Following dismal results in the latest News Poll polling the Opposition’s leading advocate of numerology, Sussan Ley, has called upon colleagues to rebrand their toxic energy plan and call it nnuclear ppower. ”Numerology has done wonders for me, so I... Read More ›
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YouGov’s latest Public Data poll has revealed that younger Australians think Australia should be more socialist, however older Australians are more inclined to be neutral, neither favouring a more capitalist nor more socialist direction. In this survey Australians were asked if they think Australia should be more socialist or capitalist on an eleven-point scale, 0-10. Continue reading »
“Why did GOUGH GO OFF like that?” the satirical OZ magazine asked in June 1966 after the Rt Rev. Hugh Rowland Gough had resigned as Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia. The official statement had mentioned ill health. Readers of the Sydney press discerned that more was afoot than Gough’s need for a good lie-down. Continue reading »
We take nature and biodiversity for granted. Nonhuman life is like a backdrop — we don’t pay much attention to it. This is a mistake. Nature provides all our needs and wants. It provides resources, services, and economic, mental, and physical benefits vital for human survival. Protecting the natural world is an investment in our Continue reading »
Ever since the Leader of the Opposition’s statements on nuclear reactors, along with many, my heart has ached. It’s not personal. It’s just that the climate is changing so quickly and we must cooperate better. As it happens, in the days after I met again a friend and fine theologian, Graeme Garratt. He and his Continue reading »
The Black Sea country of Georgia was recently convulsed by protests over the passage of legislation requiring disclosure of foreign funding of NGOs. The controversy is a big deal in Tbilisi. However, the issue doesn’t matter much in America. At least, it shouldn’t. But that ignores the endless ambitions of those who rule Washington, D.C. Continue reading »
“The Democratic Party is more invested in trying to maintain control than it is in trying to win an election in November,” said one DNC member.
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The USA has shot itself in the head with its own wonder weapon. The most powerful weapon in the US arsenal is not F-16 jets, Himar missiles, or any of the other conventional war toys. Real US power resides in the US dollar. Continue reading »
It’s been argued that Indonesia’s next President may be good for Australian interests; for domestic progressives that’s doubtful. It’s not just computer apps that get updated. Indonesian President Joko ’Jokowi’ Widodo is fiddling with the future by rewriting history and binning the past. It’s a task made easier by voter ignorance. The remake started when Continue reading »