Tanya Plibersek speaks up about gender inequality
Tanya Plibersek will not be silenced on the issue of gender inequality “Gender inequality has been a driver of the women’s movement for many years; and economic inequality is inextricable…
Scott Morrison hits back at UN criticism on refugees
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has hit back at UN criticism of Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers Morrison hits back:Actual quote: “The most flagrant abuse of human rights I am aware…
Joe’s unpalatable budget cuts for quick sale – wicked!
Budget butcher Joe Hockey tries to make his wicked cuts look palatable – nice try Joe! Link to related column published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 11 August 2014:…
George Brandis saves the planet
Would Senator George Brandis dare dispute Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? Brandis: E = mc2 etc is just a maze of formulas that has nothing to do with reality. And if…
Bad news for babes in the Tasmanian wilderness
The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie starring Greens Leader Christine Milne Link to related column by Bob Brown published in The Guardian on 6 March 2014 in which the former…
The Adventures of THE CROSSBENCHERS – Final Episode
The curtain is to close on our super-hero key independents –THE CROSSBENCHERS Independent MP Tony Windsor has joined fellow crossbencher, independent Rob Oakeshott, in announcing he’s quitting politics at the…
Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny speech’ – that famous spray
Prime Minister Julia Gillard gives a spray of Misotein to Opposition Leader Tony (Louie) Abbott Gillard’s famous spray has become known as the ‘misogyny speech’. That was 9 October 2012…
George Pell: Child sex abuse row a media ‘beat up’
In retrospect: “Many Australians would just see Pell as an embarrassment, noting his quick dismissal of the row over child sex abuse as a media ‘beat up’.” ~ Ross Peake…
Menzies: I did but see her passing by
In retrospect: What he said and what she might have thought. It was at Parliament House where Prime Minister Robert Menzies, a devout royalist, was to quote the 17th century…
Faulkner – poor silly sad John
5 December 2012 Once upon a time, there was a silly Labor Senator called John Faulkner. He was silly because he believed in quaint old-fashioned notions like ‘political integrity’ and…