When the National Anti-Corruption Commission was established it carried with it the wishes and dreams of the country. They’ve gone up in smoke.
Let’s face it, our high hopes are NACCered
When the National Anti-Corruption Commission was established it carried with it the wishes and dreams of the country. They’ve gone up in smoke.
Chain reaction ... slow and steady loses the integrity race.
Let’s face it, our high hopes are NACCered
When the National Anti-Corruption Commission was established it carried with it the wishes and dreams of the country. They’ve gone up in smoke.
LNP flirts with loony far-right sovereign risk
As anti-immigrant zealots plot the weekend’s national marches and the pro-gun lobby rejoices in the boom in guns in the country, right-wing MPs should start worrying.
Brittany Higgins, courage personified
She was the traumatised victim of rape, and then her character and integrity were raped as well. But she has shown she has guts and immense inner strength.
Mark Sharri’s words: Bibi/Churchill peas in a pod
The Sky News presenter’s ‘interview’ with Israel’s prime minister — a ‘wartime leader’ she considers of the same calibre as Winston Churchill — was pilloried as ‘not journalism’.
Labor rejoices in the Barnaby rubble of net zero
The Nats MP’s anti-climate action dictums describe impoverished small businesses and people living in their cars but not the fires and floods devastating regional Australia.
God giveth and Judeo-Christianity taketh away
As outraged and heartbroken Australians marched around Australia at the weekend, just whose ‘values’ are propelling the Israel-Hamas humanitarian nightmare in Gaza?
Advance warfare faces defeat in Greens skirmish
A Senate inquiry will be out for blood as it seeks climate and energy truth, a subject often misinformed by far-right anti-net zero, anti-renewables rabble rousers.
Walter Sofronoff: how the mighty have fallen
The judge and the journalist — a formerly eminent KC’s reputation in shreds for having engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’.
ABC has questions to answer over Alan Jones
The national broadcaster petted and patted the loudmouth Parrot to curry favour with its critics. It was a bird-brained idea.
Inside the MAGA mind of Barnaby Joyce
The US media gets accused of “sane-washing” Donald Trump a lot these days. That’s nothing new. Journalists have been cleaning up Barnaby Joyce’s brain for years. And The Politics was on hand when Australia’s own MAGA mind arrived at a Sydney leagues club this week to spruik the nuclear message.
Your take on why America is so dumb
Yesterday we asked for your thoughts on why America is so dumb. The question triggered a huge response with your observations ranging from the poetic to the acerbic. From 5,000 words of argumentation five main themes emerged.
The sinking feeling of AUKUS three years on
How rewarding it’s been to hear from Alexander Downer, Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister as he has weighed into the debate about the AUKUS pact, following a fresh round of criticism from old Labor luminaries.
Who will tame Australia’s political corruption?
The corruption of government has been rampant and it’s time for the National Anti-Corruption Commission to step up to the plate.
Matters of conscience
The high personal cost of speaking out about Gaza’s plight
Which Democrat will be on the ballot on November 5?
Democrats face tough choices after Biden’s debate stumble
Crossing the line
Senator Fatima Payman wants to represent her constituents. What does it mean that the ALP won’t let her?
Mistrials and tribulations
Bruce Lehrmann’s legal proceedings cast doubt on whether the justice system can deliver real truth
The haunting of Parliament House
As Albanese shrinks from view, Peter Dutton fills the void by simply being there
Strange bedfellows
Pro-Israel lobby groups embolden far-right extremists in ways that make us all less safe
The mental health crisis behind the death toll
A reduction of violence against women and children may start with a stronger focus on men’s mental health
Unfinished business
What is the point of a National Anti-Corruption Commission that won’t investigate corruption?
Political opportunism in full flight
The Coalition use Jews as political footballs to bolster support for Israel and Albanese is playing into their hands
Peter Dutton vs. international justice
Dutton’s attack on the ICC is a continuation of his track record of undermining trusted public institutions
“Profit-shaming”? That’s a bit rich
Borrowing shamelessly from the nomenclature of oppression, the head of one multi-national asserts it is the corporates who are the victims
Intimidation in the chamber
Where’s the outrage over Hollie Hughes throwing slurs around the workplace?
AUKUS-trated justice
The fates of three Australians separately accused of offending the security establishment are being decided in the shadow of AUKUS
Room for nuance
As Australian society becomes increasingly polarised by the actions of Israel and Hamas, politicians should be appealing for respectful disagreement
Better than nothing?
The public is no longer buying the Albanese government’s unofficial mantra that something is better than nothing
