The Age today features op-eds from 3 former PMs – Malcolm Fraser (1975-83), Bob Hawke (1983-91), and Paul Keating (1991-96). Fraser can’t quite bring himself to advocate voting for Labor, but he is certainly highly critical of Howard and his… Read More ›
Politics
Confused by the Senate stuff?
Some excellent work: GetUp’s simple guide to Senate preference flows. It’s worth digging around the GetUp site for their various election guides – they have heaps of material looking at single issues, big pictures, voting records and more. I imagine… Read More ›
Opportunities squandered
JOHN Howard squandered the benefits of the $80 billion-a-year resources boom and wanted to be re-elected so he could retire, Labor leader Kevin Rudd said yesterday. Defining the choice facing voters in one of his last major speeches of the… Read More ›
Careful there voters! You can’t return the Boogieman like an unwanted Christmas present, you know! But Unca John can keep your economy safe…why won’t you trust me?
Now our Prime Minister is treating voters like heedless children who simply haven’t thought carefully enough about what change might mean. Mr Howard says there is always a risk with changing Government. And he warns voters flirting with the idea… Read More ›
The Costello factor I sincerely believe will cost the Coalition this election (too bad, so sad, cheerio!)
CK sums Costello up over at LP in exile: He always was a gutless wonder. Couldn’t go two rounds with Winnie the Pooh. The most effective Labor ad out there, to my eye, is the one where she talks about… Read More ›
Vestigial indigeniety in the coloniser’s eye: from useless to nuisance
It’s the Day of Action against the Northern Territory invasion. I’ve been toying with a different approach from my usual snarkrants. I’ve been exploring the coloniser world view, getting into the brains of those who are perpetuating the ongoing invasion…. Read More ›
International Day of Action/Call for Solidarity – tomorrow
A reminder that tomorrow is the International Day of Action on the Northern Territory Intervention. Talk, write, blog, protest, call, donate, join: help the push towards a consultative, respectful, productive reconciliation process, instead of the Howard Government’s invasion and recolonisation…. Read More ›
What a slimy, self-regarding, small, repugnant, grub of a man
I’ve become so inured to the sight of our current Prime Minister arrogating the ceremonial duties of our Governor General that I tend to no longer be outraged. Thankfully, Ken Lovell at Surfdom is not so reticent, and his description… Read More ›
Ossified and doomed
I’m going to address a comment here that I found elsewhere, and as I’m pretty sure it will have been moderated and deleted as vexatious by now, I’m not going to link to it. However, I do want to address… Read More ›
Rape, booze, consent, and concern-trolling: The law can’t “turn you into a rapist”.
[Please read the note at the bottom of this post before commenting.] The Daily Telegraph reports: “Law ‘turns boys into rapists’ “ For other takes on this, check out Shakesville, abyss2hope, and The Curvature. Gah. I’ve been holding off blogging… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 