Will Brandis Shirt-Front Morrison? Can Morrison please be the Demtel Man?
Originally published on Polyfeministix We often ask each other “If you had a superpower what would it be?” Scott Morrison’s superpower was revealed yesterday. He […]
Coalition Government
Whitlam eyed our conscience, not our wallet
First of two guest posts by Race Mathews. Race is former chief of staff to Gough Whitlam and Labor leaders in the Victorian parliament, federal […]
With Gough’s passing, it’s time to think about where we are headed.
Today’s passing of Gough Whitlam has left me today with a heavy heart, along with so many other people in this country. To simply reflect […]
New James Ashby scandal could ‘rock’ Abbott Government
Author’s Note: 60 Minutes (Channel 9’s) current affairs program will on Sunday night air an interview with James Ashby. The promotional teaser doing the rounds […]
Sitting in Judgement of Abbott’s First Year
The first anniversary of an Abbott led government is almost upon us. What yardstick do we use to judge its performance? For me there is […]
“The Beadles” – a sensational new group featuring Joe Bumble, Tony Fagan, Scott Sykes and Malcolm the “Artful Dodger”
“Around the time of Oliver’s ninth birthday, Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, removes Oliver from the baby farm and puts him to work picking oakum at […]
Short Term Tony
“You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don’t believe in little plans. I believe in plans […]
In Defence of “Abbott’s Form of Social Engineering”
My recent piece “The Abbott Form of Social Engineering” seems to have struck a chord with a number of people. Mostly the comments have been […]
It Goes to the Character of the Man
Has Australia ever elected a Prime Minister so devoid of character? So lacking in the qualities of leadership? So deficient in empathy of social conscience? […]
Abbott’s Nice New Parliament
In a speech to the Western Australia Liberal Party last weekend Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised a “respectful” new parliament when it assembles for the […]
Opiate of the masses
There has been a lot of angst in left-wing circles since the election of Tony Abbott and his Coalition into government. Blogs, Twitter and Facebook […]
How come readers of the Fifth Estate can see what our journalists can’t?
Apart from momentarily shouting that it will make Australia a better place, ie, acting as Tony Abbott’s mouthpiece, the mainstream media hasn’t said boo about […]
Keep your hands off the poor, Joe Hockey
In a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs yesterday, Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey warned that a Coalition government would implement drastic welfare cuts, finger-pointed […]
Tony Abbott in The Lodge: it’s still ‘never’
The polls suggest that Tony Abbott is close to getting his little grubby hands on the keys to The Lodge. The keys, then, will be […]
Up The Opinion Polls
If we are to take the latest Fairfax Poll at face value and try to analyse the sudden voter turnaround it conjures up a number […]