Prices of Australian real estate are going crazy again. Shane Wright (SMH 26 June) demonstrates the massive conflict of interest … More
Category: Politics
Our Afghanistan: War Weary
The US announcement of its 11 September withdrawal of armed forces from Afghanistan was followed a few days later by … More
Uncrowned & Unpackered
(Health warning: reading about corruption and gambling in Australia can be distressing). An enquiry by Justice Patricia Bergin found that … More
Dendobrium Destroyer
Dendobriums constitute a large genus of attractive Australian native orchids, endemic to S.E. Australia, but incredibly one of its hybrids … More
Zero Emissions Net
As President Biden gets the USA set to re-join the Paris climate accords and declare a target of net zero … More
Facts & Science
The U.S. Buffoon-in-Chief said last Friday: “The facts are going to determine what I do”. Such gross irony was apparently … More
Pop-Up Socialism
Well, who would’ve thought that a Federal government of neo-liberal ‘dries’ would come up with $190 billion of spending to … More
Republican Party Mea Culpa
Stuart Stevens is a Republican ‘consultant’, whose book about the Republican Party, It Was All a Lie, will be published … More
Minister for Toilet Paper
It seems that Scotty from Marketing has forgotten that he’s only Prime Minister of Australia and not Minister for Everything, … More
Political Palsy
The Australian body politic (that includes us) is paralysed on ‘climate action’, thanks to a failed political class and our … More