Do unto refugees
By John Haly Deterring and imprisoning asylum seekers is gaining popularity in the western world. Punishment by separation of children from parents now has occurred […]
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Let’s keep Australia working
By John Haly The Liberals who cut penalty rates, public services, and taxes for the corporates, have come up with a slogan to replace “Jobs […]
Sodomy and Pell
By John Haly Has the cover-up of sexual abuse by the religious leaders in this country ceased, or is a culture of concealment still […]
Drug Law Reform
By John Haly The War on Drugs, like the ones on terror, waste, poverty, and crime, are metaphors for institutional failures to address fundamental problems […]
The Postal Survey: “What are you so scared of?”
By John Haly The debate The starter gun has officially “legally” fired on the government’s campaign for the alternative postal survey formerly known as the […]
Right or Left – the invasion of the neo-liberal agenda
By John Haly Identifying bipartisan values within in our polarised political class is hard. Common ground is elusive not only because the values represented by […]
Turnbull’s reinvention of the 457 visa scheme does little to aid Australia
By John Haly “We are bringing the 457 visa class to an end”, announced Mr Turnbull after Easter, “…We will replace it with two new […]
Centrelink debt: Guilty until proven innocent
By John Haly Centrelink has been fraudulently issuing debt notices to people who owe no money. Persons so identified are then harassed and threatened […]
The myth of jobs growth
Turnbull’s “Jobs and Growth” campaign inspired many in Australia to vote for whom they believed were the better economic managers of our economy. Yet in […]
Is Turnbull about to end 25 years of growth?
Australia’s last recession was 25 years ago in 1991. As 2016 finishes, the previous quarter’s figures suggest that this 25 years of good fortune could […]