Do we really need election campaigns?Do we really need election campaigns?
AUSTRALIA is in the middle of an election campaign that will culminate in polls being held on September 7. By law after an election is called, there needs to be[...]
Category: Politics
Conflicted guests compromise the ABC’s standardsConflicted guests compromise the ABC’s standards
THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation is a government-funded entity which operates on the lines of the BBC. It provides some of the better media content in the country, but this is[...]
Back to the good old Mubarak days in EgyptBack to the good old Mubarak days in Egypt
SO Egypt’s mild flirtation with democracy a la West is over. And it is unlikely to ever return. It’s happened on a good day too – the US celebrates its[...]
Australia: Muslims not welcome hereAustralia: Muslims not welcome here
THE brilliant American comedian Dave Chappelle often refers to himself as a connoisseur of racism. A keen observer of the way in which people of colour are discriminated against in[...]
Gillard gets what she deservedGillard gets what she deserved
A LITTLE over three years after she knifed Kevin Rudd in the back, Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has fallen by the wayside. She came to office by the backdoor[...]
Countdown to the poll that countsCountdown to the poll that counts
ONE hundred days from today, Australia will go to the hustings to elect a new federal government. The indications from opinion polls are that the incumbent Labor government will be[...]
Coalition dog-whistles as the election countdown continuesCoalition dog-whistles as the election countdown continues
THE Liberal-National coalition which forms the opposition in Australia has just confirmed that it is the party of xenophobes by proposing that whenever asylum-seekers are allowed to move into a[...]
Xenophon should come into the 21st centuryXenophon should come into the 21st century
AN Australian senator goes to Malaysia on an unofficial visit. His intention is to meddle in local politics. And when he gets thrown out of the country, he makes a[...]
USA 2012: the land of poll riggingUSA 2012: the land of poll rigging
AS THE 2012 US presidential election nears, the ugly spectre of poll rigging has reared its head, despite the fact that the last poll saw the Republican candidate, John McCain,[...]
Dinosaurs should not be given oxygenDinosaurs should not be given oxygen
AUSTRALIA is a sexist country. This is something I’ve said before. It bears repeating in view of the behaviour of a Liberal party hanger-on this week. Grahame Morris is a[...]