Queensland Police crack enormous bikie gang
A group of Queenslander Bikies, calling themselves the Posties, have been arrested. Queensland Police raided their Headquarters at Australia Post. A spokesman for the police […]
The time has come, the walrus said…
We are told we have an aging population that we cannot afford to support so we must all get off welfare and work longer. We […]
The message was delivered: no confidence in the Abbott Government whatsoever
A Statement of No Confidence in the Abbott Government has been delivered to the Australian Parliament as a message from the 100,000 people who took […]
Kevin bloody Andrews
As a companion piece to Rossleigh’s excellent article, I thought it might be useful to have a closer look at our Social Services Minister, Kevin […]
It’s Time For the Disabled To Stand On Their Own Two Feet!
Antisocial Services Minister, Mr Kevin Undress announced today that he had no announcement on changes to the Disability Pension but that he had several things […]
Hands off our icons
Every time I hear a politician say ‘fair dinkum’ I cringe. Aside from sounding silly, it’s the desecration of an icon, the verbal equivalent of […]
Why Are You Being So Negative? A word in Abbott’s defence!
Every time I pick up the paper, there’s some letter or opinion writer criticising the Liberal Party and accusing Abbott of lying to the electorate. […]
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me
The following is an excerpt from a 2007 paper called The Cigarette Controversy, the controversy which used to surround the tobacco industry. “In 1994, heads […]
And now for something completely different …
I have been critical lately of our system of government and have been inspired by the words of Ted Mack, Tony Fitzgerald and others (including […]
Can our democracy be saved?
When you see Tony Abbott as Prime Minister, Joe Bullock elected in front of Louise Pratt, Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker, Tim Wilson given a job […]
Simple minds
Politics is a complex beast. The vast majority of Australians don’t want to even think about how complex it is, let alone read articles about […]
Can’t tell the difference between reality and the nightly news!
Recently, while in China, Tony Abbott praised the way that Asian countries had lifted living standards, announcing: “It’s happened because governments have allowed individuals and […]
Government of the people, by the powerbrokers, for the mates
Ted Mack is credited by Wikipedia as “the only person ever to have been elected and re-elected as an independent to local, state and federal […]
Words matter
Words matter. When things happens in politics, the tone of how events are reported, the words that are used, and the way situations are framed […]