Since we’re talking about shortcomings of Australian PMs, a recent release of Federal Cabinet papers from 2005 definitively nails one … More
Category: Politics
Albo the Abdicator
PM Anthony Albanese has an uninspiring, slippery character, honed by a lifetime of political practice, the dark arts of Labor … More
Fateful Footsteps
Intro Reflecting some years ago on dramatic political developments in countries I had visited from the 1970s on, I noticed … More
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
Nuclear Rubbish
The Federal Opposition finally announced some lightweight details of its risible collective thought bubble about throwing Australia’s power switch to … More
Trumped Again
Think of the time we all wasted before the recent US elections reading poll experts and pundits all agreeing that … More
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
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
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
Monarchy Must Go
The demise of our previous monarch has unleashed a veritable orgy of mass outpourings of grief, veneration and nostalgia. Media … More
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