Category: Australia

  • No confidence in the major parties

    Voters don’t trust Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten and MPs don’t either … Who will succeed the Queen of Australia? … How Israel stole Singapore’s IT military secrets … Fascism first raised its flag in England in 1901, before Hitler was heard of …. Great Crashing Bores … Festival of Dangerous Ideas Divided polls –…

  • The media, One Nation and the Netherlands

    How the media got it so wrong in WA and Netherlands … Lesson? Don’t let social media replace reporting … Qatar beats OZ hands down in resources taxation … Israel bans me – Hooray! … Tel Aviv rolls out red carpet for “Duterte Harry” … Premier Gladys loses her shine … One Nation collapses in…

  • Trump’s crusade and the Aussie connection

    Donald Trump continues to confound his opponents … How Rupert Murdoch promoted Trump’s takeover of New York and then America … China’s star continues to rise … Labour MP who challenged Israel … Paul Ramsay’s bequest runs off the rails … Great Crashing Bores & Festival of Dangerous Ideas Trump’s crash crusade When Donald Trump…

  • ISIS missile building or AFP fantasy?

    Malcolm Turnbull’s “terror” alert deconstructed … Why Canberra is absorbed with WA State Election … Mike Baird returns to banking vomitorium … Dr Gallop promotes laughably fatuous UK regulations … Great Crashing Bores … ISIS missile system or AFP fantasy? If you ever wondered what a home-grown piece of “fake news” looks like, turn to…

  • Lambie’s Islamophobia

    Jackie Lambie is Tasmania’s very own Trumpette … Cory Bernardi and Pauline Hanson become “friended” … Bob Hawke finally deserts Israeli lobby … Why Brexit will break Prime Minister Theresa May … Donald Trump’s invitation to Buck House stirs storm of protest … Brenda has always welcomed dictators in the past … Great Crashing Bores…

  • Adelaide’s village idiot

    Cory Bernardi embraces political oblivion … Mr Harbourside Mansion makes vitriolic attack on Mr Billionaire Poodle … The Rise of Trumpism: A lesson from history … Who wants to be a Roman Catholic? … In praise of a health crusader …Author Kate Grenville writes anti-perfume book … Adelaide’s village idiot Senator Cory Bernardi made headlines…

  • Israel’s Trump: Netanyahu

    Malcolm Turnbull to roll out red carpet for Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu … “Bibi” haunted by scandal at home and war crimes abroad … Michelle Guthrie’s plan to gut the ABC … “Murdochisation” of the ABC is now underway … Anti-war coalition only way to stop Trumpism … Great Crashing Bores and Festival of Dangerous…

  • Invasion Day

    An Australia Day for 21st century Australians … Remembering the Bicentenary of 1988 … Britain’s PM Theresa May and Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Brexit mess … Will Mrs Windsor’s Commonwealth survive? … Great Crashing Bores continued …. Revisiting Australia Day Everything seems to be changing in this super-charged world. As an example, I can’t…

  • Changing face of global politics

    Global economics and politics have just changed our world … UK, US and China at odds over globalisation … People demand safety, stability and a liveable future while global corporations and banks gouge their way ahead … At home: lessons from the demise of NSW Premier Mike Baird. UK, China and US directions Keynote speeches…

  • Parliament in disrepute

    How parliament and MPs have fallen into utter disrepute … Whither democracy? … Britain’s decrepit ruling class has run out of puff … Brexit marks the end of the road … Festival of Dangerous Ideas … Great Crashing Bores … Seafood giants rule the oceans – and MPs In centuries past, when MPs passed laws loyal…