over the past few months. Of course, […]
Changing our Welfare Mindset
By Loz Lawrey There is no issue that better highlights the polarisation of opinion in Australian society than welfare. Even though the rich benefit from […]
To Gillian Triggs, thank you, you do not walk alone
In less than a week we will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta – a 13th century document which is widely recognised as […]
Now Let’s Be Quite Clear, It’s Not That Houses Are Unaffordable, It’s Just That You’re Too Poor, Say Hockey!
“Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air. Send in the clowns.” Steven Sondheim A week […]
Would you take advice from this man?
Queensland MP George Christensen has thrown his two cents worth into the debate about marriage equality issuing the following warning to Tony Abbott: “The party […]
Tony Abbott – The Warring Galah from Warringah
If there is one thing about Tony Abbott he loves a good fight. He reminisces proudly of his boxing days and of his ‘sledging’ days […]
Abbott’s Leadership back on the Agenda
Amanda Vanstone, in her column in The Age today, gives us an inkling of not just a divided cabinet, but one where the knives are […]
How to avoid the democratic process within your own party
By Jennifer Wilson In December 2014, then Immigration Minister Scott Morrison made this alarming lunge for sole power over citizenship decisions without recourse to judicial […]
World Championship Politics
By Ross Hamilton Welcome to the Great Hall at Parliament House, ladies and gentlemen. And it’s the big night you’ve all been waiting for – […]
Australia on a different course to the rest of the world when it comes to tackling climate change
By Dr Anthony Horton An Australian delegation was questioned for an hour at the latest United Nations climate meeting at Bonn in Germany overnight Australian […]
Klaxons blaring
Before the election Tony Abbott said “I have given a commitment that we won’t spend more than $100 million on any single infrastructure project without […]