Is Clive Palmer the de facto Prime Minister?
It’s an odd sounding question but not without foundation. Clive Palmer’s bombshell press conference with Al Gore where he announced his party’s voting intentions in […]
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This government is now officially obscene
One of my more mundane, but at times more amusing jobs as a federal public servant was for a short time reviewing letters to and […]
A ‘budget emergency’: it’s all about choices
The excuse for the draconian cuts made by Abbott and Hockey is that there is a budget emergency and a debt crisis. I in no […]
Compare the pair
Joe Hockey’s budget has been widely rejected by the Australian people. And he knows it. How do I know he knows it? Because why else […]
Joe Hockey, Shrek and Other Misunderstood Ogres!
“This year the Australian government will spend on average over $6,000 on welfare for every man, woman and child in the country. Given that only […]
No ‘love’ in the Abbott Government’s ‘tough’
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey have taken to describing their budgetary cruelty as an act of “tough love” for which we may […]
My kids are ok, yours can go beg.
When I hear Joe Hockey say, with trembling lip, that he refuses to saddle his children with the nation’s debt, my hypocrisy radar maxes out. […]
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. […]
Balance or men who stare at coats
INTERVIEWER Good evening. Tonight, in order to meet our efficiency targets, we’re bringing you the same interview we gave you last night. Representing the PIPA […]
Who are the real leaners here?
While we are being told that we are are not “entitled” to anything at all, it is worthwhile to look at the “entitlements” of politicians […]
What does Kenny’s ABC defamation case mean?
What does Chris Kenny’s $35,000 settlement and apology from the ABC over the Chaser’s dog f*cking joke mean for Australia’s culture? I don’t know, but […]
Abbott’s war on the environment is facing some tough opposition
Big mining may have put the COAL in the Coalition, but Abbott’s war on the environment is facing some tough opposition. To spite the Climate […]
Some of my best friends are corrupt
There appears no question that Craig Thomson misused union funds, though his sentence of 12 months gaol (3 months to be served) is being appealed. […]
Tax: renting a spot in civilisation
While I was reading Josh Bornstein’s excellent contribution on the subject of tax, it reminded me that progressive Australians really need to work harder at […]