“Family values” and fascist-leaning politics
The radical right, and in particular, Murdoch’s News Corp, are laundering the dirty ideas of the people deploying fascistic politics to make them seem normal […]
News and Politics
The Racist Agenda Was Made to Destroy The Working Class
The fear of ‘the others’ permeates everything lately. Social media, politicians, commentators and the mainstream media are enabling a culture of stigma and ‘othering’. Fear of […]
The United and Ununited States of America 2030
Way back in 2016, when Donald Trump won his first election, I had sworn never to return to the USA while he was at the […]
Authoritarian regimes: Zimbabwe, Venezuela, next the USA
It is no secret I had grave concerns about the suitability of Donald J Trump. Now I’m having trouble sleeping at night. I’d like to […]
Day to Day Politics: the Gospel according to Craig
A departure from my usual post today. Craig Emerson is a Facebook friend and posted this last week. A witty piece of satire indeed. Hope […]
Day to Day Politics: For Christ’s sake tell the truth.
Friday 4 March 2016 It is said that in war ‘truth’ is the first causality. Lying is probably one of the most common wrong acts […]
‘Day to Day Politics’ with John Lord
Monday November 30 1 The answer to Alan Austin’s quiz was . . . One. Of the last 17 state or federal MPs sin-binned, 15 […]
I’m not sure that I’m really suited to the democratic process
In 1971, Malcom Turnbull was in fourth form at Sydney Grammar. Writing for the school newsletter, he said the Liberal Party was full of “men […]
The politics of solidarity
Solidarity is an idea that is in the foundations of the ALP, writes Tim Curtis, and that means sticking together to fight for the common […]
Australian Compendium
There is so much to love about Australia. We love living here, and visiting celebrities are wise enough to say how much they love visiting […]
He really is off his rocker. Or he’s a nut case.
Who else but a leader of dubious mental capacity would say something like this? “This government doesn’t get enough credit, Australia doesn’t get enough credit, […]
“I’m with Stupid” man arrested; imagine if he’d been against Stupid!
Ok, for those of you who haven’t caught up with the Queensland man who was arrested for standing next to LNP supporters and waving while […]
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 […]
Religion and Politics
There is an old adage that warns we should never discuss religion or politics. It’s bizarre that two such influential aspects of our lives should […]
The Greens support is dropping – just shows that climate change isn’t real
Ok, I’ve read a number of times about The Greens losing votes in the Federal Election. Then after Saturday’s Miranda By-Election in NSW where the […]