Adam Goodes: Free Speech Vs the Moral Authority to Express a View
Our Constitution does not guarantee free speech. It only implies that we have it. That being said, we assume that anyone has a right to […]
Andrew Bolt
“The Rise and Fall of Australia”
Book Review by John Lord Nick Bryant Is a BBC correspondent and author who often appears on Q&A and The Drum. I made the dreadful […]
Abbott’s Consistency in the Coalition of Contradiction
Let’s start with Andrew Bolt: More booing from the mob as Abbott leaves. There is a tendency among all collectives to not be satisfied with […]
A Week is a Long Time in Politics
If ever a week in politics supported a headline it was the week that Gough Whitlam died. In the main the death of this undeniably […]
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 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 […]
Some Sacrifices Are Good, While Others Just Primitive!
“Asked about his threat on Wednesday to look for other savings measures that by-passed the senate, Mr Hockey said the government was working hard to […]
Bigots or the disabled?
There could be no starker signal of this government’s intentions than the appointment of Tim Wilson as the Human Rights Commissioner for ‘Freedom’ at the […]
With friends like Bolt and Jones, you don’t need enemas OR SNAFU
SNAFU – Situation Normal, All Fouled Up! (That’s the polite version anyway.) “…I just have to say to Mr. Bolt, he proclaims loudly that he […]
What a Circus!
Why is there a sense of foreboding whenever Tony Abbott travels overseas? Probably because one’s immediate reaction is, “Oh God, in what way will he […]
Abbott’s thus far Annus Horribilis
Most Prime Ministers when they achieve Government with a sizable majority set out to put in place policy initiatives that might define a legacy they […]
Bigotry, mockery and humiliation
After telling us in the Senate that people have a right to be bigots, in a press conference today Senator Brandis said we must also […]
Freedom to speak badly: one rule for protestors, another for Andrew Bolt?
Peter van Onselen devotes almost an entire page in the Australian this morning (paywalled. sorry) to complaining about the “unedifying” display of bad manners by […]
Springtime for Abbott and Processing!
“Godwin’s Law A term that originated on Usenet, Godwin’s Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely […]
Tracking Abbott’s Wrecking Ball and Broken Promises
Sally McManus is the Secretary of the Australian Services Union in NSW and the ACT. She has been a campaigner and an organiser for more […]