Bed time – Scourge of the Toddler World
Getting children to bed can often be an exercise in frustration and a test of patience. Guest blogger Matt Rae offers some suggestions. A question […]
Reclaiming the Real Australia
Author’s Note: I have a Facebook friend with whom I converse about many things from poetry to politics. Friday night he asked me if THE […]
So this is what it feels like to be ruled
Whether it was Joh Bjelke-Petersen saying “Don’t you worry about that” or Tony Abbott saying “The adults are back in charge”, the comfort of handing […]
Principles, Alan Jones And Why People Named Rossleigh Should Pay No Tax At All!
Every now and then we have some journalist telling us that the current generation is functionally illiterate because some young person mis-spelled “manoeuvre”, while ignoring […]
If you can’t deal with vulnerability you’ve no business being in government
Are the vulnerable in our society being cared for by those in government? The answer is a firm ‘no’ writes Jennifer Wilson. If there’s one […]
Short term sugar hit
When even the experts disagree, it’s not surprising that the electorate are divided on privatisation. The only say that Australians get in the sale of […]
The Liberals Seem A Little Confused, But I Guess That’s Because They Are…
“I also went to the educational facilities, the classrooms there [in the detention centre in Nauru] where young people at taxpayers’ expense are being provided […]
The Asia-Pacific scramble and a ‘larger Australia’
Should Australian governments choose to shift – or be perceived to be shifting – against China, the dangers for Australia will become exponentially greater. Dr […]
Imagine the uproar if the government shut down the water supply to a ‘white’ community
How quickly things change. In the 1990s the government’s National Homelands Policy encouraged Indigenous Australians to return to their traditional lands where they could live […]
Whatever We Do, We Mustn’t Tax The Brain, Mr Hockey!
“We need to abolish the IRS and make the tax code fairer, flatter, and simple enough that taxes fit on a postcard.” Ted Cruz, Republican […]
Drugs and Depression
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have deliberately guided Flight 4U9525 into the French Alps killing all 150 people on board was reportedly suffering from depression, and […]
Paul Sheehan And Any Evidence Will Do … Actually, Forget Evidence – An Opinion Is Enough!
This morning I made the mistake of reading the ramblings of Paul Sheehan. Now, because his lack of a coherent argument upset me so much, […]
The Liberals Managed Point One On John Kotter’s Eight Step Process Really Well!
My son is doing Year 12 Business Management, so I decided to have a look at what he’d be examined on at the end of […]
Bring back the CES
The Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) was an Australian Government employment agency that was established in 1946. With the successful election of the Liberal government of […]
iPad winners announced
After 3 weeks the wait is over and the winners have been drawn. But before we announce the winners we would like to take this […]