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 […]
Coalition Government
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 […]
When will Morrison and his government be held to account?
“With everything that’s going on at the moment we need to be in the tent and we need to know what’s going on – and […]
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 […]
Why African Gangs Are More Dangerous Than Climate Change!
When your average Coalition MP speaks, a lot of people get very, very angry about what he (or occasionally, she) has said. These angry people […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wentworth Circus, Elephants In The Room, Jokers In The Pack And Too Many Ringmasters…
The Liberals have lost Wentworth for the first time and so the analysis begins. We’ve already been told that Malcolm didn’t help. He should have […]
Charity Begins At Home Or We Need To Talk About Harriet
School Counsellor’s Office. Mr and Mrs White enter. Counsellor: Ah, thanks for coming in. Mr White: We’re really glad you called. Mrs White: We’ve been […]
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 […]
Honour The Sabbath, But Clearly In A Clearly Optional Way OR Why Tony Is The Only True Conservative Left!
Recently I’ve speculated on how the Christian Right have found clear evidence about the Bible’s opposition to gay marriage based on highly ambiguous readings of […]
Jobs And Grr… Sorry, I meant to say Jobs and Gr…
Sorry, that was meant to be “growth” in the title but for some reason “growth” just stopped, and I think we all know the reason […]
Australian Voters – What are you afraid of?
The tight polls indicate that a number of Australians are afraid of what a change of Government will bring. However, the thought of remaining with the Liberal Government makes me very afraid.
Day to Day Politics: On the eve of the last election.
Saturday 23 April 2016 -72 Author’s note: On the eve of the last election I was forced to confront the reality that the party I […]
Day to Day Politics: Turnbull’s Election Campaign. Making something of nothing.
Saturday 2 April 2016 Given that the independent Cross Bench Senators fail to pass the ABCC legalisation its odds on that we will be going […]