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Australia Day debate hides the failure of practical reconciliation
THIS is Australia and we can’t even have a public holiday celebrating national identity and consciousness without having a blue. The debate has largely …
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Who has been naughty?
And so this is Christmas and what have our politicians done? More importantly, have they been naughty or nice? It’s probably more of a …
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The Pollies — Who was Australia’s worst politician in 2017?
Welcome to this glittering night of nights. Well, it might be depending on when you read it. It may well be the most august …
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The lights are on in Canberra but nobody’s home
You may be wondering, like I am, who is running the country. It certainly isn’t the prime minister. One could pose a forlorn argument …
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Bill Shorten: Man of ideas — mainly yours, if they’re any good
If you have any good ideas, Bill Shorten would like to hear them and take credit for them if they come to fruition. That’s …
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Parliament set to sink to its lowest ebb
Finally, it is over and the results are in. The result of the same-sex postal survey is entirely predictable and mirrors polls taken over …
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Parliament’s don’t ask, don’t tell view of Constitution
The cavalcade of identity confusion continues in the federal parliament with Labor backbencher Justine Keay announcing today she would refer her case to the …
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Turnbull’s jagged little pill
Will the last one out of the parliament please remember to turn the pie warmer off at Aussie’s Cafe? The worst thing we can …
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Malcolm Turnbull: the Wile E. Coyote of Australian politics
As we sit and wait for news of the fate of the seven dual citizens as they traipse from their parliamentary offices with the …