Tony Abbott: as offensive as they come
Who on earth writes Tony Abbott’s speeches? Whoever it is, says Anne Byam, they provide us with some gems of wisdom. Relaxing at 5 pm, […]
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Tony Abbott clings onto Chaplaincy Program
It is undeniably apparent that the Abbott Government is jumping hoops to save their chaplaincy program, reports Adam Cass. Subtly certainly hasn’t been an apparent […]
An open letter to Tony Abbott
Independent journalists are finding it difficult to keep up with the supply of stupidity this government has been feeding us. If Tony Abbott could only […]
Callow or shallow?
When Nelson Mandela died last year, Tony Abbott joined many other world leaders in singing his praises. “The world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela. […]
The myth of political sameness
We are pleased to offer this piece by Ad astra – the well known and popular writer from the long running blog The Political Sword. […]
Nothing is free? Depends who you are.
“[The budget] will do for people what they cannot do for themselves, but no more. Nothing is free. Someone always pays.” A common refrain from […]
First Australia, now Scotland – Liberals share their offensive comments with the world
Tony Abbott’s ‘Scottish’ gaffe wraps up what has been another gaffe-ridden week from a gaffe-ridden government, writes Vivien Fleming. In a week when we all […]
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
It wasn’t that long ago that Australia was being praised around the world. Remember when we had an intelligent, articulate, diplomatic leader with a vision […]
The Abbott Government has been an easy one to predict
On the eve of the 2013 election I wrote a piece titled, of all things, The 2016 Election. It was my prediction of who would […]
The Decline and Fall of ‘Team Australia’
As much as I struggled to agree with anything John Howard said or did when he was Prime Minister, there is one thing I had […]
Home, home on the range
On August 4th, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews launched 2014 Homeless Persons Week where he “reinforced the Coalition’s commitment to help those without safe […]
Malevolent
The 2014 budget omitted the table of adjusted family outcomes that had been in every previous budget since 2005. The analysis was done by […]
Al Capone, serendipity, karma, Tony Abbott and all that jazz . . .
First watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FHEeG_uq5Y Ok, for those of you who thought that George Brandis bore a striking resemblance to Elmer Fudd, he did his best […]
Multiple Ministers Scoring ‘Own Goals’
Over the past week or so we have witnessed examples of possibly the most mistake prone bunch of ministerial amateurs we have seen in the […]
Joe Hockey, which planet do you live on?
To Joe Hockey. The news that a young homeless couple were found dead in their car was news that you would, in an indirect way, […]