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Orwell Errs in 1984

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ as shorthand to signify totalitarian control of society and the malign pervasive rule of ‘Big Brother’ have … More

1984, Big Brother, George Orwell, IngSoc, Ministry of Truth, Newspeak, Orwellian, telescreens, totalitarian, Winston Smith

Immigration & Politics

During the last Australia Day so-called celebrations we again had the spectacle of One Nation, proxy neo-Nazis and Nationals all … More

Immigration policy Australia

Howzat Howard!

Since we’re talking about shortcomings of Australian PMs, a recent release of Federal Cabinet papers from 2005 definitively nails one … More

Australian troops in Afghanistan, Australian war casualties, Cost of Australia's Afghanistan war, John Howard, Lazarus Rising

Albo the Abdicator

PM Anthony Albanese has an uninspiring, slippery character, honed by a lifetime of political practice, the dark arts of Labor … More

Albo, Anthony Albanese, Bondi Royal Commission, Lobbying firms use Signal, Richo State funeral

Fateful Footsteps

Intro Reflecting some years ago on dramatic political developments in countries I had visited from the 1970s on, I noticed … More

Algerian civil war, art, asia, Bali early hippie tourism, Borneo rainforest destruction, Burma, East Timor independence struggle, food, French Rainbow Warrior Spies, Lao communist war, Moroccan annexation of Spanish Sahara, Mururoa Atoll, Nepal maoist rebellion, photography, Portuguese Timor, Sri Lankan civil war, travel

Democracy Dump (by) Trump

Planet-threatening DDT is sprayed worldwide by one unhinged individual following his base authoritarian ‘instincts’. That last word comes from the … More

autocratic US president, democracy, Donald Trump, executive orders, Trump, US fragile democracy

Nuclear Rubbish

The Federal Opposition finally announced some lightweight details of its risible collective thought bubble about throwing Australia’s power switch to … More

Asse 2 nuclear storage, Dutton nuclear plan, nuclear disaster, nuclear disaster liability, nuclear waste, Tellus Holdings Sandy Ridge facility

Trumped Again

Think of the time we all wasted before the recent US elections reading poll experts and pundits all agreeing that … More

autocratic leanings, democracy, Donald Trump, elections, Politics, presidential power, Trump, Trump elected, Trumpness, US elections, US polling industry

Sub Standard

The federal submarine corporation ASC is struggling to maintain the Australian navy’s six ageing (i.e. old) Collins class boats, originally … More

ASC maintenance issues, Aukus nuclear submarines, Collins class boats, Dutton's nuclear announcement, HMS Farncomb

Rallying after Referendum

Since the Indigenous Voice referendum went down in October I’ve been waiting for some positive political movement. As the saying … More

Council of Peaks, National Agreement on Closing the Gap, Pat Turner, PM Albo, Voice Referendum

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