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Pollies & Property!

Prices of Australian real estate are going crazy again. Shane Wright (SMH 26 June) demonstrates the massive conflict of interest … More

Hal Pawson, negative gearing, Paul Keating, politicians self-interest, real estate boom, Shane Wright

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

Afghanistan war, Chris Barrie, Henry Reynolds, Malalai Joya, Unnecessary Wars

Uncrowned & Unpackered

(Health warning: reading about corruption and gambling in Australia can be distressing). An enquiry by Justice Patricia Bergin found that … More

Crown Casinos, Helen Coonan, Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority, James Packer, Justice Patricia Bergin, NSW gambling tax, O'Farrell government

Dendobrium Destroyer

Dendobriums constitute a large genus of attractive Australian native orchids, endemic to S.E. Australia, but incredibly one of its hybrids … More

Dendobrium mine, Dendobrium orchids, NSW IPC, South 32

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

Paris climate accords, Scotty from Marketing, zero net emissions

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

Adani, Anthony Fauci, carbon pollution reduction, climate change, Dr Brendan Murphy, Scotty from Marketing, Trump

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

Big Government, Helicopter Money, Jobseeker, Milton Friedman, Milton Keynes, public goods, quantitative easing, Scotty from Marketing, snap back, Universal Basic Income

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

coronavirus, Republican Party, Stuart Stevens, The Washington Post

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

Minister for Toilet Paper, Scotty from Marketing

Political Palsy

The Australian body politic (that includes us) is paralysed on ‘climate action’, thanks to a failed political class and our … More

Barnaby Joyce, climate action, Don Watson, Elizabeth Farrelly, Scotty from Marketing

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