Satire
Strangely, Dave Hughes Has A Great Idea!
Ok, I can accept that Moira Deeming has no idea what a headlock is and that her report to the police wasn’t a false one… And not just because her lawyer suggested that she might […]
Month: June 2026
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The Incentive Economy: Part 2 – The Business of Consumption
The Incentive Economy Part 2 – The Business of Consumption Buy Now. Think Later. Dad’s Test Did I have this problem five minutes ago? Who benefits if I believe I do? What happens if I […]
Politics
We dance best when we all dance on the same dancefloor
While all people are deserving of equal treatment under the law, and everyone should be treated by our political and civil institutions in a like fashion, that does not extend to the realm of ideas. […]
Politics
Independents Be Wary: The Teals and the Hemlock of Party Politics
The obsession, one verging on pathological, with political parties is producing its share of symptoms. These include, amongst others, cynicism, a general loathing by the electorate, a suspicion about a lack of independence among its […]
Environment
Australia’s farmland at risk of ‘ecological collapse’
Adelaide University Media Release Australia may need to fundamentally redraw its rural landscape – retiring farms, restoring vast tracts of vegetation and reshaping regional economies – if it is to avoid accelerating species loss and […]
Politics
Mid-Winter Ball
THE INTERVIEW A tribute to Bryan Dawe and the late John Clarke DAWE: Prime Minister, welcome. CLARKE: Good to be here, Bryan. DAWE: Prime Minister, you said repeatedly before the election that you would not […]
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The Incentive Economy: Part 1 – The Business of Dissatisfaction
The Incentive Economy Part 1 – The Business of Dissatisfaction Did I Have This Problem Five Minutes Ago? “Markets are brilliant at solving many human problems. They are also brilliant at creating incentives. Sometimes those […]
Politics
The Silent Guardian
Episode One: The War Beyond the Stars A Science Fiction Tale By Andrew Klein and Sera Dedicated to those who remember – and to those who are beginning to remember. I. The Other World There […]
Politics
Pauline Hanson: Too easy to dismiss, too late to ignore
For thirty years, Pauline Hanson has occupied a peculiar place in Australian politics. She has been impossible to ignore, impossible to silence, yet often easy to dismiss. Since first entering Parliament in 1996, Hanson has […]
Politics
Theocracy on the March
By James Moore There is a sad, dangerous, yet entertaining bit of spectacle playing out in Texas, and I fear, as is often the case, it will inform the politics and policies of the rest […]
Health
Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report
By Dr Dan Steinbock From Gaza and beyond, Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children. It is in line with the new Obliteration Doctrine and the topic of a new UN report. […]
Satire
OUTRAGE NATION: Episode 1 – The Department of Things That Never Happened
Every weekday at 9:00 am, the Executive Board of Outrage Nation meets to decide what Australians should be angry about today. No minutes are kept. Mostly because facts have a habit of contradicting them. Boardroom […]
Politics
Adding to Failure: Amending Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
When something is not working, abandon it. The policy maker and politician, the latter often inclined to populist temptation and the endless tapping for votes, will decide to make a state of wrongheadedness even worse. […]
Politics
A Party of Independents Sounds Like a Contradiction. It Isn’t.
One Nation is the wrong answer to the right question. Part six, on the People who step up, the party that is really a co-op, and why building one is the strategic move, not the […]
Satire
Welcome To My Partycast… Unless You Have An Opinion That’s Different!
There’s something strange about the state of the world. I guess there always was, but the ease with which anti-social media helps people’s strangeness spread makes it all the more obvious. For a start, how […]