2019 Election Bullshit
HONEST PORK BARREL ELECTION 2019
The nomination panel was chaired by former Treasury head and ex-Westpac board member Ted Evans and includes former Ten and Seven news anchor, newspaper columnist and media director of Ogilvy Public Relations Anne Fulwood, and University of Queensland adjunct professor Sally Pitkin, who was previously a corporate partner with Clayton Utz.
Why did gas prices go from $10 a gigajoule to $800...
Why did gas prices go from $10 a gigajoule to $800 a gigajoule? An expert on the energy crisis engulfing Australia
Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
Australia’s east...
Has the CSIRO Sold its soul
Australia’s new Labor government is committed to a transition to clean energy and a cut in emissions of 43% by 2030. But the MP...
You pay millions for these imbeciles to encourage conspiracy theories and...
We get so used to the bonkers shit that goes on in the Australian Senate that it starts to seem unremarkable. Frustrating, exasperating, eye-rolling,...
Barangaroo is rubbish and now its wretched offspring are spawning across...
Philip Thalis asserts thatBarangaroo is a symbol of squandered opportunities to make a better Sydney. I was part of the winning team – Hill...
Australia’s biggest gambling operators be warned – media pack is baying...
Often enough, a single news organisation will crack an important story or begin a worthy crusade and the rest of the media ignore it...
A troubling environment
Our environment is in deep trouble. We are all suffering as a result. Elected officials at all levels behave as if tackling the problem...
The professional classes make billion-dollar tax rorts possible
“The key lesson from WA Inc was that the shonks, crooks, spivs and conmen only really thrive with the assistance of the professional classes –...
Ministers’ diaries: taxpayers deserve transparency on what MPs are doing
The states that already allow their citizens to have some idea of what their highly paid ministers are doing are extending that transparency, yet...
Political donations reform is overdue — Labor shouldn’t waste time with...
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell’s commitment to lowering the political donation disclosure threshold to $1000 and requiring real-time reporting of donations is a welcome...