Abbott’s disaster relief payment cuts are a disaster
The town I live in and surrounding areas have just endured a cyclone. The damage is heartbreaking. The stories from people and the hardship […]
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Good Government Starts Today … Or Tomorrow, But We’re Definitely Committed To It!
There’s an old cartoon where the couple in a car are speeding down the highway while there’s hundreds of cars stuck in traffic in a […]
When Scott Morrison applies his Immigration Model to Social Services
Now there’s been a lot of angst about Scott Morrison’s appointment as Minister for Social Services. Probably coming from a few bleeding heart lefties who’ve […]
Will Brandis Shirt-Front Morrison? Can Morrison please be the Demtel Man?
Originally published on Polyfeministix We often ask each other “If you had a superpower what would it be?” Scott Morrison’s superpower was revealed yesterday. He […]
Be Alert, Be VERY, VERY Alert! The Person Next You May Have An iPhone.
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through […]
The purpose of March Australia: demanding change for the better
Why do we march against the Abbott Government? Admittedly marching will not change the government or the government’s ideology, but it will help to raise […]
Abbott’s first year: the media narrative
Since political journalists so love to talk about Labor Party narrative, I think it’s time we turned the tables and talked about mainstream media narratives […]
The New SRC with the Groan-ups in Charge!
Ha, ha, We won and now we’re the new Student Representative Council. Yes, congratulations. You know why we won? Because we’re awesome and we’re more […]
The Abbott Government has been an easy one to predict
On the eve of the 2013 election I wrote a piece titled, of all things, The 2016 Election. It was my prediction of who would […]
Breaking News – Abbott Government asserts that it hasn’t changed; striped leopard seen running from flying pigs!
In a surprising development, one of Abbott’s senior ministers admitted that he wasn’t an expert on everything. Eric Abetz announced that he wasn’t a medical […]
Australia beckons India: more antagonism from the Abbott Government toward China
Is the Abbott Government playing a major part in inflaming and destabilising the security of the Asia-Pacific Region? Dr Strobe Driver reports. Prime Minister Abbott’s […]
Climate change is irrelevant
In the argument for investment in renewable energy in Australia, the existence, or non-existence of climate change is irrelevant, writes Warwick O’Neill. Like most semi-intelligent […]
To my local member
Dear Ms Lucy Wicks, Thank you for your recent unsolicited advertising pamphlet. Unfortunately it contains a great many errors which I am sure you would […]
This government is now officially obscene
One of my more mundane, but at times more amusing jobs as a federal public servant was for a short time reviewing letters to and […]
What a State demands, what a citizen gives, and what Abbott and Hockey simply don’t understand
“The State has a responsibility to its citizens,” writes Dr Strobe Driver in this guest article. But does the current government recognise this? All indications […]