History is not determined by the majority
Dear Prime Minister, you know that silent majority who you credited with your last election? Well, guess what? Quite a few of them are out on that lawn at Parliament House not being silent…
Australia Politics
Can the religious discrimination bill protect us from ideological purges?
Will the religious discrimination bill be effective at curbing the emerging practice of ideological purging? I’ve got a few reasons for thinking… probably not.
So, I joined the Liberal party…
In 2021, a number of people had an interesting experience joining the liberal party of SA–their memberships were rejected. Why was the state council so scared of new members?
Scott Morison causes bushfires
As you can clearly see from the graphic, Scott Morison causes bushfires. What a horrible thing to do. We should all yell about it. I’m sure yelling will help.
Working out your senate vote – SA
Each election I work out my senate vote by investigating all the candidates (to the best of my abilities). For people voting in 2019 in SA, this is what I found… I hope it helps.
Uh-oh, generation Z are voting
Ugh! Young people. What would they know about anything. Based on some data… either the latest generation are increasingly raging lefties, or right-wingers are decreasingly likely to fill out surveys. Both are plausible hypotheses.
Genuinely conservative
What to make of the new Australian Conservatives party?
Leadership happens
Leadership spills are ugly politics. But they can be necessary; a party must be able to change its leadership and the best time to do so is a few months before an election. Here’s my take on the ousting of Malcolm Turnbull.