With ICAC’s Operation Spicer having recently drawn to a close, many people around New South Wales (and Australia as a whole) have been wondering over recent weeks just how deep the taint of corruption has reached within both state and federal politics over recent years. From coal loaders & “Black Ops” in Newcastle through to property development […]
A Transgender journey “In My Shoes” – To Parliament House in Canberra and back again…..
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of presenting a short film on Transgender Youth to a group of politicians, staffers and other dignitaries at Parliament House in Canberra. This group, otherwise known as the “Parliamentary Friends of LGBTI Australians”, focuses heavily on improving the lives of all Australians who are a part […]
Morrison responds to questions over his Platinum-etched Sri Lankan tea set…
By Kate Doak. The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has responded to questions surrounding a gift that he received from the Sri Lankan Secretary for Defence and Urban Affairs Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier this year during a Joint Working Group function on asylum seekers between Australia and Sri Lanka. In a very carefully worded statement to The Deadly […]
Morrison receives gifts from Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence officials
The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison received a seventeen-piece platinum-etched tea set as a personal gift from the Sri Lankan Secretary of Defence and Urban Affairs, Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the 22nd of April 2014, according to his latest declaration to the Parliament via the Registrar of Member’s Interests. Within his declaration, Mr Morrison stated that he […]
Here we go again…. Politics, Impartiality and the ABC
Over the past 24 hours, there’s been quite a stir within the Australian media about a series of comments that Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently made on the Sydney radio program of 2GB’s controversial morning shock jock, Ray Hadley. Utilising parts of the interview to pander to some of his more vocal supporters (and ABC […]
Missing the story – Indonesia’s been asking for and using “Phone Tapping” technology for years
Over the past few days I’ve been getting rather bemused by the phone tapping scandal that’s been hiting the Australian and Indonesian Governments. However the events surrounding this scandal haven’t surprised me anywhere near as much as some of the comments that have been made about it. Namely, that Indonesia didn’t have a clue that […]
God Save Our….. Tax Dollars? Senator Eggleston and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
With all the news about strange travel claims being made by Australia’s politicians, one of the most princely claims that I’ve come across so far has been the one by Senator (Doctor) Alan Eggleston from the 2nd to the 10th of June last year in London. Now as the ardent Monarchists amongst you will know, […]
The Turnbulls and the shares in Leighton Holdings’ parent company, Hochtief AG……
With the news that Leighton Holdings is under a major Federal investigation over approximately $50 million worth of kickbacks and other forms of corruption within Indonesia and the Middle East, some serious questions need to be asked of The Honourable Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy, in relation to their involvement with […]
The Liberals’ Jaymes Diaz is going for a “Greenway” in more ways than one (videos attached)
Just when you think things couldn’t get any weirder in this election, two new videos and a website involving the Liberals’ Candidate for Greenway Jayme Diaz have emerged over the course of the past few hours which throw further water upon his electoral flame. This includes an extended video of Channel 7’s encounter with Jaymes […]
Playing politics with same sex and gender diverse people’s lives…
Over the past six months, I’ve been getting pretty disillusioned with the entire “Marriage Equality” debate and a lot of the federal politicians that have been supporting it. Like a Bull with a sore head, some of them have been consistently pursuing something that they know won’t happen in the current parliament, regardless of how […]