I was going to go through Morrison’s Canberra Citizenship ceremony speech in one essay, but it would have ended up being far too long, so I have cut it into…
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Today (January 4, 2021) on Sky News (where else?) Hillsong’s Alex Hawke denied that far right extremism is on the rise in Australia. This was in response to a Senate…
In the Australian of the Year ceremony a man, whose cruel refugee policies still disgrace Australia, presented an award to a refugee advocate. Then a man who trivialises Indigenous objections to the date of Australia Day presented an award to an Aboriginal woman. Then a man whose political party doggedly opposed GST exemption for tampons for 18 years presented an award to a young Australian who supports international distribution of female sanitary products; and finally, a man who has consistently refused to criticise a co-religionist who failed to report child sex abuse presented an award to a sex abuse survivor. Next year, instead of insulting award-winners in this way, how hard would it be to find a presenter who actually cares about some of their causes? (Sydney Morning Herald, January 27, 2021)
In another ludicrously ignorant piece, Rowan Dean, the silliest little fellow from the Sky After Dark (SAD) menagerie, said “This summer I have had a Road to Damascus style conversion,…
While many of the bizarre and disturbing personalities involved in the Capitol invasion have been discussed at length elsewhere, and to a lesser extent on this blog1, there is another…
Alexandra Marshall describes herself as an IT professional, farmer, writer and political blogger. She writes for the Spectator, a magazine edited by perhaps the craziest of the crazies on Sky After…
Sky News Australia tweets drivel on a regular basis, mostly from the unhinged Rowan Dean and sundry others of the after dark menagerie. However, this one went unattributed, so I…