Dutton reminds us of Abbott, but not in a good way
Reading Nikki Savva’s The Road to Ruin is a depressing read, because it validates what many of us believed before Tony Abbott became Prime Minister. Tony Abbott […]
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Bloody Fair Dinkum Power, Where The Hell Are You?
To me, the great thing that Scott Morrison had going for him as Treasurer was his capacity to be boring. Let’s be real, one only […]
Scott Morrison Tells Us That The Bell Hasn’t Rung…
It was strangely ironic when Scottie told us last Saturday, “we will stand up for what we believe until the bell rings – the bell […]
Day to Day Politics: Pie in the sky politics.
Friday April 1 2016 1 The now Abbott/Turnbull Government spent three years in opposition before coming to power in 2013 on the back of Labor leadership […]
Day to Day Politics: Captain Turnbull batting on a sticky wicket.
Sunday 21 February 2016 Having replaced Abbott as captain of the Australian side Malcolm Turnbull finds himself on a sticky wicket. He promised much as […]
The Right Wing Horror Story
Before, during and after the implosion of the Abbott government, commentators have blamed this political failure on a ‘lack of narrative’. The media’s narrative of […]
Political Realities, Leadership Change and why Democracy won
There are those on the left who desperately wanted Tony Abbott to be Prime Minister at the next election. They rightly saw his unpopularity as […]
The sooner Tony Abbott goes the better
Abbott’s decision to simply change the mix of asylum seekers we take rather than increase the overall total again places him on the wrong side […]
Two things I have trouble with involving the Abbott Government … all right, three!
OK, I know it’s obvious, but I want to know why Justice Heydon can say that there was absolutely no reason for him to disqualify […]
They don’t instil confidence any more than they display it
In 2012 Tony Abbott said “Imagine the reaction, for instance, had the Howard government sought to gag naval personnel after ‘children overboard’. But the principle […]
Staring into the Syrian Abyss
By Allan Patience The insanity of the proposal that Australia should commence bombing raids inside Syrian territory is beyond belief. Our belligerent prime minister insists that […]
The great land grab of 2015 continues
The Western Australian ‘Recognition’ is a stitch up, backed by the Abbott Government writes Vanessa Kairies. It is no coincidence that the Abbott Government has […]
Moral Bankruptcy and Civil Liberties in Modern Australian Politics
The Abbott Government’s gradual destruction of our civil liberties is not something we should be taking lightly, writes Daniel Ellery. Almost 20 years ago, the […]
Stories the Murdoch media would rather you didn’t see
In 2011 then News Limited chairman and CEO John Hartigan proudly announced that News Limited was “the only organisation that really takes it up to […]
Vote for Tony
By opposing same sex marriage, Tony Abbott has reinforced the notion that homosexuality is “queer” – that members of the LGBTI community are a threat […]