David Flint
Sydney Morning Blather
June 25, 2012
For two decades now, successive Fairfax boards have hidden behind the charter. To them it has not been a charter of independence – it has been an abdication of responsibility.
Read more...Oz prelates vs. Abbott
November 25, 2011
The opposition should be pleased with the preferred prime minister poll. And Tony Abbott is right to ignore the theologians at The Australian.
Read more...The migration rorts
September 11, 2011
Australians know that the flood of asylum seekers is a gigantic rort which any government worth its salt would stop within weeks.
Read more...Canberra slugs the states
June 14, 2011
The federal government has developed an insatiable appetite for new taxes, and in doing so has weakened its ability and that of the states to provide good government. The proposed federal tax on state mineral resources is the latest example. It should be abandoned.
Read more...Why aren't we being told?
April 19, 2011
Given that we are told that “the science” on anthropgenic global warming points only one way and everyone else is a “ratbag denier”, surely the Australian people are entitled to know of testimony by an expert which flies in the face of the establishment position.
Read more...Ministry of Propaganda
February 21, 2011
In the absence of proprietors and strong editors, the strongest influence on our journalists is other journalists. This is manifested in the herd mentality of the press gallery, and the emergence of the journalism cabals which run Fairfax, the ABC and SBS.
Bravest denied justice
December 8, 2010
Why do our parliaments guarantee a gold-plated justice system for hardened criminals, but weight the dice against the bravest of the brave, those who are prepared to die for their country?
Read more...The arrogance of Julia
October 13, 2010
In using her Afghan visit to score cheap political points, Julia Gillard has gone too far.
Read more...Military persecutions
October 4, 2010
For the sake of the morale ability of the armed forces, Parliament must immediately correct its error in ceding absolute power to its creation, the Director of Military Prosecutions.
Read more...Independents miss golden opportunity
September 10, 2010
Influenced by pork barrelling, keeping their seats, blind faith that the people who gave us the home insulation disaster and the BER rorts are the best to deliver broadband, and of course, the trappings of a cabinet appointment, the independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott have missed a golden opportunity to make our system even more democratic.
Read more...Implausible polling
September 5, 2010
Weekend polls on which party the people want the independents to support are just not plausible.
Read more...Minority government
August 23, 2010
A minority government must have the confidence of the House; how many people voted for it or what was their two party preferred vote is constitutionally irrelevant.
Read more...Tony Abbott
August 19, 2010
Tony is a fine, committed, principled and loyal Australian. While that does not mean Australians should vote for him, their vote should in no way be coloured by any misrepresentation about his character and competence.
Royal Commission on BER
August 16, 2010
Only a Royal Commission can get to the bottom of the biggest financial scandal in our history. So why doesn’t Julia Gillard want one?
Read more...High Court decision
August 7, 2010
After an extraordinarily rushed hearing in time for the election on 21 August, the High Court has upheld the GetUp! challenge to changes to the Electoral Act made in 2006 under the previous government.
Read more...Which Julia?
August 6, 2010
Julia Gillard has announced she will now campaign as the real Julia Gillard. Her citizen's assembly tells us exactly what she remains, committed to a powerful state and an obedient citizenry who will pay and pay generously for all her plans and programmes.
Read more...Gillard's duty to act
August 3, 2010
The publication by WikiLeaks of details of Afghan informers is a serious breach of national security. Julia Gillard is bound to pressure President Obama into taking firm action to prevent further disclosure and to punish this treacherous act.
Read more...Fraud and the election
August 1, 2010
It seems that 100,000 people, who couldn’t be bothered to get on to the roll in time for an election curiously waited until the rolls closed then rushed the AEC to register, and then meticulously did so before the seven days had expired. This is curious behaviour indeed.
Read more...Federalism returns
July 23, 2010
Predictions of a Labor victory on 21 August do not take sufficient account of one factor. Through their mismanagement and impropriety, the Rudd Gillard governments have achieved something worthy – the revival of federalism as a political force.
How to interview Julia Gillard
July 11, 2010
Answering questions like a Radio Moscow announcer, Julia Gillard seems impervious to robust and sceptical media analysis. The gallery could learn from 4BC’s Michael Smith on how to interview the head of the second government in three years to lose its way.
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