The Guardian • Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison’s public and self-deception
Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the confounding claim earlier in November that he has never told a lie in his time as a public figure.
Read moreThe Menzies years
The Liberal Party has created an image of 1950s Australia as a golden age of order and prosperity under the government of Robert Menzies (1949–1966)....
Read moreIronic for Morrison to draw red line without respecting others’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison just drew a “red line” for China. Australian media widely reported on Sunday that Morrison claimed China building a military...
Read moreNew initiatives to address national care crisis a massive win for women workers
The union for aged care workers, early childhood educators and disability support workers has welcomed today’s announcement that an Albanese Labor government would deliver ground-breaking...
Read moreWEASEL WORDS
Will politicians stop “playing politics”? Do think tanks do any actual “thinking”? How “strong” is Australia? Well it depends on who you ask in this...
Read moreApartheid complicity
Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley’s 2017 report for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (“Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the...
Read moreDINGO
The US Department of Defence recently went through the formality of asking Congress to give it the go-ahead to fund facilities in Australia to process...
Read moreWEASEL
Are we “piling-on” our politicians? Who has a “mandate” in parliament? Are people “virtue signalling” too much these days? Well it depends on who you...
Read moreMorrison government decisions have left the average worker $800 poorer
If you were left flabbergasted by the numbers at the supermarket checkout last week, you weren’t the only one. The cost of living has rocketed...
Read moreDINGO
Scott Morrison’s secret multiple portfolios has nothing on the dual role of PM Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles as salesmen/lobbyists for the arms manufacturers....
Read morePreparing for war does not preserve peace
Everyday in our news cycle the drums of of war become louder. Last month, however, that messaging received a massive boost when Defence Minister Peter...
Read moreKeep money out of politics
Climate action has been at the centre of the 2022 Australian Federal Election. The two major parties are flexing their climate credentials, with the Coalition...
Read moreMorrison plan for workers 6.5 times those for bosses committing wage theft
Under Morrison’s latest attack on construction workers an individual worker would be subject to fines more than 6.5 times higher than those faced by an...
Read moreWho rules Australia?
One of the striking features of federal elections is their increasingly undemocratic nature and Americanisation. Much of the electioneering by major parties has been short...
Read moreScomo’s contempt of government explains why Australia was so poorly managed
It is unfathomable to think that a man who was Prime Minister no less than three months ago has so thoroughly dismissed the institution he...
Read moreIncompetent: Scott Morrison at the COP26 Summit
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was initially hesitant to personally represent Australia at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26.
Read moreScotty’s gotta go
With the Morrison government over, you’d think we’d have heard the end of it – but you’d be wrong! It turns out that former prime...
Read moreJobs jobs jobs! Liberals ignore quality over quantity
Once again, one of the LNP’s go-to slogans for the upcoming federal election is “Jobs Jobs Jobs!” After Labor leader Albanese was raked over the...
Read moreToothless tiger in the capitalist jungle
The question of the integrity of government has emerged as a major issue in the lead-up to the May 21st federal elections as Prime Minister...
Read moreWest Jerusalem no longer recognised by Australia as Israeli capital
One of the more heinous foreign policy decisions of the former Morrison government has been reversed: Australia no longer recognises West Jerusalem as the capital...
Read moreCashless debit card not meeting “intended objectives”
With the Morrison government gone, parliament has an opportunity to rectify many of the grave distresses that Morrison and Co. placed on the Australian working...
Read moreRobotdebt royal commission announced
Last month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially called a royal commission into the unlawful debt recovery scheme known as “Robodebt.” The Albanese government has selected...
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