Articles by Rossleigh

About Rossleigh

Rossleigh is a writer, director and education futurist. As a writer, his plays include “The Charles Manson Variety Hour”, “Pastiche”, “Snap!”, “That’s Me In The Distance”, “48 Hours (without Eddie Murphy)”, and “A King of Infinite Space”. His acting credits include “Pinor Noir Noir” for “Short and Sweet” and carrying the coffin in “The Slap”. His ten minute play, “Y” won the 2013 Crash Test Drama Final.

Person holding empty brown leather wallet.

Government Spending Is Out Of Control But We Need More Submarines!

4 June 2025 Rossleigh 6

The news makes me a little confused from time to time. For example, I recently saw a front page in Victoria how the state government was broke and we needed to fix the budget side […]

Red dirt road in Australia with text about getting Australia back on track.

The Opposition That Used To Be Known As Coalition…

26 May 2025 Rossleigh 10

In the aftermath of the election, I noticed a lot of comments from people in the parties that used to be known as the Coalition about the need to keep fighting. Stupidly, I presumed that […]

A bookshelf filled with classic hardcover books in various colors and sizes.

From The Archives: 1984 is dated! Huxley Was Right!

25 May 2025 Rossleigh 2

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell […]

Bride and groom holding hands through a wooden fence outdoors.

Sussan And David: A Marriage Of Inconvenience!

23 May 2025 Rossleigh 6

Scene: A counsellor’s office. Counsellor – I’d like to welcome you both and start by saying that this is a great first step… David – I’d like to point out that this was her idea. […]

Dutton’s Dud Prediction And Breaking Up Is Sometimes Easy To Do…

20 May 2025 Rossleigh 5

Now General Sedgwick can rest easy in his grave. His famous last words were: “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist…”. However, after the landslide Labor win, Peter Dutton’s assertion that they were the […]

Tim Wilson speaks at the Australian Libertarian Society and Australian Taxpayers' Alliance 2015 conference on "property rights as human rights."

Conservatives: “The Voting System Is Unfair If We Lose”!

15 May 2025 Rossleigh 6

‘After the election, Labor is now emboldened. And their objective is to inflict tax violence on wealth and deliver revenue for their spending agenda while crowing they’re balancing the budget from the blood they can […]

Two elderly men in suits engaged in a serious conversation.

Explaining The Election Result To My Wife…

14 May 2025 Rossleigh 4

My wife was expressing some amazement at the size of Labor’s win in the election result so I decided to give her one of my analogies to help her understand exactly what had happened. “It’s […]

Adam Bandt and another person at a political event in Melbourne.

Vale Peter Dutton And RIP The Liberal Party…

8 May 2025 Rossleigh 4

Well, there have been quite a bit of commentary on how gracious the ex-Opposition leader was in defeat. I’d have to say that some people found it surprising given his total lack of grace throughout […]

Four people in formal attire seated at a table with a British flag in the background.

The Potential Labor Landslide – Take 2

2 May 2025 Rossleigh 7

In June last year, I wrote a piece called “The Potential Labor Landslide”… Of course the downside to writing satire most of the time is that people tend not to notice that a lot of […]

Man in suit intensely examining an egg in a kitchen.

Cost Of Living Crisis But Eggs Are Cheap According To Dutton…

28 April 2025 Rossleigh 7

There are moments that turn an election campaign… I mean, all of them. Every moment turns an election campaign because either something significant happens or it doesn’t. If it does then that’s significant but if […]

A man passionately speaking with hand gestures in a formal setting while another smiles in the background.

Strong Leaders OR Democracy Costs Too Much!

23 April 2025 Rossleigh 1

Imagine if job interviews were like election campaigns. “What skills do you bring to this job, Trevor?” “Well, Simon, the other applicant, is weak and lacks decisiveness and he…” “Yes, but your skills… what do […]

Older man outdoors, wearing a striped shirt.

Putting The Negative Into Negative Gearing…

19 April 2025 Rossleigh 7

There have been times when the tactics of the Liberal Party in this election campaign have confused me. Apart from having Dutton do most of the talking, letting some of the other shadow ministers appear […]

Newspaper article about government loan policies.

Starting A Go Fund Me For Peter Dutton’s Poor Son…

15 April 2025 Rossleigh 6

There’s a certain hypocrisy about nearly all political leaders: We’ll see the happy family all up there for various events like campaign launches or victory parties, but then when someone asks a difficult question about […]

Tweet about Peter Dutton finding his mojo.

We’ve Reached The We Don’t Think We Can Win, So Promise Anything Stage Of The Election!

13 April 2025 Rossleigh 17

A few weeks ago, Labor were long odds to win and people were adjusting to the idea that the Liberals had come up with a potential answer to the question of: “How can any PM […]

The Fundamental Problem With Educating Adolescents…

9 April 2025 Rossleigh 4

Now when Trump or Dutton or some idiot on Sky News talks about a Marxist agenda and how schools are brainwashing students, I’d like to add some perspective here: If I could brainwash any of […]

The Australian Independent Media Network

The AIMN is an online platform that provides a space for citizen and public interest journalists to engage in and contribute to independent media, focusing on politics, democracy, environment, and identity.