Politics
'Getting a go', Pentecostal Prime Minister-style

If you are not of Morrison’s faith, your Prime Minister believes you will endure eternal damn ...  
The climate emergency is under-reported

If we don’t take immediate action on climate, the collapse of our civilisations and the extin ...  
Brian Burston and the lurid viscera of One Nation

Ross Jones met Brian Burston prior to the election, to discuss details of the UAP candidate's ...  
Why Australia will never have a Jacinda Ardern

In Australia, female leaders continue to be torn down by frenzied media campaigns, writes Alan ...  
On Love Actually, Scomo, The Silver Bodgie And miracles

Invoking John Farnham’s evocative hit last weekend, Scott Morrison reminded us of his pledge ...  
Rewarding rorting and bad behaviour: Why many LNP politicians were re-elected

It's baffling that politicians like Christensen and Dutton achieved swings towards them and ...  
This Election saw the revival of white supremacy, nationalism and exclusion

The plethora of racist, white supremacist and Islamophobic parties and candidates rolling up for ...  
Scomo, Trump and the Queensland factor

Scott Morrison's targeted, small-scale campaign resonated better with voters than Labor's broader ...  
Politicians suing for defamation: Freedom of speech?

As it becomes a more common practice for politicians to sue for defamation, perhaps it's time for ...  
Wren's Week: Labor Party down but not out

Despite their loss at the recent election, the Labor party can regroup and become the beacon of ...  
Partisan media, incoherent Labor and the rabble clings to power

Dr Geoff Davies provides an analysis of factors leading to the Coalition's election victory ...  
An unhelpful ideological comparison between FttH and anti-vaxxers

On a recent podcast, Steve Baxter compared people in favour of a fibre-based NBN with anti-vaxx ...  
The price of not paying attention: Five ministers we cannot afford

The Morrison Government, whose only motivation appears to be getting elected and maintaining the ...  
Labor and the 'climate change election'

We were told time and time again throughout the recent Federal Election campaign that this was the ...  
Election 2019: Post mortems reveal what happened is no mystery

Big swings speak loud and clear. Lee Duffield checked out the queues of voters in the swing seat ...  
Meet invisible Environment Minister Melissa Price

Melissa Price seems set to continue as the Minister for Environment in name only.  
The Coalition's politics of fear a tried and true election recipe

The politics of fear and division was a successful tactic by Menzies, which has now been effec ...  
KON KARAPANAGIOTIDIS: What the Morrison Government means for refugees

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre doors have just opened for the first time since a Morrison ...  
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