The MSM is filled to brim with absolute horsesh-t about the reality of the Queensland election polling results, writes Possum Comitatus.
Politics government
Springborg’s stuff ups summoned the ghost of Joh
The ALP exploited Springborg’s ineloquence to the hilt during the campaign, and it worked, writes Bernard Keane.
Netanyahu chickens out on Hamas stance
Almost six weeks after the Israeli election, it has yet to result in the formation of a new government, writes Charles Richardson.
Mungo: have a nice trip Kevin, see you next fall
The Prime Minister might feel that even if the economic cycle is still clearly running against him, the political climate at least has changed for the better, writes Mungo MacCallum.
IDF testimonials tell frightening version of Gaza war
How much more do we need to learn about Israel’s war against Gaza? asks Jeff Sparrow.
Pineapple Party Time QLD election wrap
What we had expected would be a long night was over in a flash, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Richard Farmer’s political bite sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Einfeld I: the legal profession never spares its own
Is Marcus Einfield’s sentence just the lawyers club seeking yet again to distance themselves as far as possible from one of their own who has fallen foul of the law? asks Greg Barns.
How the NT intervention is harming children
Income management shames those who live under it and takes us back to the days of the mission. It sets Aboriginal people apart from their fellow Australians, writes Irene Fisher.
What Royal Commission? DSE keeps on lighting fires
Fuel reduction burning remains something of a contentious issue in Victoria, but that hasn’t deterred the state’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, writes Lionel Elmore.
The LNP takeover was the root of Liberal woes
A 3.5% swing is, in the end, a poor justification for the Nationals’ takeover of the Queensland Liberal Party, writes Bernard Keane.
Sydney Uni’s nursing faculty at war
Is this the atmosphere in which to train the future frontline Florence Nightingales? Asks Alex Mitchell.
Fake Stephen Conroy: we’re in trouble
We can’t allow these Mountain Dew-sucking deviants to keep running circles around us, writes Fake Stephen Conroy.
Blacklist leak: ACMA not cut out to play cyber-cop
The leaking of ACMA’s blacklist perfectly demonstrated the faulty logic behind the Government’s net filtering proposal, writes Bernard Keane.
With newspapers like the Herald Sun, supression is inevitable
This week alone, there have apparently been 18 suppression orders issued by courts, writes Greg Barns.
Gold Coast Bully gives Queensland ALP the time of day
The overall coverage from the Gold Coast Bulletin has been discernibly negative regarding Lawrence Springborg and his policies, writes Ross Stapleton.
ACMA’s blacklist just got read all over
The more you try to hide your controversial Internet blacklist, Senator Conroy, the bigger you make it, the bigger the incentive for someone to leak it, writes Stilgherrian.
PSA tests: evidence — at last!
If doctors were paid by capitation (i.e. by the number of people they serve) or by salaries would there be so many PSA tests? Gavin Mooney writes.
What would a Springborg victory mean?
It seems reasonably clear that the opposition is gaining ground in spite of the Nationals’ takeover, not because of it, writes Charles Richardson.
Borg can’t be sold to Brisbane, nor Bligh to Howard’s battlers
Few seem to have asked — until the swing became obvious — whether Anna Bligh could hold onto Beattie’s vote on the urban fringes and in the regions, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Do condoms spread AIDS? Does the Pope spread genocide?
Pope Benedict XVI demonstrates that the Vatican is not only out of touch with reality, but has no respect for the sanctity of black lives and effectively endorses ethnic genocide by disease, writes Maxine Clarke.
Queensland ALP in dire straits
Internal Labor tracking polls show the LNP on course for a win, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Howard act fails to protect Australia’s biodiversity
The Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, put in place by the Howard Government in 2000, isn’t working, writes Bernard Keane.
John Brumby: Jewish lobby puppet
Why has Victorian Premier John Brumby succumbed to the Jewish lobby on meeting former Iranian president Sayed Khatami? Asks Greg Barns.
