Well, she's done it. Just a couple of days ago, I said the only political foot-in-mouth cliché Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves hadn't used, was a reference to the Nazis...

In another new reference to the Holocaust, Ms Deves suggested those that fail to fight the move towards gender fluidity are no different to those that watched ( Read more... )

Federally-speaking, the seat I live in has been a blue-ribbon Liberal stronghold for generations. Anyone who voted Labor, Greens, Australian Democrats (R.I.P.), or independent was pretty much throwing their vote away ( Read more... )

Rupert Murdoch is at it again... using his extensive media to influence an election - this time the Federal Election in Australia ( Read more... )

West vs East... Australia, that is... The Miners vs the Suits etc.

The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, has never had much love for the eastern states - New South Wales in particular & his parochial pride style of politics obviously resonates with the citizens of W.A. who returned him to government in last year's state election, with a ( Read more... )

THIS... THIS IS WHY religion has no place in politics!!!

Our Pentecostal would-be Pastor of a Prime Minister has introduced a Bill to Parliament that would allow schools to reject, or not hire, LGBTQ+ teachers on religious grounds. While it doesn't allow the schools to sack existing teachers who identify as any of the acronym, it doesn't exactly ( Read more... )

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Not that I would expect any of my limited audience to be avid listeners, fans, or supporters of Joe Rogan, but a little fact-checking of his latest podcast about Australia's Delta variant experience...

“There’s some crazy shit going on right now where the army is trying to keep people inside in Australia. They have full on government lockdowns ( Read more... )

A slow return to work - 'essential' jobs only, so there's not much for me to do - 3 yesterday, only 1 today, but I received a 2nd payment from the Federal Government without having to jump through their online & phoneline hoops, so we're a bit more comfortable than I expected

Now that I'm fully vaccinated, it's kind of weird, kind of interesting to ( Read more... )

Whenever US President Joe Biden, or the guy before him, mangles his words, or speech, it's international news...

Okay, the guy's in his 70s & been in politics a loooong time

Our current Prime Minister is 53 years old & has been in politics since 2003. He regularly makes mincemeat of public announcements & speeches, without the excuses of age or ( Read more... )

An easy-to-understand presentation by the ABC in Australia, about carbon, global warming & politics... & our failure to look to, or act to save the future

I have no children. I think I'm glad. I am annoyed about all the animals we'll kill in the name of a warm bed at night & a nice car... I mean, I like having these things, but surely there are ( Read more... )

This is why I don't subscribe to any religion... I find the more 'devout' people claim to be in their faith, the less they actually practise the tenets of the religion itself

Step forward, pentecostal christian Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison

I really couldn't crystallise this story any better than the writer of the piece, so here it is, ( Read more... )