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Abbott is right – 18C must go! 9 Aug 2012 | 10:00 am
Since Tony Abbott seized the leadership of the Liberal Party in late 2009, Australian party politics have become extremely polarised. The indecisive election in August 2010, which led to a hung Parlia...
The assault on Syria: Australian justice trashed 30 May 2012 | 03:42 pm
Yesterday the Australian Government expelled Jawdat Ali – the Syrian Charge D’Affairs – along with another member of Australia’s diplomatic legation in Canberra. This expulsion was purportedly Canberr...
Houla horror: truth is elusive, lies are easier to spot 27 May 2012 | 08:22 pm
Over the last 24-hours there’s been a renewed media storm over Syria – prompted by a horrific story of atrocities in the town of Houla. Very gruesome images of dead children have been offered to the m...
The Maggot in The Australian Greens ‘War on Terror’ 5 Apr 2012 | 05:17 pm
From the outset, the Australian Greens got it wrong about Afghanistan. In early October 2001 Senator Bob Brown issued a short media release on the subject. The text follows (emphasis added) SAS Squad ...
Time for a global War on Sports 4 Apr 2012 | 11:26 am
Each year, hundreds of millions of children around the world get sports injuries. The statistics are horrifying and the problem is by no means confined to children; many grown adults (who really shoul...
Pine Gap and a dubious Cairns peace activist 29 Mar 2012 | 07:17 pm
I wrote this article during the recent Queensland election campaign, intending it for publication on a local blog that covers local issues more fully. Then I decided not to run it at the time. The ele...
ABC Far North – A Retentive Memory Hole 29 Mar 2012 | 02:37 pm
For years I have considered the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to be an unsavoury organisation. My disillusion really set in when I realised the ABC had no intention of giving fair and balanced c...
Queensland: How Labor could have won 22 Mar 2012 | 06:07 pm
The Australian Labor Party’s leader in Queensland, Premier Anna Bligh, is an excellent communicator and a very personable politician. She is the first female State Premier in Australia to win an elect...
Queensland: A King Tide of Negativity 22 Mar 2012 | 12:07 am
In Queensland we pride ourselves on being different. Compared with Queensland’s southern sisters, this huge state that makes up the entire north-east of the Australian continent has a reputation for e...
Afternoon Bias with Genevieve Jacobs; the ABC’s Hive Mind 14 Mar 2012 | 11:26 pm
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the major publicly-funded broadcaster – TV and radio – in this sprawling southern continent. In recent years it has also become active on-line and consequent...
