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War & Waste 

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will blow a cool $500 million to expand again over the next nine years. … More

Anzac Hall, Australian Institute of Architecture, Australian War Memorial, building carbon footprint, Denton Corker Marshal, philistinism

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

Barnaby Blather & Bullshit

He is too much, and beyond the pale, so no beating around the bush (so to speak). Barnaby Joyce, the … More

Barnaby Joyce

Battered Mammon

A plague of non-domestic violence has broken out in the country’s shopping malls!  According to mainstream media, retailers are getting … More

battered retailers, conspicuous consumption, philo cafe, retail orgy

Beyond Brexit – Disunited Kingdom

The British (or is that English?) people have again voted themselves out of Europe. To help understand their mass psychology, … More

Brexit, Fintan O'Toole, Great Britain, Heroic Failure:Bexit and the Politics of Pain, United Kingdom

Kardashian vs Turkey

We have to temporarily suspend our strict anti-celebrity guideline, to recognise Kim’s strategic influence on world diplomacy.  Not Jong-Un of … More

Armenian genocide, Kim Kardashian, US Senate Turkey resolution

Blade Runner 2019

An apocalyptic description and harrowing experience of the Harbour City aka Sydney during the dark, smoke-covered days of recent weeks … More

Blade Runner, Mark Mordue, Sydney smoke-covered

Pisa Poor & Paris Pettifogging

Be patient, this may look like another pathetic postulate, and peculiar plethora of alliteration, but the latter is an important … More

climate talks, global emissions, Kyoto, Madrid, Paris, Paris pettifogging, PISA

Snowden Tells All

‘Permanent Record’ is Edward Snowden’s recent autobiography, and a fascinating insight into US government internet surveillance. The preface opening sets … More

CIA, deep state, Edward Snowden, internet surveillance, NSA, spying

‘Banking Bad’

Guest commentator Matt Caine has prepared this review of a recent book by Adele Ferguson, whose journalistic investigations were instrumental in … More

Adele Ferguson, Banking Bad, Banking Royal Commission

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