DamNation!
By Hungry Charley The absolute failure of water and land management in Australia’s agricultural sector is starting to look like a slow-motion, out of control […]
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Journalists Need To Remember That Nobody Is Above The Law!
Interviewer – This week the Prime Minister told Parliament that while he supported freedom of the press, nobody was above the law. To clarify what […]
The enemies of free speech
By Kathryn The unspeakable, blatant ultra-right-wing bias of the Murdoch press in favour of the LNP is the huge elephant in the room here! Why […]
Equine Hypocrisies: Racehorses for the Knackery
It was always a probable fact: the dark consequences of having what is termed in Australia a “racing” industry, where breeds do battle on the […]
Government Funding and the Free Press
By Jay Smith In the domain of politics and state government, the relationship between media and the state needs to be constantly examined. Journalists in […]
Sometimes Even Censorship Doesn’t Help…
Most of you probably saw Monday’s papers which contained words interrupted by large blocks of ink suggesting that the inbetween bits had been redacted. Of […]
The Coalition money shuffle
One of Joe Hockey’s first acts as Treasurer in 2013 was to gift the RBA $8.8 billion. The main reason for this was to make […]
Celebrity Protesters and Extinction Rebellion
Benedict Cumberbatch. Olivia Colman. Fine actors. They believe in Extinction Rebellion, or perhaps, rebelling against the prospect of extinction. The environment thing, humanity as a […]
What The Liberals Did Next And Wasn’t It Just The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Ok, I thought I might be imagining it, but I’ll show you the tweets to see if you notice what I noticed. I don’t actually […]
The Decent Protester: A Down Under Creation
The Decent Protester, appropriately capitalised and revered is, from the outset, one who does not protest. It is an important point: to protest in the […]
Induced amnesia
By RosewmaryJ36 Nowadays it seems strange watching TV, film productions and documentaries from more than 30 years ago. Nearly everybody in them seems to be […]
“I Shout, But Not At The Bar” – The Diary Of ScoMo…
Tuesday I visited a MacDonalds where I got to tell them that theirs wasn’t as good as the one I visited in the USA because […]
Can the Federal LNP deliver its Flatter Taxation Scales in a Slowing Economy?
By Denis Bright Just four months out from the federal election, current indicators do suggest that the federal LNP is fumbling the future of the […]
NDIS red-tape leaves vulnerable Victorians in abusive homes
Media release from the Office of the Public Advocate Vulnerable Victorians living in disability accommodation remain in abusive situations for months due to NDIS bureaucracy. […]
The Antichrist is a potato
By Grumpy Geezer Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go […]