A Cherry on Top of a Compost Heap
Former Labor Prime Minister, Paul Keating has a delicious way with words. At a recent fundraiser in the Blue Mountains for Susan Templeman, the Labor […]
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Poor little rich companies: No money for tax. Plenty for political donations.
While the government scrambles to look for ways to increase revenue and cut spending, one group of sacred cows who seem largely unperturbed by these ongoing discussions […]
Arthur Sinodinos – The Man Who Would Have Done Something If He’d Known Anything!
“Did you know at the Liberal Party end in your capacity as Treasurer that Australian Water Holdings was making donations to the Liberal Party?” “Not […]
What chance Abbott returning after the election?
It seems unlikely, unthinkable, and even impossible. The most erratic, dysfunctional, and accident-prone prime minister we have ever had making a stunning comeback? No, not […]
Are we really that stupid?
John Lord, asked the question this morning in his ‘Day to Day Politics’ column, why would you reward a party another three years in office […]
An open letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
By Mike Cullen Dear Prime Minister, I wasn’t sure how to address your government’s latest announcement yesterday. The age old belief that announcing unpopular moves […]
Forty years later and we are going backwards
Sydney University in the late 1970s was an exhilarating place to be. There were feminists, gays, environmentalists, socialists and hippies all challenging the traditional patriarchal […]
Talking about reform…
One reform that should be brought about immediately is to take the appointment of statuatory positions and public service jobs out of the hands of […]
Christensen must go
In his desperation to attack the Safe Schools Coalition Program, George Christensen has plumbed new depths. La Trobe University is a partner of the program. […]
Election 2016: Media Groundhog Day
By James Moylan In the 80s and 90s we often discussed the need to rid Australia of the dead hand of our media monopolies. It […]
The Peta Principle – how Abbott rose to the level of his incompetence
By Ad astra ‘What’s wrong with Tony Abbott?” It’s a question that’s been asked ever since he rose to prominence as party leader, if not […]
Abbott’s excuses
In response to Nicky Savva’s tell-all book, Tony Abbott issued a press release in which he, unsurprisingly, sang his own praises. I stopped the boats. […]
Why Abbott’s sex life is my business
There’s only one circumstance in which I consider the sexual lives of politicians to be my business, and that’s when they legislate about what goes […]
Safe Schools, Unsafe Politicians
By Ad astra Now we see it, the Christian-Right Liberal reactionaries digging their cruel claws into PM Turnbull over the ‘Safe Schools’ program, one specifically […]
Surviving a Trump Presidency: The essential Guide to being ‘Trump-ready’
They said it would never happen. From comedians to serious commentators, Donald Trump may have been leading in the polls – but when it came down […]