By Loz Lawrey After the Liberal/National Coalition’s resounding loss in the 2018 Victorian state election, Liberal leader Matthew Guy, in his concession speech said this: “We need to stay united. We need to stay focused, on our opponents and the game ahead, not on ourselves”. This statement illustrates the misguided mindset of Liberal Party politicians:…
Steve Bannon. The Oxford Union. A university that has been the breeding, sculpting and minting ground for British prime ministers for centuries and the Establishment. Here, Bannon, strategist of the Trump campaign in 2016, was in full swing, spearing his enemies and mocking the elite with an approach he has come to master. The audience…
By Alasdair Black For those Canberra politicians – or politicians in general – who don’t understand the ethos of the people they represent, it can be summed up in the great Australian “fair go.” The Australian fair go ethos goes like this: Australians are social, not Socialists, they are liberal but not Libertarian. This is…
As the grinning Josh and Scoff strode into the courtyard to tell the assembled media throng that we will probably have a surplus in a year or so, I found myself wondering so what? A surplus doesn’t house the homeless or feed the hungry. It doesn’t protect the vulnerable. It doesn’t improve the environment. It…
Right, I’ve worked out my path to fame and fortune… Of course, I’m not necessarily sold that fame and fortune is a worthwhile ambition. I mean, take Barry O’Sullivan… Barry O’Sullivan that nasty feminist who tried to suggest rude things about another Senate member today. He again became momentarily famous when Di Natale called him…
By Anthony Andrews After reading Kaye Lee’s article last week titled “How do you argue with that”, about the value of individuals countering LNP and far right narratives, I thought I’d share this exchange with you to highlight that extremist views are not exclusive to the radical conservatives and that these extremists are every bit…
They used to call them “oracles” back then, in ancient Greece. Or “prophesies.” We call them “polls” today, here in Oz. Silly things they were which silly people believe in. The giant primordial gods believed in them and that’s why they lost their thrones. One minute they ruled the Universe and the next they trod…
The Government’s eleventh hour hijack of a federal corruption watchdog is hardly a surprise. Still blistering from the party’s crushing defeat in both Wentworth and the Victorian State election, party leaders are feeling the heat. They do not need any further embarrassment. Sitting for the first time on the 26th November 2018 without a majority,…
The idea of a standing European army, one dedicated to the specific needs of Europe as opposed to being an annex of another power is far from new. In gestation alongside notions of European federalism and its defence have come the idea of a force filled with respective nation states that might have aims and…
It’s heading into summer, so thoughts turn to Christmas shopping, whose place we’re all going to this Christmas and the sounds of balls being hit by racquets and bats. Yes, it’s tennis and cricket season again. It’s a pretty good bet that the Liberal Party grassroots member surrounded by family and friends while watching sport…