Politics

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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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 months 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 months ago

Nuclear Gamble is an Economic Wrecking Ball

Kate Hook Media Release Nuclear gamble is an economic wrecking ball - Lithgow and the Central West deserve better Independent…

4 months ago

Taxpayers should not foot the bill for nuclear risk

Australians for Affordable Energy Media Release If private insurers refuse to cover nuclear reactors the financial risks will be shifted…

4 months ago

Australians for Responsible Citizenship and NatCon: networks of networks

It is easier to understand the constant war drums in support of Israel in Australia's rightwing spaces if one pays…

4 months ago