Why Captain Cook is lionised in London and on the nose in Australia … Magnetic Island revisited … Joe Hockey’s “US mateship” stupidity … NSW drought goes from tragedy to farce … Regime change becomes US domestic policy … Cricket as a history lesson … When schools taught manners … Over in London members of…
Donald Trump’s latest madness goes unreported in Oz media … NSW voters deluged by Coalition drought scam … Police “God Squad” unmasked … Liberals bring back greyhound racing (we pay for it) … It’s a divided world: Saying “Thank you, driver” is good manners on the bus; saying nothing is selfishly bad mannered. Two of the…
What’s behind the end of Fairfax Media … When will Rupert Murdoch make his play? … Arts Minister Don Harwin caught pink-handed … Women’s prison reform goes backwards … Apartheid laws passed in Israel. The end of Fairfax The name Fairfax has been eliminated from Australia’s media landscape. After 177 years as a major player in…
Rupert Murdoch the Upskirter Billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch has privately explained on many occasions that his media empire is built on “tits and bums”. People around the world are familiar with News Group’s culture of phone-hacking of celebrities, sports personalities, politicians, police and army officers to obtain intimate revelations about their marriages and sex lives….
Beware the arrival of neoliberal feminism … What do feminists have in common with Gina Rinehart? Nothing … Water mining wars erupt in the Tweed Valley … Luke Foley dog whistles again … Euthanasia debate reborn … NSW aborigines crash State of Origin selection barrier … and more Thanks largely to Donald Trump, recruitment to…
How Sydney’s Domain was vandalised by neo-con barbarians from corporate Australia … Royal commission hammers some banks and dusts others with a feather … Russian double agent wiped off media news lists … Israeli writer supports Gaza protests The Domain, an envelope of green space in central Sydney, is as famous as London’s Hyde Park,…
How Donald Trump is igniting a global protest movement The global reaction to US President Donald Trump falls broadly into two categories: 1) fear and despair; 2) activism and rebellion. Trump is a lightning rod for protest around the world. Every time he opens his mouth or engages his social media psychosis, he insults someone…
Fred Nile’s Last Hurrah: a NSW Bunyip Aristocracy … Malcolm Turnbull renews the Culture Wars … Peter Dutton: Poster Boy as Most Hated Politician … Britain’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is alive and kicking goals … Lessons in overthrowing Donald Trump … and more Fred Nile’s bid to be Senator Nile About 20 years ago…
Unexpected fall-out from the bank royal commission … Feminism comes a cropper in the corporate world … Bill Shorten thinks he is cruising to election victory. Really? … British union leader lashes rats in the ranks … and much more … Catherine Brenner has been ousted as chairman of AMP Ltd after the revelations of gross…
Frank Lowy family shifts from shopping centres to catering at football stadiums … ALP rodent Peter Beattie takes gold at Commonwealth Games … Oh no, not another cricket fraud …Porton Down’s Motorola salesman backs Theresa May’s Putin story … Anzac stories avoided by the media … The zillionaire Frank Lowy family, owners of the Westfield…
