Skip to content

KOOKYNIE COURIER

News & Views – since 1896 – incorporating Gwalia Gazette

  • About

Category: Politics

Shorten Sweet

Since this yummy headline appeared over a Paddy Manning article in The Monthly on 30 July, I’ve been hoping for … More

Bill Shorten, drover's dog, Malcom Turnbull, Peter Dutton

Kool Kiwis

Enzed is a great little country, full of civic-minded folk. By the way, little is good. It’s a pity they … More

Bill English, Jacinda Ardern, NZ elecions, Robert Muldoon, Winston Peters

Marriage Blues

Not seven-year-itch, or bitch about the beloved partner. Actually that’s probably the average life span of a marriage these days? … More

ABS, Dual citizenship, High court, Marriage equality, Matthias Cormann, postal survey

Politicians & Perjury

In this post-truth Trumpian world we now all inhabit, public interest in unveiling the falsehoods, falsity, fictions, fabrications, fibs and … More

Dual citizenship, High court, Lying politicians, Malcolm Roberts, Matt Canavan, Section 44 constitution

God is Poor Exemplar

Fellow pundit Mungo McCallum, the oracle from Billinudgel, has clearly debunked the Australian Christian Lobby’s use of God’s fine words … More

Australian Christian Lobby, gay marriage, God, Marriage equality, Mungo McCallum

Not Jobson Grothe

During this interminable Australian Federal election campaign the Coalition has shortened their notorious three-word slogan format previously practised by erstwhile … More

Federal elections, Jobson Grothe

Revenant

(French, present participle of revenir, to return – when used in English curiously it is more dramatic, from the dead, like the … More

Afghanistan war, Anzac, Henry Reynolds, Revenant, Unnecessary Wars

Abbott’s Demolition Derby

The Abbott Federal government was quick out of the starting box in its environmental demolition derby. Any government body with … More

Abbott government environmental vandalism

Reefer Madness

So-called Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has approved the construction of three new coal loading terminals at Abbott Point and … More

Abbott Point coal terminals, Curtis Island, Great Barrier Reef endangered, Greg Hunt, Mathias Cormann

Afghanistan Adieu

Australia’s military is finally pulling up stumps, so to speak, in this blighted land. Our longest war (12 years) has … More

Afghanistan war, Australian withdrawal

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

All Rights Reserved

Photos & Text

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Categories

Categories

  • Society (180)
  • Editorial (109)
  • World (103)
  • Culture (101)
  • Politics (85)

Tags

  • Afghanistan war (8)
  • Malcolm Turnbull (8)
  • Scotty from Marketing (6)
  • Kevin Rudd (4)
  • Marriage equality (4)

Year

  • 2026 (39)
  • 2025 (28)
  • 2024 (21)
  • 2023 (10)
  • 2022 (21)
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • KOOKYNIE COURIER
    • Join 95 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • KOOKYNIE COURIER
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...