Paul Collits - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Paul Collits is Politicom’s Senior Political Commentator. He is a freelance writer and independent researcher who lives in Lismore, NSW. He has worked in government, industry and the university sector, and has taught at tertiary level in three disciplines – politics, geography and planning & business studies. He also contributes to Substack – https://paulcollits.substack.com/

Voters abandon ‘deceptive’ democracy

On : 13/05/202224/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 3 Comments.

ONE Nation’s Pauline Hanson has been forced by the Australian Electoral Commission to take down a satirical cartoon about voter fraud. As reported by Sky News: “The AEC has ordered Pauline Hanson to pull her popular political cartoon series from social media…

Premier’s ‘heartless’ response to drowning city

On : 13/05/202213/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 3 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – IF YOU walk around the streets of Lismore, as I do, you will see and hear lots of nothing. Yes, the proprietors at our local shopping centre, completely inundated in February, are bravely returning with limited spaces and…

John Howard’s ‘ungodly’ church

On : 10/05/202209/09/2022- by Paul Collits- 2 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – SIR Robert Menzies spoke at length about the importance of faith in politics, something that many mainstream Australians would wholeheartedly endorse. The Liberal Party founder said “human nature is greatest when it combines dependence upon God with independence…

‘Immorality’ puts Libs in crosshairs

On : 07/05/202222/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 1 Comment

by PAUL COLLITS – THE Australian Christian Lobby has a very clear strategy for the 2022 federal election. It is targeting candidates and not Parties. It is attempting to get more members in the parliament that are sympathetic to Christian families, values…

Time to punish major Parties

On : 05/05/202213/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 5 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – AN AUTHOR of my acquaintance has just co-written a book about Scott Morrison. A very good book (reviewed recently in Politicom), though not pleasant reading for members of the Liberal Party or Liberal voters. The author says he…

The silence of the wolves

On : 03/05/202219/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 4 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – OF SEVERAL things that struck me about Rebecca Weisser’s memorable piece on the “leper vote” of unvaccinated deplorables and other sundry COVID dissidents, one line in particular stood out. “Even federal Health Minister Greg Hunt quietly dropped the…

Perrottet & Andrews’ cynical ‘bromance’

On : 25/04/202205/05/2022- by Paul Collits- No Comment

IT MUST be nearly time to resurrect that 1980s comedic vehicle for Judi Dench and her late (real life) husband. It was called A Fine Romance. In these openly gay times, perhaps the updated title should be “A Fine Bromance”. We live…

Major Parties hide from disgruntled voters

On : 23/04/202201/05/2022- by Paul Collits- 3 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – THREE things have emerged from the first days of the 2022 election campaign. One, this election is even worse than normal in providing a platform for discussion of the issues that matter to disgruntled voters. Witness the massive…

Mission complete for NSW’s two-tier tyranny

On : 17/04/202228/04/2022- by Paul Collits- 3 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – SO HOW is the two-tiered society going in the sunny State of NSW? Is it measuring up to the expectations and preferences of the then NSW Treasurer, now Premier, who stated so vigorously last year that he didn’t…

Christensen a ‘big win’ for One Nation

On : 14/04/202229/04/2022- by Paul Collits- 6 Comments.

FORMER Liberal National Party MP George Christensen is a much-hated figure among political elites – but voters love him. Just look at his recommended “to-do” list for the Government, which was spelled out in his final parliamentary speech late last month. Christensen…