US Launches Missile Strike on Syrian Air Base Pelican7 April 2017 Early Friday morning reports came in of US missile strikes targeting a Syrian Air Base. US officials report that the base is believed to have been the site from which the chemical weapons were launched earlier this week. Mike Anderson reports. Politics0 Comments85 views
Malcolm Turnbull Is Trying to Turn Queerphobia Into Islamophobia Pelican14 June 2016 The shooting in Orlando should have brought condemnation of homophobia. In Australia, our leaders turned it into an attack on Islam. Hayden Dalziel explains. PoliticsVoice0 Comments11 views
I Watched The Second Leaders’ Debate Because the Creeping Dread of Sunday Night Wasn’t Enough of a Downer Pelican30 May 2016 The Second Leaders’ Debate aired last night, and the hands of everyone watching trembled above their remote buttons with the overwhelming urge to switch to MasterChef. Yet Auspol soldier Wade McCagh endured and, fatigued yet miraculously lucid, emerges from perhaps television’s dullest forty minutes to articulate what went down for you here. PoliticsVoice1 Comment22 views
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
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 Worldwide Bern: Sanders, Youth Politics and Australia Pelican25 February 2016 It is not uncommon to find Germans, English, and Australians showing their support and sharing their desire for a candidate like Sanders in their own country; a candidate who they feel is truly representative. Politics1 Comment25 views
Stay In Your Lane, Briggs. Pelican6 January 2016 Jamie Briggs, former Minister for Cities and the Built Environment, resigned from his ministerial portfolio last week. Jamie Briggs harassed a young woman, who ... Politics0 Comments26 views
