Politics

The art of living in interesting times

Sometimes I can’t keep up. The treadmill feels like it is moving too fast. At heart I am a bleeding-heart…

5 hours ago

What part will Murdoch play in the upcoming election?

This is not just a matter of curiosity, but a call to action. It’s about hate, and the power of…

22 hours ago

Tittle-tattle, rittle-rattle: Dutton in Adelaide

Another fudgestone kop prank from spudsville courtesy of Sky News king of muck rakers. An unletter to the Sydney Morning…

22 hours ago

Phoning a friend: Was it a mistake to re-elect Donald Trump?

A bit over a week ago I published Goodbye, America with the introduction: I admit it: I was intrigued by…

24 hours ago

Peter Dutton carries Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison baggage into the election

After nine shambolic years of the Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments (2013 to 2022) it’s hard to see a Dutton…

1 day ago

Independent Voices Crucial to Australia’s Democratic Future

Media Release Kate Hook, community independent candidate for Calare has called out the federal government’s electoral reforms as nothing short…

1 day ago

The rise and rise of the right

One from the archives on our sister site, published by Bert Hetenbry. I hate it when this happens: stroll into…

2 days ago

Clenching my buttocks & keeping it short ‘n light

I like to rummage about in the back drawers of our culture, dig out a bunch of glittery gee-gaws and…

3 days ago

Peter Dutton: Then and now, always the wrong man for the job

Those of you who read my weekly missives could not but conclude other than l have very little time for…

4 days ago

How bloody well informed are we? It doesn’t look good!

This is the dead land*   this is cactus land here the stone images   are raised, here they receive…

4 days ago