The Conviction of Maria Ressa: Press Freedom in the Philippines
It has long been said that countries in Southeast Asia take a dim view of the fourth estate. Various legal measures have been deployed against […]
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Keep the National Cabinet going until 2022, Scotty; you just keep low in the back seat.
We have to think that we have to work together as a human species to be organized to care for one another, to realize that […]
Resume democratic government, Morrison; recall parliament
The ritual killing of a water buffalo, by Ifugao villagers of northern Luzon, Philippines, the bloody, brutal slaughter of an innocent, sentient creature, a shocking […]
The state and the economy
By Evan Jones Right-wing governments splashing the cash in gay abandon – what gives? Sydney Morning Herald journalist Matt Wade finished a recent article with: […]
A government reeking of corruption hits the panic button.
Coronavirus-panic sweeps the nation. There’s barely a bottle of Dettol hand sanitizer left on a metal supermarket shelf across the land. Panic buying of toilet […]
It Can’t Get Any Worse. Can it?
Are we there yet? Have we reached rock bottom? The L/NP coagulation’s purpose is, and always has been, to function as the primary mechanism for […]
Morrison’s government, a poster-child for irresponsibility on climate
“Australia is the poster-child for irresponsibility on climate change” laments Christiana Figueres, former head of The UN Framework Convention On Climate Change. A key architect […]
The damage Scott Morrison and his policy vacuum are inflicting on this country will be felt for decades
You could probably divide the world’s adult population into three groups. Those who have minds open to accepting new knowledge, those who have trouble absorbing […]
Morrison’s credibility as leader goes up in a cloud of smoke.
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It’s cloud’s illusions I recall I really don’t know clouds […]
A Whale of a Taylor – too.
“People aren’t spending” sighs Fran Kelly at the end of ABC Insiders Sunday, blaming us for the government’s epic failure to manage the economy. It’s […]
Prospects of Israel’s Return to the Political Centre
By Denis Bright Prospects of Israel’s Return to the Political Centre Under a Blue White Coalition Government Headed by Benny Gantz Despite the strong showing […]
Morrison’s monumental dysfunctional Pacific “family” failure
No matter how much money you put on the table it doesn’t give you the excuse not to do the right thing, which is cutting […]
A conga line of bludgers: Prince Charles (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini In October 2012 a former senior royal aide revealed that notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile (actually Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE […]
Top End Travels: The Tiwi Islands, the Catholic Church and King Joe of Melville Island
Darwin, Northern Territory Lush mangroves, the spray of emerald water from the Timor Sea, the sense of the untainted: the journey to the Tiwi Islands, […]
Dressed for the Fourth of July: The US Imperium Comes Out
The United States of Amnesia has occasionally found expression amongst those despairing at the state of historical consciousness in Freedom’s Land. Gore Vidal remains something […]