Never-ending story
In April I wrote an article about the Coalition’s history on superannuation. This is an updated version. Keeping up with their ever-changing promises is turning […]
Planes, trains, and automobiles
In September 2008, the Daily Telegraph blared: “Kevin Rudd should ask himself: am I the Prime Minister or the Foreign Minister? Kevin 07 has become […]
Tony Abbott: as offensive as they come
Who on earth writes Tony Abbott’s speeches? Whoever it is, says Anne Byam, they provide us with some gems of wisdom. Relaxing at 5 pm, […]
Dick, Hunt and Watts Not To Like …
Now, when you look up Richard Warburton on the Internet, you discover that he died in 1610. So it’s no wonder he seems so much […]
In case you missed it . . . here’s what Tony Abbott promised
In case you missed it, or forgotten about it (and shame on those who did), here’s a press release from Tony Abbott in November […]
Sitting on defence
$80,281,391.78 This is how much we will spend every single day this year on defence. And this figure is conservative. It does not include funds […]
Tony Abbott clings onto Chaplaincy Program
It is undeniably apparent that the Abbott Government is jumping hoops to save their chaplaincy program, reports Adam Cass. Subtly certainly hasn’t been an apparent […]
Will the real Aussie terrorists please stand up?
Who is creating the fear in the minds of Australians? Popular blogger and author ‘Truth Seeker‘ comes up with a surprising (or not too surprising) […]
The misdirection of Abbott or putting the count back into accountability
MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: I’m just quoting the reports… MALCOLM TURNBULL: No, the way you phrased it doesn’t sound right to me, but I think Tony was […]
Mass media versus social media
In this guest post George Von Waidkuns reflects about the role of the mass media in the creation of public opinion, and the interaction with […]
An open letter to Tony Abbott
Independent journalists are finding it difficult to keep up with the supply of stupidity this government has been feeding us. If Tony Abbott could only […]
Captain Confrontation
Whenever Tony Abbott takes on his tough guy approach his popularity in the polls seems to rise, or more accurately, his unpopularity wanes a little. […]
STOP THE RORTS
In a time when “Team Australia” is being asked to pull together to fix the “debt and deficit disaster we inherited from Labor,” when we […]
Operation Bleedin’ Obvious.
I’ll keep this short. Need money? Here’s some: Axe the Paid Parental Leave scheme. Saving $22.2 billion over the forward estimates. Axe Direct Action. Saving […]
The world is turning its back on our coal, so what’s Abbott’s plan for our future?
The coalition are right about one thing, coal is one of Australia’s top earners. Coal brought in roughly AU $46 Billion in the 2013 fiscal […]