by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – THE Greens have unveiled a major election policy promising free lunches to every student in Australia’s public school system. The initiative is estimated to cost $11.6b over the four-year forward estimates by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Liberal…
by PAUL COLLITS – VOTERS will not need reminding that elections in Australia are meaningless affairs these days. They are contested by two undeserving branches of the UniParty that together struggle to get two thirds of the primary vote. Real problems are…
by FRED PAWLE – THERE is nothing so ridiculous as the leader of a government telling us what he’d do if he were leading the government. Few people these days are naive enough to believe that Australian elections are direct and untainted…
by ANTHONY DILLON – LIKE fellow voters, I will vote hoping for a better Australia in the upcoming election. The sort of Australia where the cost of living is affordable, people can pursue their dreams and express opinions freely, disagreements can exist…
by ROGER CROOK – THIS Federal Election play has been inflicted on us many times before – the only thing that changes are the players. The plot always remains the same. The build-up to electing the next Australian government is a tragedy;…
by ROGER CROOK – THERE’S humbug afoot and a lot of nonsense being talked about the 10 per cent tariff US President Donald Trump has placed on Australian exports to America. The consternation being expressed over the effect this may have on…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – PETER Dutton has doubled down on proposed budget cuts across health, education and the ABC – arguing his focus is on rewarding excellence and eliminating waste. Speaking specifically about the ABC, Dutton said the broadcaster was not…
by PAUL COLLITS – TO SUGGEST that our politicians are “low information” is an undeserved compliment. They are unknowing idiots who think it is we who are stupid. So stupid as to fall for their weasel words, over and over again. What…
by ROGER CROOK – In Killarney, Ireland, a lost American tourist pulled up alongside an old man who was fixing a fence on a narrow country lane and asked, “Can you tell me please, how to get to Kilicracken?” The old man…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – PETER Dutton has vowed to scrap major Labor policies – including climate change initiatives – as PM Anthony Albanese calls a May 3 federal election. In his official budget reply, the Opposition Leader said Coalition policies would…
