There’s a lesson for Australia’s republicans. Go for the ceremonial president model. No executive powers, no referent authority by dint of popular...
I'm not an economist, which might be an advantage in this discussion, but I was thinking about the universal basic income idea. One of my...
NXT has given the govt what it wanted in media law changes. I think Nick has finally outed himself as a tory.
We're going on about the Constitution and amending it and what have you. I think it might be time for a new one. The current one, although...
This one is in Europe....
First thought, the cops up at Port Hedland have normalised a view of Indigenous people taken into custody when apparently under the influence as...
I do hope our politicians have the balls to manage Trump. It's going to be chaos in the US and no doubt much of it will slide downhill and affect...
Big surprise for me that News ran this. IT SEEMS like every politician in Australia is keen to get on board the Trump Train. When Donald Trump...
Me the pedant. I keep reading "double down" or "doubling down" written by professional writers/journalists. What's wrong with "double up"?
Even the Murdoch media is starting to question it: Labor has powered up a savage campaign to punish Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for failure...
Hudson's Bay store in Toronto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4xB393CI4&sns=em
This looks like a good idea. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/your-smartphone-can-help-cure-cancer-while-you-sleep-20151107-gkth9a.html
Okay, some believers. Sorry if you read the title as Beliebers. You want the "Dumbness of Beliebers" in the Music forum. It's like when a...
The Coalition govt has been accusing Labor and the union movement of xenophobia or racism or something when it comes to the China FTA. The fear of...
I find myself in a very strange position. I am actually grateful to the Liberal Party. They dumped the worst PM we've had and whose cabinet was a...
Just listening to radio reports regarding the latest NAPLAN findings. I'm a bit bemused. I think some folks believe that NAPLAN is supposed to...
To some extent I can understand the position of the Abbott Government on the issue of coal. I think I'm not misrepresenting it when I say it's...
I am. Im cheesed off reading how the benefits are going to the top few and the rest of us re getting shafted. Dont believe me then read these:...
I'm okay with the idea, I just don't think a lot of us realise just how much change is needed to become a republic. It's not just dumping the...
Are snipers really just terrorists? I mean, in terms of their deployment, they might be sent out for a high value target, a sort of a targeted...
This bloke wasn't shot, he was tasered and restrained. Good work. Witness say police prevented more bloodshed after stabbings on Amtrak train
I'm reading this morning's Fairfax press and there seems to be a bit of a theme that Abbott's mea culpa will do him some good. I'm not sure. I...
I was reading a very interesting thread about the possible appeal of the ACA in the US. I haven't commented (yet) because I'm still thinking...
When I was at high school I remember a history teacher who used to complain about the apathy of the average Australian when it comes to politics...
Murdoch's national rag is being used to defend Abbott yet again. They're going to have to work hard on this one. New Matilda faces accusations...
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