Asylum seekers languish through the job summit
In the week of the Albanese government’s job summit, the immigration department again sent out a raft of letters to bridging visa holders in Queensland […]
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ScoMo plays Djoko but Dutton buys tanks
“Nine years long” reads a handmade sign in a sealed window of the Park Hotel, Swanston Street, Carlton, a grim, grey, makeshift, Melbourne gaol for […]
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 […]
Seldom has a government looked more ridiculous. More compromised. Incompetent. Less trustworthy.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever, wrote George Orwell, foreseeing, our Border Protection […]
Dutton’s message: torture works
Yesterday I had a Twitter conversation about Kathryn Bigelow’s movie, Zero Dark Thirty, which was shown on SBS last night. Many angry critics have described the […]
Speaking Of History: Though I Disagree With What You Say, I Am Doomed To Repeat It!
Ok, let’s have a little think about Dutton last week, but before we do that, let me just state that I’m an angry white male […]
Day to Day Politics. Turnbull’s New Year Turmoil.
Monday 18 January 2016 1 No doubt Labor starts the year behind the eight ball. But have you considered what Malcolm Turnbull faces? He […]
Dutton has lost control
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has well and truly lost control of his portfolio. The past year alone provides a rich field of examples of Dutton’s […]
The top 5 signs that your country’s Refugee Policy is a disaster
Australia’s Minister for Saying-We’ve-Stopped-the-Boats – one Mr Peter ‘PDuddy’ Dutton – was out and about this morning defending what he and his government believe is […]
Ms Gillard’s sickening hypocrisy laid bare
It was with disbelief, and finally contempt, that I watched excerpts of the Al Jazeera interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the topic […]
Bodies that matter. Bodies that don’t.
It’s profoundly concerning that Abyan, the Somali refugee currently living on Nauru and victim of a rape that left her pregnant, was forbidden to see […]
Turnbull and Dutton wage war on women
When Tony Abbott was Prime Minister it was difficult to imagine myself feeling more contempt and loathing for any politician than the contempt and loathing […]
An open letter from Manus
By Jane Salmon This epic howl of anguish came from the RPC on Manus via the internet today. Mourning and Weeping From Hell These words […]
Has anything changed? Not judging by the comments
While many Australians, and no doubt the rest of the world, are still breathing a collective sigh of relief at the deposal of Tony Abbott, […]
Just what does “Stopping the Boats” really mean?
By Archie The Guardian is reporting this morning that yet another boatload of Asylum Seekers has been intercepted. This time off Java’s South coast. In […]