Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
There’s little doubt that Scott Morrison is the Abbott Government’s most notorious minister. We read about him almost daily, largely about his hard-line towards asylum […]
What will Labor Inherit in 2016?
$1 billion dollars a week. That is what the LNP have been “borrowing” every week since they were elected in September 2013. At this rate, […]
Remind me why we got rid of carbon pricing?
We all know that the Coalition’s dire predictions about the introduction of the carbon tax proved false – Whyalla was not wiped off the map […]
Bring on the New Year
We are soon to close the doors on 2014. Am I right in presuming that we’ll all be glad to see the back of it? […]
Murdoch prepares Bishop for Libspill
Abbott must be having a horrible Christmas break. He can’t have missed that his old buddy, his mentor Rupert has completely dropped him and in […]
Why I Wish I’d Voted For Tony Abbott!
There are times that I repeat myself. That’s right, I repeat myself. I suspect politicians do it, in order to give them time to think, […]
Can Catholics Still Use The Rhythm Method Or Would That Be Too Off-Beat For Centrelink?
There’s an article in The Australian – from a former Labor Minister so the Liberals can’t blamed for this (yet?) – which suggests that contraception […]
The Failure of Mainstream Media
The way in which the mainstream media (MSM) chooses to report and discuss the economy, i.e. in conventional neo-liberal terms, reinforces the notion that the economy is some […]
Airpower Hopes: The West verses the Islamic State, and the evolution of warfare
Political leaders should not embrace the ‘can do’ elements airpower offers, but instead seek longer-term policies which inevitably would not have the volatile backlashes associated […]
Believe Me, I Know The Difference Between Satire And Reality!
A number of people commented on yesterday’s This is How Tony Got Elected expressing the idea that the pictures were from a satiric site “Why […]
Things for Labor to ponder in the New Year.
I have been writing for the AIMN for about fourteen months. Tony Abbott being elected Prime Minister made me realise it is all hands on […]
This Is How Tony Abbott Got Elected!
From time to time, certain people have expressed the view to me that they can’t work out how Tony Abbott was elected. Well, I recently […]
Medi-wedon’t-care
In February this year, while refusing to confirm his government was considering introducing GP co-payments, Tony Abbott said, “As a health minister in a former […]
Rossleigh’s Predictions For 2015
Now, I know that many of you will be aware of the fact that I predicted that I’d never be the sort of person who […]
The Government’s Economic Credentials in Freefall
If you want more evidence that the present government is doing its best to wreck our economy, a stark example was revealed just before Christmas, […]