Australian political analysis

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…

5 days ago

YouGov – no I’m just kidding

Where’s our news, where are the investigative journalists, where’s our ABC and who the fudgestone are YouGov? The ABC busted:…

6 days ago

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 5)

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 4 On the afternoon of 11 November 1975, Kerr revealed that he had secretly…

1 month ago

The Atlas Network has eugenicist roots

We don’t expect the free market’s ad men to understand their movement’s deep integration with eugenicist ideas. It is worth…

2 months ago

ABC News refuses to correct manifestly false reporting about Labor’s poverty reduction

By Alan Austin An interview on the 7.30 Report in November asserted falsely that poverty in Australia was worsening under…

2 months ago

The Revolutionary Act of Real Conversations

By Sue Barrett How Conversations Build Bridges, Empower Change, and Challenge the Status Quo Conversations are the foundation of every…

2 months ago

Political Futures: More Data Can Still Erode Populist Influences

By Denis Bright A federal budget in March 2025 offers yet another chance to broaden the economic information base for…

2 months ago

Frail Egos and Sandpit Colonialism: Australia, the United States and Invading Iraq

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the news again. The release of Australian cabinet documents from 2004 –…

2 months ago

The ugly side of politics

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that…

2 months ago

This Is Our Moment: A Call to Reclaim Democracy and Secure a Better Future for all Australians

By Sue Barrett The two-party system has failed us. It’s time for people-powered politics to deliver a fairer, more inclusive,…

2 months ago