The climate change floods, goodbye Jerusalem and a new attack on Medicare
The floods in eastern Australia have been the focus of political attention over the past week, with major flooding events in Victoria, southern New South Wales and the northern parts of Tasmania – the...
21 Okt 202242min
Media Diversity, Broken Promises and the Return of the Ruby Princess
There have been calls for a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity in Australia, and generally, the behaviour of the mainstream media – and these calls have been made for about 20 years or so. The...
14 Okt 202247min
CPAC culture of complaint, the Frontier Wars, and Liz Truss does Labor a big tax favour
The Conservative Political Action Conference rolled into Sydney last week, and it’s an extreme libertarian group who are maniacally angry, loud, abrasive, in-your-face, and filled with endless complai...
7 Okt 202242min
Anti-Corruption Commission One Step Closer, Lambie Mischief, And Dutton’s Makeover
The anti-corruption commission is one step closer to reality – the Labor government tabled its Bill in Parliament this week, despite all the claims from conservative media that the Prime Minister, Ant...
30 Sep 202241min
A Taxing Budget And Renewables, Stacking The Boards, And A Long Road To The Republic
After a fortnight where most of Anglosphere was preoccupied with the death of a British monarch, life is getting back to normal and to the real things that matter: there’s a Budget coming up soon, and...
23 Sep 202248min
End of Monarchy: Time to unleash the beast and release the Republic
Australia lost a head of state last week, and gained a new one, even though nobody voted for King Charles, and nobody was asked about it. And this will keep happening until Australia becomes a republi...
16 Sep 202242min
The troubles over the horizon, anti-union propaganda, a bad Governor–General and Liberal Party future up in the air
The federal government is still feeling the warm inner glow after the Jobs and Skills Summit, which was the first public display of the consensus politics the Prime Minister talked about during the fe...
9 Sep 202246min
The sinister Robodebt scheme, Labor’s 100-day anniversary and the jobs/skills crisis
Robodebt was one of the most disastrous acts of public administration in Australia’s history and the condemnation has arrived from all sides of politics – former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, Labo...
2 Sep 202243min
