Senator Payman, Billy Elliot and Other Random Thoughts…
Most people I know loved the film “Billy Elliot” but I must confess that I found it all a bit twee… Look, I love art […]
Australian Politics
If The Government Funds An Information Campaign Shouldn’t It Fund Disinformation Too?
A few days ago, I was enlightened, thanks to an interaction on Twitter. It all started when I responded to a tweet from Adem Somyurek […]
The Right is toxic: what next for conservatives?
The international right is cynical and dangerous. It is crucial we look beyond the surface rhetoric to understand what it represents because Australia is not […]
A Tinpot Dictator?
When Scott John Morrison takes his Sunday fly-drive to leafy Yarralumla to visit His Excellency, David Hurley, AO, a former NSW Governor and his “captain’s […]
Mr Joyce goes to Washington
Our nation is shocked at news from Washington that Tamworth’s favourite son, deputy PM, blue-blooded, Red Octopus, Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce, picks up a dose […]
Morrison woos Gladys to attack ICAC
You can smell the exhaust, the burnt rubber and a thousand cigarettes, this is a crowd in love with living dangerously, breaking rules, especially 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 […]
When there’s a clash of faith, which ‘religious freedom’ takes priority?
Under the Morrison Government’s proposed Religious Freedom bills, what happens when there’s a clash of religious belief? Of all the religions and faiths subscribed to […]
Morrison’s monumental dysfunctional Pacific “family” failure
No matter how much money you put on the table it doesn’t give you the excuse not to do the right thing, which is cutting […]
CPAC’s travelling show can pack up and go home. And stay there.
“I’ve been to the border,” Fox TV’s Judge Jeanine Pirro says. US citizens living there talk of “rape trees” upon which the clothes of rape […]
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 […]
Fixing Our Society
Does anyone remember that we once proudly described ourselves as an egalitarian nation? Just after World War II, the Australian government wanted everyone in the […]
The Jobless Did Not Ask For This!
Who is responsible for jobs? Should we punish the jobless? Is welfare a right or a privilege? These are the questions the Government is too […]
I Just Want A Sally McManus T-Shirt!
I don’t know about you, but I have not felt like this in a long time! Sally McManus is a real life hero. Sally is […]
House Music: The Rise of Ministerial Advisers
The rise of Ministerial Advisers is examined by Dr Yee-Fui Ng. Peta Credlin, Kevin Rudd and Children Overboard are interesting inclusions.