You know that Duncan Lewis, Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), is doing something right if he upsets the One Nation Party and some of the far right…
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I am getting sick of this. It seems that recently, every time Switzer writes something for Fairfax it is getting more moronic. In his first piece, I thought he was…
Privatisation is the alpha and omega of the neoliberal bible: Government is bad, Business is good. According to the tenets of neoliberalism, markets, when freed from state interference, are the…
Some of the Liberal and National parties’ amateur climate scientists have been emboldened by Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Paris Climate Accord, in which almost all of…
Tom Switzer is whining about the latest federal budget, and casting aspersions upon Scott Morrison’s abilities. According to Switzer, Morrison “shows no sign of holding his own in Cabinet and…
In her usual confused, ludicrously partisan style, Amanda Vanstone tells us that the ‘bogans’ have had enough, and that the problem is the ‘clever’ are attempting to disenfranchise them1. She…
The word ‘Elite’ usually refers to persons of superior ability or qualities, or those exercising the most power and influence. The word comes from the French ‘élite’ (selection or choice),…
According to Cory Bernardi, Liberals are flocking to the Australian Conservatives after it took over the Family First Party. You can often tell when a political party is for religious…
It is difficult to know where to start with such an embarrassment as Barnaby Joyce. Not only is he an embarrassment to the National Party (and that is saying something),…
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered what he hopes will be a small fillip to his flagging fortunes by means of a tougher citizenship process. Instead of having to wait one…
