by PAUL COLLITS – AUSTRALIA’S current Prime Minister has suggested that Commonwealth parliaments should go four years between elections, instead of the current three. Three-year term limits for federal MPs are too short, he says, but admits changes to time spent in…
by ROGER CROOK – THE basic tenets of democracy died in Australia in 2007 – and they are yet to be revived. We elect governments to govern; to take care of our needs today and plan for all our tomorrows. If they…
by ERIC ABETZ – PARTICIPATION awards are those lame awards that ensure every participant walks away with something in their hand. Victoria’s Dunkley by-election result on Saturday delivered a similar result for the two major Parties. The hapless Greens, whilst participating, suffered…
by DAVID FLINT – AS A direct result of his massive 61:39 loss in the Voice referendum to divide Australians by race we should, with a certain irony, thank Anthony Albanese. As a consequence of rank-and-file Australians overwhelmingly saying No, they won’t…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN–LABOR’S Closing Loopholes Bill is the government’s latest blow to reality – and to business. But its “Right to Disconnect” clause will no doubt be welcomed by some workers and the legal profession. Gone is the emphasis on an open…
by ERIC ABETZ – AS LABOR parliamentarians gathered in Canberra last week to brainstorm the cost of living crisis, most constituents were bemused as to why it has taken so long. As publicity stunts and PR operations go, having a special caucus…
by DAVID FLINT – SENATOR Jacinta Price astounded the nation during the recent referendum campaign when, courageously, she dared tell a journalist there were no ongoing negative impacts of colonisation. The only continuing impacts, she said, were positive. A small but determined…
by DAVID FLINT – MOST Australians didn’t want it, but all Australians are condemned to live under what is emerging as the nation’s most incompetent and disastrous government. That crucial measure, per capita GDP, is close to half of what it should…
by ERIC ABETZ – AUSTRALIA’S first term Labor Government is wishing and hoping that 2024 will bring with it a new start. They say a new broom sweeps clean. Most of us hope a new year will do the same. Having finished…
by SEAN BURKE – ANTHONY Albanese’s hard Left policy agenda has become so destructive to Australia that both he and his entire legislative program must be completely removed. Just watering down the Prime Minister’s radical position on almost everything is no longer…
