A Warrior’s Death
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword – Matthew 26:52 History is…
All bets are off
A few days ago I was approached with a business opportunity: sportsbet.com was offering great odds ($3.20!) on the possibility of Abbott facing a leadership challenge before Christmas. I’m not…
Federal Emissions Targets Are Totally Inadequate
Today the Federal government has announced that it will aim to cut carbon emissions by 26-28% of 2005 levels by 2030. With Julie Bishop heading to the COP21 Paris climate…
Political Fiction
The worst thing a government can do in a democracy is lie to its people, and when a government is elected, it is given a mandate to carry out its…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Marriage Equality in Australia
People forget how unusual it is for Australia not to be at the forefront of progressive social change. Since the 1970s, Australia has tended to punch above its weight in…
Disturbing Future Indeed
The following is the foreword from veteran Liberal MP Wyatt Roy’s account of Tony Abbott’s time as Prime Minister ‘Nineteen Years of Conservative Brilliance’, published in 2040 Reflecting upon my…
Save Australia’s Most Venerable Institutions
You may not yet know it, reader, but we are under attack. From whom? By what? And how? These seemingly pertinent questions lapse into irrelevancy when we consider two points:…
Criminalising Peaceful Protest
A new anti-protest bill currently being debated in the Western Australian Legislative Council is starting to create a bit of a furore, due largely to its vague language and the…
Protesting With Icelandic Black Magic
How to So you want to make your local Liberal MP’s life just that little bit harder. Don’t we all? But with firebombing their office or throwing caltrops on their…
So You Want to Write to Your MP
It’s pretty hard to feel genuinely engaged with politics. When the major news of the day is the PM maniacally wolfing down a vegetable, or worse yet, one of Bill…