Politics Archives

There’s Nobody Right But Me…

18 December 2025 Rossleigh 8

I’ve made the mistake of looking at social media over the past few days… Some people have demanded that Albanese resign and/or be sacked by the Governor-General. I can’t help but imagine the following: Albanese: […]

Interest Rates, Tattslotto, Next Year’s Cup Winner And Premiership Predictions…

10 December 2025 Rossleigh 0

Not everything I write is satire… Sometimes I describe exactly what’s going on and other times I write satire… Of course, it’s not easy to tell the difference. I get that. And when it comes […]

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Advance OR I Just Want My Country Back!!

8 December 2025 Rossleigh 4

Every now and then I see some list or other where the person laments what things were like when they were growing up. You know the sort of thing: Only white people were allowed in […]

Stand By Your Ban: A Post-Truth Reflection

4 December 2025 David Tyler 8

Hemingway knew bankruptcy intimately; both financial and moral. “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asks in The Sun Also Rises. “Two ways,” Mike replies. “Gradually and then suddenly.” He was talking about his own ruin, but […]

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Barnaby’s Party Gets Wild And A Tale Of Indian Cobras!

30 November 2025 Rossleigh 2

For the past few weeks, people in the Coalition have been trying to persuade Barnaby Joyce that they don’t want to lose him and that he’s really, really appreciated and there’s no need to be […]

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Political Futures: A More Inspirational Labor Financial Outreach with the Approach of MYEFO 2025?

29 November 2025 Denis Bright 24

As the confidence of our financial ministers increases, Jim Chalmers can afford to be franker about the trendlines in budget parameters since his budget speech on 25 March 2025. Any deteriorations in the indicators at […]

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The Liberals Have A Plan, Pauline Wears A Burqa And I’m Stuck In A Time Loop…

25 November 2025 Rossleigh 5

Unfortunately, I’ve thrown out all the old brochures that have arrived in my letterbox over the years, but I’m pretty sure that from the time Abbott released “Real Solutions For Imaginary Problems” or whatever that […]

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Breaking: The Liberal Party Changes Leaders

16 November 2025 Rossleigh 10

David Javelin: Good morning and welcome to Inciters. Today we’ll be looking at the change in Liberal policy on net zero. Many people are having trouble understanding exactly what their new policy is, including a […]

Pauline Hanson: the voice that echoes, but delivers little

13 November 2025 Michael Taylor 3

In 2017, a commenter named Zathras cut to the heart of Pauline Hanson’s political brand with a single sentence: “The problem with Hanson is that she moans about what she doesn’t like but never says […]

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Political Futures: Maintain Appropriate Levels of Responsible Outrage

12 November 2025 Denis Bright 13

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the dismissal of Prime Minister Whitlam, I am pleased to remind readers to maintain an appropriate level of outrage against the dismissal of a twice elected constitutional government in […]

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Liberals Caught In Nationals’ Net!!

11 November 2025 Rossleigh 12

“I’ll have my energy policy done by tomorrow, sir. There’s no need to give me a detention.” “Look, you promised to have it done by 2014 and I’m still yet to see any more than […]

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It is true: a government is only as strong as its opposition

8 November 2025 Michael Taylor 6

You’ve likely heard the old maxim, or some version of it: “A government is only as strong as its opposition.” For decades, it rattled around in my mind like loose change – familiar, but never […]

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How Labor Party Factional Power Blocks Reform

7 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Description Explore how Labor Party factional power and Don Farrell’s influence hinder genuine social justice reform in Australia. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Hidden Hand in […]

A clear rebuke: Democrats win big in the first major test of Trump’s second term

5 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Peter Brown Today’s off-year elections in the USA read less like a local calendar of contests and more like a national referendum on President Trump. Democrats scored wins across several high-profile races – from […]

Building the Cage: How Labor Built Neoliberalism and Called it Partnership (Part 1)

4 November 2025 David Tyler 15

How Labor Built Neoliberalism and Betrayed the Workers The Australian Labor Party has lost its way. Once the party of the ordinary worker, the champion of fair wages and decent conditions, it has become just […]

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