Provided he receives a “fair shake of the sauce bottle in caucus”, Kevin Rudd could win back the leadership of the ALP and the country, says Benjamin Thomas Jones.The young and the Ruddless
Posted On Thursday, 23 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Politics Tags: ALPleadership, Australian PM, Benjamin Thomas Jones, Corangamite, Darren Cheeseman, Julia Gillard, Kevin, Simon Crean, Tony Abbott, Wayne Swan
Provided he receives a “fair shake of the sauce bottle in caucus”, Kevin Rudd could win back the leadership of the ALP and the country, says Benjamin Thomas Jones.The return of Rudd to stop Abbott
Posted On Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Politics Tags: Barry Everingham, Daniel Mannix, George Pell, Hugh Morgan, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor leadership, PM, politics, Tony Abbott
Senior correspondent Barry Everingham says Rudd will lose the vote next week, but win the one following.The Tent Embassy remains until a Treaty is sealed
Posted On Saturday, 18 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Indigenous Australia Tags: Aboriginal Tent Embassy, AUS, Binnah Pownall, Canberra, Denis Walker, Indigenous Sovereignty, Jerry Prus-Butwilowicz, Julia Gillard, Land rights, Michael McMurtrie, Paul Coe, Porkbarrell Cafe, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott
Binnah Pownall presents the most comprehensive summary yet seen of the Australia Day ‘Tent Embassy’ conflagration — along with the reasons why the Embassy won't be moving on any time soon.The terminal Julia Gillard
Posted On Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Politics Tags: 2007 election campaign, ALP, Barry Everingham, Four Corners, George Pell, Gillard and Rudd, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Labor leadership, Prime Ministership, Tony Abbott
After last night's ABC Four Corners' revelations, Julia Gillard should resign without delay, says senior correspondent Barry Everingham.Understanding Indigenous sovereignty
Posted On Thursday, 09 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Australian identity, Indigenous Australia Tags: Australia Day, Australian Register of the National Estate, Bob Carr, Bunjulung Wahla-Bal Custodian, Corroboree for Sovereignty, Dudley Leggett, First Fleet, genocide, I am Australian, Indigenous law, Indigenous Sovereignty, John Passant, Kakadu National Park, Lassa Oppenheim, Michael Brull, national anthem, Patrick McCauley, Pilliga State Forest, Ranger mine, Ruth Forsythe, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott
Ruth Forsythe examines the Tent Embassy’s 40 year anniversary celebration “Corroboree for Sovereignty” and the political and media understanding of the surrrounding issues — as well as asking Bunjulung Wahla-Bal Custodian, the Lore/Lawperson of the 13 tribes and 13 sacred rivers that comprise the Bunjulung Nation, what sovereignty means to Indigenous peoples. A bold new vision for Australia
Posted On Friday, 03 Feb 2012 By admin. Under Politics, Satire Tags: Abbott policies, Ben Pobije, Burma, Julia Gillard, Liberal party, New Matilda, taxes, Tony Abbott, vision for Australia
Tony Abbott set out his “bold new vision” for a “stronger Australia” at the National Press Club this week — a predictable magic pudding speech in which he spoke vaguely about "small Government" and cutting taxes, yet at the same time included vague promises about "doing more". The most insightful and hilarious review of this address was produced by razor-sharp satirist Ben Pobije in New Matilda. Here’s a short extract:Australian racism is alive and flourishing
Posted On Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 By admin. Under Discrimination, Indigenous Australia, New Australians Tags: Australian racism, Charlie Teo, Colonialism, convicts, Cronulla riots, David Donovan, Edmund Burke, Immigrants, Indigenous dispossession, intolerance, Julia Gillard, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott
The reaction to the Tent Embassy incident shows that Australian racism and intolerance is alive and well; managing editor David Donovan says it’s time for Australians to grow up.Tony Abbott and the Tent Embassy
Posted On Saturday, 28 Jan 2012 By admin. Under Indigenous Australia, Politics Tags: Abbott comments about Tent Embassy, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Indigenous, John Turnbull, Julia Gillard, protests, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott
Why did Tony Abbott retract his comments about it being time for the Aboriginal Tent Embassy to move on? John Turnbull comments.The Uglies faction and our anti Commo history
Posted On Saturday, 28 Jan 2012 By admin. Under Discrimination, New Australians, Politics Tags: 2nd AIF, anti-Communism, ANZUS, ASIO, ASIO links with Nazis, Bert Evatt, Communism, immigration, John Ward, Korean War, Liberal Party links with fascists, Nazis, persecution of Communists, post WW2 migration, Robert Menzies, Secret war in Indonesia, The Uglies, Tony Abbott, Uglies Faction, UNHCR, WW2
Australia's post-WWII migration record has been characterised by the persecution of Communists and the promotion of fascists, says John Ward.Confirmation Gillard and Abbott were never threatened by Indigenous activists
Posted On Friday, 27 Jan 2012 By admin. Under Indigenous Australia, Media, Politics Tags: Aboriginal, bodyguards, David Donovan, demonstrations, Indigenous, ISP, John Passant, Julia Gillard, mainstream media, protective services, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott, Wil Wallace
More eyewitness accounts confirm Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott were never under attack by Aboriginal protestors, but rather the victims of over-excited bodyguards. Managing editor David Donovan reports.
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