A Draft Statement Of Apology From Julie Bishop To Vanuatu
Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, arrived in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila last Sunday to announce…More
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The Oldest Trick In The Journalism Playbook
Back in 2013, my editor at New Matilda reported on a rather ridiculous story from…More
Shrinking Australia's Aid Budget Is Selfish And Self-Defeating
There was a funny moment yesterday in Parliament, when cameras caught Julie Bishop rolling her…More
The Debate Around Nuclear Energy In Australia Just Got A Whole Lot More Serious
South Australia will hold a Royal Commission into the possible expansion of the state’s uranium…More
Abbott Wedged Between Small Govt Ideology And An Electorate Wanting More
One of the worst aspects of the lurid three-year Punch-and-Judy show of the Rudd-Gillard conflict…More
Former Kingmaker Tony Windsor Tips Turnbull Led Government, Morrison As Treasurer
Tony Windsor, one of the kingmakers in the Gillard minority government – and for much…More
Palestine, the Political Football: Good Enough For Soccer, Not Good Enough For Statehood
Immediately prior to New Years 2015 there were two significant developments in Australia-Palestine relations. On…More
Beware The Summer Snake Oil Salesmen
As many Australians on summer holiday grapple with decisions no more complex than whether to…More
The Electorate Is Going Cold On Abbott's Climate Change Sabotage
The Canberra Times’ cartoonist David Pope has a cartoon this morning which vividly illustrates the…More
Julie Bishop's Feminism Problem: It's Bigger Than The Individual
Julia Gillard was not the target of sexism, announced Julie Bishop to the National Press…More