The burning world of climate change denial
In 1969, a Union Oil drilling platform ten kilometres off the coast of Santa Barbara, a small tourist town in California, had a drilling hole […]
Australian politics
Forged Democracy, Labor Reviews Itself, And Climate Change Politics Fired Up
Listen to our latest podcast! The contents: Democracy fell down a few rungs when Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, used forged documents to attack an opponent. […]
Another nail in the coffin for democracy
In January this year, Scott Morrison announced environmental legislation to protect native species was one of his government’s top priorities, and said “we already introduced […]
Mr Morrison Goes To Washington, QAnon And Celebrity Politics
Scott Morrison has been to Washington and back, and a State Dinner was held in his honour. While grandstanding and hurling insults at China might […]
Impending Economic Disaster, A Compassionate Conservative And We Need To Talk About Albo
There’s a disaster facing the Australian economy and, unfortunately, the best the Liberal–National Government can do is blame the Labor Party – even though they […]
Indue and the small matter of political corruption
Would it ever be acceptable to appoint James Packer or Gerry Harvey to review social programs on behalf of government? Or Meriton property tycoon Harry […]
Cracks appearing in the Morrison government
The political landscape after the May 2019 federal election is becoming clearer, with all sides of politics starting to develop their strategies and navigate a […]
Going the nuclear option
Sometimes, it’s difficult to know whether governments are genuinely interested in the agendas they push forward, or whether there are issues played out in the […]
Unfunded Empathy, Taking Sides, Diversionary Nuclear And S44 Solutions
We are very impressed to hear there is a new part of the political lexicon: unfunded empathy. It’s the bureaucratic way of saying: “get %$knF!!” […]
The divisive Scott Morrison
Whose side are you on? In an instant, it’s both an aggressive and divisive question, demanding a choice between the favourable and the unfavourable, the […]
Why Democracy Is Broken: David Lewis interviews Kim Wingerei
Democracy is being held hostage by the adversarial nature of party politics. The people deserve better and a democracy upgrade is long overdue. Is democracy […]
Surprise Agendas, Mandates And Codes Of Conduct
Surprised by their surprise 2019 election victory, the Liberal-National Party is searching for an agenda to implement over the next term of Parliament, and trying […]