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Sick of the media: 2022 Labor Budget analysis
The second Budget for 2022 has been released, and it’s Labor’s first budget in nine years – it’s a Budget that’s been prepared in very difficult circ…
3 years, 4 months ago
The climate change floods, goodbye Jerusalem and a new attack on Medicare
The floods in eastern Australia have been the focus of political attention over the past week, with major flooding events in Victoria, southern New S…
3 years, 4 months ago
Media Diversity, Broken Promises and the Return of the Ruby Princess
There have been calls for a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity in Australia, and generally, the behaviour of the mainstream media – and these…
3 years, 4 months ago
CPAC culture of complaint, the Frontier Wars, and Liz Truss does Labor a big tax favour
The Conservative Political Action Conference rolled into Sydney last week, and it’s an extreme libertarian group who are maniacally angry, loud, abra…
3 years, 4 months ago
Anti-Corruption Commission One Step Closer, Lambie Mischief, And Dutton’s Makeover
The anti-corruption commission is one step closer to reality – the Labor government tabled its Bill in Parliament this week, despite all the claims f…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Taxing Budget And Renewables, Stacking The Boards, And A Long Road To The Republic
After a fortnight where most of Anglosphere was preoccupied with the death of a British monarch, life is getting back to normal and to the real thing…
3 years, 5 months ago
End of Monarchy: Time to unleash the beast and release the Republic
Australia lost a head of state last week, and gained a new one, even though nobody voted for King Charles, and nobody was asked about it. And this wi…
3 years, 5 months ago
The troubles over the horizon, anti-union propaganda, a bad Governor–General and Liberal Party future up in the air
The federal government is still feeling the warm inner glow after the Jobs and Skills Summit, which was the first public display of the consensus pol…
3 years, 5 months ago
The sinister Robodebt scheme, Labor’s 100-day anniversary and the jobs/skills crisis
Robodebt was one of the most disastrous acts of public administration in Australia’s history and the condemnation has arrived from all sides of polit…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Attack on Australia’s Democracy and The Diminishing Division of Joy
As the rumblings of Scott Morrison’s secret ministers become louder, the Liberal Party – and their friends in the media – are keen to dismiss Prime M…
3 years, 6 months ago