Jobs and growth…but for who?
The Abbott government says they are all about jobs and growth, but for who? In 2012, unions were outraged by a decision to allow Gina […]
457 Visas
The fair go is going … going … gone
In 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt said that he knew of no other free country where “what is produced by the community is more fairly […]
Let’s not forget the poor miners …
The high-fiving over the repeal of the carbon tax made me despair at the ignorance of our government – a battle lost but the war […]
My kids are ok, yours can go beg.
When I hear Joe Hockey say, with trembling lip, that he refuses to saddle his children with the nation’s debt, my hypocrisy radar maxes out. […]
Let’s fix this mess
In 2012–13 a total of 50 444 people lodged applications for asylum under the offshore component of the Humanitarian Programme. The Labor government increased the […]
The march of neo-liberalism
What is the Abbott Government doing wrong? Many could argue long and hard over that question, but in this guest article Andreas Bimba points to […]
Why Rupert hates unions and Gina loves 457 visas
While attempting to clean up my computer, I came across an essay that my daughter wrote earlier this year. I would like to share an […]
Pauline Hanson and friends
I’ve never paid any attention to anything Pauline Hanson says, but I’m starting to pay some attention to what people say about her. It was […]