Pauline just attacked women and I don’t like it!
We do not need to shame or silence women, or make them think that they are a burden on the system, so women shrink even more and create a bigger space for men who are victims of domestic violence.
Australian Politics
Mums and Dads – Malcolm wants YOU as a new recruit
Yes, Mums and Dads, Malcolm wants you. He wants you, he wants you, he wants you as a new recruit. Sing it with me now…. […]
What do our politicians do?
What, exactly, do our politicians do? Today, Monday 18 April 2016, the Turnbull government took the almost unprecedented step of recalling all of Parliament for […]
If Malcolm was a Homeless Youth
Today, I take a crystal ball view at the tautological, verbose, pontificated lectures Malcolm Turnbull would bestow upon us, if he was, (by way of innovative technology of course), somehow transformed into a homeless youth.
Ten things more reckless than funding Gonski
Any leader who undermines the very essence of our shared Australian value of – “The Fair Go” is reckless. It is reckless toward us as individuals and it is reckless toward us as a collective. Turnbull’s rejection of Gonski funding is not just reckless, it is irresponsible and regressive.
Malcolm Turnbull – Would You Buy A Used Government From This Man?
In the 1960 US presidential elections the Kennedy camp used a photo of Nixon with the caption, “Would YOU buy a used car from this […]
Power Rules, Men, Sex and Politics
The focus in the case of Briggs’ resignation should always be about condemning Briggs’ behaviour and concern and empathy for the victim. Sexual Harassment by men, particularly by men in positions of power needs a cultural shift and that shift should start now.
Fact Check. ICT Students. Malcolm Turnbull
All of these things take a commitment of serious funding. Will Mr. Turnbull and the Liberal Party actually act in good conscience on this, when they have not taken the Gonski reforms seriously? Gonski was a serious innovation in education reform and sadly it was not implemented by the Liberal party as the experts recommended. Its kind of like putting salt in a cake instead of sugar. It is still called a cake and you can say you have a cake, but it is a pretty useless cake.
Turnbull, Credlin And “Interesting Times”…
“May You Live In Interesting Times” = Chinese Curse. “As they craft their new economic narrative, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison must […]
The Challenge for the New Minister for Women
Today we welcome a new Minister for Women – Senator Michaelia Cash. In December 2013, I wrote a letter to the then Prime Minister and […]
Julie Bishop and the privilege of not self-identifying as a feminist
Originally published on http://polyfeministix.wordpress.com/ Is standing up and proclaiming to be a non-feminist a sign of personal success, or is it an insular subconscious privileged […]
Hockey plays chicken with the back bench
Did Hockey really just “threaten” a Double Dissolution? Dare we hope? You can literally hear the collective gasp of anticipation rippling out over social media. […]
Assaults on democracy
There are at least two fundamental requirements for a functioning democracy. In various ways, in recent years, we have seen political parties in Australia attempting to subvert […]
Stop pandering to minority groups!
Far too many minority groups are being given special privileges! I suspect it may be because of these special allowances that we now have one […]