November 27, 2014
Team sports
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Has Tony Abbott lost his cheer squad?
Michaela McGuire
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October 27, 2014
On Ebola, where the bloody hell are we?
Ebola
Whether because of design, incompetence, ignorance or a complete absence of empathy, Australia’s response to the Ebola outbreak has been wholly inadequate at best and laughable at worst. Last week, Senator Jacqui Lambie asked Defence Force Vice Chief …
November 14, 2014
Full of it
Let’s talk about shit. Our leaders talk it, our prime minister is full of it, and for one of the G20 leaders, it’s a key piece of policy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming to Brisbane for the G20 after a quick victory lap of the world, …
October 13, 2014
A letter from Ubud
Australian Politics
Reflecting on the failures of Australian politics and media
September 26, 2014
Perspective lost
Climate change
The week that was nonsense
September 17, 2014
Giving credit where credit is due
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Balancing the goodies and baddies in Abbott's first year
September 4, 2014
Hamid Kehazaei and the whispering in our hearts
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What is saddest about the brain death of 24-year-old Iranian man Hamid Kehazaei is what could have saved him: a pair of shoes, or some basic medical treatment. Perhaps just a bandaid. A bandaid. What is most infuriating are the reports …
August 29, 2014
Kevin Andrews, Natural Family Man of the Year
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The best and worst of the Minister for Social Services
August 27, 2014
Cold as ice
blog
Proponents of anti-poor policies have ice in their veins
August 15, 2014
Beyond the pale
On Meredith and Golden Plains' No Dickhead Policy
August 1, 2014
Crying high
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For the past couple of years, I’ve been steadily racking up frequent flyer points, jetting around Australia and the world to host literary salons. I’ve memorised my own version of the packing list Joan Didion had taped to her closet door throughout …
July 25, 2014
Hometown heroes at the Empire Games
The Commonwealth Games have begun in Glasgow, a fact that has been largely buried in the news cycle by the horrors of Gaza and flight MH17. I am surprised, even a little disappointed, that more hay hasn’t been made out of the Games in which Australia …
July 3, 2014
Rooting for the ABC
Tony Abbott
In October 2013, ABC TV and Screen Australia announced a call out for ‘Fresh Blood’, an initiative that offered twenty aspiring comedy creators grants of $10,000 to nurture talent from a new generation of Australian comics. Last week, the …