Australia Votes Part II: I Need a Campaign Trail Mix Bar Pelican18 May 2016 As the nation begins to understand the meaning of 'endurance' on day 11 of the long campaign, Brad Griffin keeps us on the ball with his second fortnightly coverage of the 2016 Federal Election lead-up. PoliticsVoice0 Comments4 views
I Watched The First Leaders’ Debate on Friday Night So You Didn’t Have To Pelican17 May 2016 When the other TV options last Friday night were the AFL, rugby, Eurovision and 'Call and Win: Win Cash Live!', who tuned their sets to the First Leaders' Debate? Wade McCagh did, that's who. Here he runs us through the key takeaways and events, from the meat raffle at the start, to bulk billing announcements, to the all-important tie watch. PoliticsVoice1 Comment13 views
The Budget and Universities: Bloody Vague Pelican4 May 2016 The memory of the 2014-15 budget, with its severe cuts and confusing contradictions, has left its mark in the minds of many of us due to the ominous implication... PoliticsVoice0 Comments13 views
Words with Alannah MacTiernan Pelican2 May 2016 Former UWA student and current ALP member for the federal seat of Perth since 2013, Alannah MacTiernan has lived and served at the local, state and fe... PoliticsVoice0 Comments108 views
How Far are we Willing to Go? Pelican1 May 2016 The Australian Government's offshore processing policy - introduced under Rudd and currently holding bipartisan support - is a project to side-step our humanitarian obligations by dumping the victims of global conflict into some of the most hopeless, isolated, and remote circumstances any individual could face. Ed Smith writes on the financial and human costs of this hard line strategy of so-called deterrence, and finds them hard to stomach. PoliticsVoice1 Comment16 views
Billy and The Bull: A Double Dissolution Prologue Pelican28 April 2016 After Turnbull successfully staged the failure of the ABCC Bill to pass the Senate for the second time, a double dissolution is on the cards for Australia - the first since 1987. Politics Editor Brad Griffin kicks us off on the long campaign trail in the first of a series of fortnightly posts covering, explaining and face-palming over the upcoming Federal Election. PoliticsVoice0 Comments8 views
The Panama Papers: a sunny place for shady people Pelican27 April 2016 "The repercussions of the Panama Papers have been proliferating steadily since they first made headlines back in the beginning of April this year," writes Leona Mpagi. She goes on to dig deeper, and ultimately reaffirm that global capitalism sucks. Politics0 Comments24 views
Je suis Hypocrite: The Silence of the West Pelican27 April 2016 "It’s important to remember that the media is beholden to the capitalist system and it must therefore be profitable in order to be viable. The news will, therefore, be delivered in such a way to make a profit – tailored to what the audience finds irresistible." Reece Gherardi writes on the skewed coverage of violence worldwide, and the banality of social media in mourning. Politics0 Comments18 views
A Lurch to the Right? The Polish Question Pelican10 April 2016 Poland's late political changes exhibit an uneasy mix of traditional authoritarianism and western capitalism, "typical of former Eastern bloc nations still struggling to come to terms with their past." Bradley Griffin and Leah Roberts write on the troubling consequences of this turmoil, and the rise of right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) under Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Politics0 Comments9 views
A Model Citizen…When Convenient Pelican7 April 2016 'The UN is not irrelevant to history, as a lasting if imperfect monument to global political cooperation. Most importantly, the UN is not irrelevant to Australia itself.' Jasmine Ruscoe considers the purpose and use of a international body often described as purposeless and useless. Politics0 Comments6 views
