Australian Politics

The rain bomb may be still going off but Russian and Chinese ICBMs won’t be targeting Sydney: Sydney Harbour has been ruled out as a site for the proposed new base for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, with officials insisting it was not viable because of “limitations on berth space and shore facilities”.

God, it’s just awful: Serious allegations have emerged of the sexual abuse and sexual harassment of teenage girls at the Pentecostal-linked Esther Foundation.

Like everything that “Psycho” Morrison does, he dramatically overestimates his ability to shape the reality of others.

Readers will recall Profesor James Curran, the most persistent China apologist of 2020/21: He is anti-American.

Here is the glass-half-full take on Commodity Boom 3.0 from Coolabah Capital: There are, however, silver linings for Australia, which truly remains the “wonder down under”.

In the long history of Western war propaganda, geometry plays a crucial role.

Last year, the Auditor-General released a damning report on the federal government’s administration of the $660 million Commuter Car Park Projects fund.

We all owe Vladimir Putin a drink.

Great stuff from Crikey’s Bernard Keane again yesterday on where in Australia the “Psycho” Morrison Government has literally turned into a serial killer.

A fortnight ago, the Victorian government announced that it would impose an $800 million levy on property developers to fund social housing.

“Tiny” Tim Wilson’s war of survival in Goldstein continues today with reports that the LNP has tried and failed to unleash its dirt files against his independent challenger, Zoe Daniel: In December, [Andrew] Bragg asked some very pointed questions about Daniel, which the ABC took on notice.

It’s so marvelously symbolic of the “Psycho” Morrison Government.

“Tiny” Tim Wilson has managed to shut down the political freedom of his constituents: Independent Zoe Daniel has appealed against a council ruling that political signs cannot be erected until the election is called, arguing it is inconsistent with its own advice and neighbouring councils which have allowed Josh Frydenberg signs.

The question must be asked.

The NSW Supreme Court has braved the wroth of “Psycho” Morrison’s dark and hungry god by shooting down his attempt to stack the NSW branch with sleaze cult loons: Scott Morrison’s bid to take over the administrative wing of the NSW Liberal Party ahead of the federal election has suffered a setback.

A global, US-based anti-corruption alliance has threatened that it could pull Australia’s membership following the Morrison Government’s failure to implement anti-corruption measures: The Australian government signed up to the Open Government Partnership in 2015, a 78-country multilateral initiative designed to promote open government, fight corruption and empower citizen participation in policymaking.

The electorate of Goldstein will surely turf “Tiny” Tim Wilson come May.

With the “Psycho” Morrison Government collapsing into ignominy, the AFR has done a lengthy profile of Albo and his first-term agenda: Albanese has judged that the Australian public is in no mood for dramatic change.