Wednesday 26 April 2017 As an unashamed idealist I have always thought that at the centre of any political philosophy should be the ”common good”. In saying this my thoughts often drift toward a better way of doing politics and the term “commongoodism” is central to my internal debate. It sounds idealistic, this common good,…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Oh for some “commongoodism”. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Tuesday 7 February 2017 1 On the day that the Australian Parliament returns from its lengthy slumber Cori Bernardi decides to give the Liberal Party the flick and form his own, probably bank rolled by the plump lady from the West. Disaffected conservatives, or Liberals, will now have a choice of two ultra conservative leaders…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Bernardi’s best left on his own. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Tuesday 6 December 2016 Author’s note. The arrival of a blatant liar, one who has taken it to unprecedented levels, as the 45th President of the United States necessitates close scrutiny. The Trump report will appear regularly in Day to Day Politics. We have reached the point in politics where TRUTH is something that politicians…
Source: Day to Day Politics: The Trump Report. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday 19 August 2016 Climate Science has always been somewhat of a layperson’s dilemma. Monday night’s Q&A programme yet again demonstrated that there are still conspiracy nutter mentalities who gain prominence by being controversially stupid. When the debate turned to Climate Change even renowned physicist Brian Cox was dumbfounded by One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts’ arguments.…
Wednesday 17 August 2016 I have written copiously about the difficulties facing Malcolm Turnbull and his government. Of course my thoughts are my views that are tinged with the criticism of a leftish perspective so I thought it might be refreshing to collectively read the thoughts of prominent people from the Coalition parties. About the…
Source: Day to Day Politics: What your own say about you. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Wednesday 20 July 2016 The debacle that was Pauline Hanson on Q&A Monday night serves to remind us just how counterproductive appearances on television by people like her can be. This was manifestly demonstrated by the person who suggested that instead of bringing people together as ‘One Nation’ she was actually dividing us. You cannot…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Not a coherent word did she utter. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday March 18 2016 When I wrote my piece titled ‘Only in America: Looking at Trump from Down Under’ I must confess that secretly in the labyrinth of my being I thought the American people were too intelligent to succumb to Donald Trump’s populist outbursts. Stupidly I, like many others, assumed that over time his…
Source: Day to Day Politics: I have been Trumped. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Thursday 17 March 2016 1I have always believed Greg Hunt to be the second biggest liar, behind Abbott, in Australian Politics. On Tuesday morning while driving my grandsons to school he was being interviewed on AM. The previous day it was announced that the average global surface temperature for February was 1.35°C warmer than the…
Sunday March 13 2016 The Insidious Invasion of the IPA into Australian Politics, or Public Apathy and 75 Ideas to Make You Shudder. The Institute of Public Affairs is a free market right-wing think tank that is funded by some of Australia’s major companies and is closely aligned to the Liberal Party. In April 2013…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Is the IPA getting its way? – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Tuesday 8 March 2016 1 One would have thought that after Tony Abbott was disposed of, the good government that we were promised so often might have actually occurred. It hasn’t. Malcolm Turnbull, with fine words, promised a new beginning and the public believed him. Words like reason, transparency, rational debate and policy explanation. Two…
We are experiencing a new form of government. Something approaching fascism. Well it’s certainly not Liberalism. I have long been an admirer of Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labour under President Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 1997, who was named by Time Magazine as one of the ten most successful cabinet secretaries ever. He…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Inequality. Who really cares? – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday 28 February 20161 1 Who said this? ‘I am a reformer by nature, very much so’ ‘Everything, every single element, is on the table. And I know that always means that someone can then run a scare campaign, but I’m sorry, we’ve got to stop [this]. This is part of the political tradition I’m…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Was Abbott right? – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday 14 October 2016 1 I haven’t read his full article but it seems Andrew Bolt is writing race again. He has a very limited world view outside of racism, Muslims, free speech and Climate Change. Apparently the headline read something like “Don’t blame whites for the failure of Bridging the Gap” Inferring that it was…
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