By MUNGO MCCALLUM| 18 December 2018 The darkest hour, they say, is just before dawn. And it just may be that a glimmer of light is appearing in the five-year nightmare of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison dynasty. We are not talking only of the imminent demise of the feral muppets, although that […]
It would be fascinating to eavesdrop on discussions between members of the Flat Earth Society sailing the open sea, and debating why the horizon is curved. They would provide a good laugh. By Professor David Shearman They are deluded, but most committed flat earth believers appear normal in the rest […]
Michael Galvin breaks down some of the reasons behind the Liberal Party’s loss at the Victorian election according to electorates. AS EVEN CASUAL OBSERVERS of the recent Victorian election would be aware, the Liberal Opposition was comprehensively routed by the Labor Party, ably led by Dan Andrews. In public, Andrews […]
The future is not on the side of Adani or the PM, as the groundswell of youth leading the charge against climate change clearly shows. By Mungo MacCallum Yet again we are assured that the Adani mine is going ahead — Adani Lite, they’ll only put it in a little […]
An unemployment milestone last week nearly sneaked past unremarked: In original terms, the Greater Sydney workforce of 2.88 million people recorded an unemployment rate that started with a three for October, the lowest it has been in 11 years by Michael Pascoe An increase in jobs has not yet translated to […]
The latest quest for a right-wing opponent to GetUp misunderstands what inspires people to action By Mungo MacCallum Advance Australia national director Gerard Benedet. Source The quest for a right-wing opponent to GetUp has been going on for almost as long as the quest for a right-wing Phillip Adams […]
The parties of the Coalition may be on the verge of being pulled apart by the increasing polarisation of Australian politics. Australian Financial Review – Editorial. 26-11-2018. See: https://outline.com/N3ubKJ Cartoon by David Rowe In a gathering wave against the Coalition foreshadowed by exclusive polling in The Australian Financial Review on […]
By Michelle Grattan Photo Scott Morrison has yet to provide a response to the religious freedom report, a time bomb left by Malcolm Turnbull. ABC News: Jane Norman As the Morrison government thrashes around trying to stave off defeat or just save the furniture, it reminds one historian of the […]
Last Thursday 8 November the Coffs Harbour City Council voted as follows. By the Editor “That Council: Note and endorse the redesigned concept for the upgrade of City Square. Authorise the commencement of procurement activities related to the project. Acknowledge that the current lease for the Caffeine Central kiosk automatically […]
ScoMo’s blue bus is the perfect symbol of the man and his government – a brash, ostentatious cliché, non-functional and completely phoney. By Mungo MacCallum Presented as our prime minister’s answer to the falling polls throughout Queensland, it was supposed to be a visible and even economical method of getting […]