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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

Cancelled Call-Up

On this day 50 years ago, the Australian people voted to end twenty-three years of conservative rule and a reformist … More

conscientious objection, conscription, Gough Whitlam, Labor victory 1972, national service lottery

Monarchy Must Go

The demise of our previous monarch has unleashed a veritable orgy of mass outpourings of grief, veneration and nostalgia. Media … More

Australian monarchy, Geoffrey Robertson

ScoMo ScumBag

Sorry folks, for the vulgar epithet, but scumbag is as scumbag does. Our erstwhile PM Scotty Morrison literally knows no … More

alien sideboob, John Birmingham, Scotty Morrison

Scotty COP Out

Dear reader, I know this is testing your patience with more anti-Scomoism, but alas duty calls. Our PM is a … More

AUSTRALIA'S LONG TERM EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN, NADEEM SAMNAKAY, Ross Gittins, SCOTTY AND COP26

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