We see through the rank opportunists, eventually The pressures of modern politics grind the petty player down, intimidating them into mere survival mode. By JOHN CARROLL Humans, to feel at ease in the world, need a sense of right order, and it is the business of politics to ensure that one essential dimension of that order, … Continue reading Politics →

Nationals diminish party on John AndersonGREG SHERIDAN John Anderson. Picture: Antony Hands The National Party has never shown itself in a more contemptible light than in its ridiculous and appalling decision to refuse the services of former deputy prime minister John Anderson as its lead Senate candidate in NSW. The National Party is a dysfunctional … Continue reading John Anderson →

“The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved.”

The inference that "society" and the "economy" are different, even conflicting issues, needs to be quashed. When will our well meaning "do-gooders" recognise that the greatest contributing factor towards a nation having a compassionate society is to have a thriving economy.

Progressives reluctant to recognise poverty progressAnis Rezae08 FEBRUARY 2019 | IDEAS@THECENTREIs the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes of Bill Gates?According to a British-based academic, the answer is yes — because the data on global poverty only ‘looks’ better because of communist China’s rapid development.This claim is blatantly wrong for … Continue reading Poverty Progress -How the Left Hate it. →

Workers can unite but not with same urgency as in Marx’s timeGerard HendersonThe Australian, 28 October 2017New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern believes that capitalism has failed the nation. So does her deputy, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. A similar complaint is made in Britain by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who heads the opposition. … Continue reading Political Perspective →

My open letter to Tony Burke (below) has made me think more about what I perceive as Australia's downward spiral as a consequence of being let down by politicians of all hues, particularly Greens. I mentioned policies relating to Energy,Water, and Internet (NBN). I now think we should add NDIS (Disability).Oh for some strong pro-active … Continue reading Government Failure →

Tony,What a load of nonsense! The health of the basin did not collapse! The natural impact of the worst drought in recorded history was invalidly labeled  as "mismanagement" and "over allocation". The flooding rains and big flows that followed the breaking of the drought took the basin back to robust health. Our ecology is geared … Continue reading Open Letter to Tony Burke, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water →

Lesson for Tony Abbott: think like an elite or quit public lifeBRENDAN O’NEILLTHE AUSTRALIANSEPTEMBER 19, 2015 12:00AMPrintSave for later122Whenever a party topples its leader, our first instinct is to go looking for the knife-wielders.Who plotted this? Who landed the first blow? Who played the Brutus role, siding with the ousters despite being mates with the doomed … Continue reading Brendan O’Neill Nail’s It →

"The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BCSo, evidently we've learned bugger all … Continue reading "When Will They Ever Learn" →