Category: Daily Mailer

We owe so much to protest movements, yet the state has always tried to contain non-violent protest. Remember the ‘political bikies packraping democracy’ and striking unionists who could ‘march up and down until they’re bloody well footsore’? Sanctions against protesting are now not just next level, but many levels after that. State Labor governments are doing this around the country and they should not.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/unions-and-human-rights-groups-slam-sa-protest-law-change/102367076

Cutting a deal with the Greens on proposed gas tax changes sounds like good policy and good politics. Taking on more Greens policies on energy and housing might slow the …

Try to imagine the gloom and despair of all who contributed to The Uluṟu Statement from the Heart if The Voice doesn’t get up whenever the referendum is held. It …

It’s not all bleak and gloomy for biodiversity conservation. The rediscovery of the Night parrot by the skilled but contentious John Young, the purchase of the land for protection by …

We do need to listen to a range of Voices when it comes to environmental management, eh?

It seems that that there’s not much that is good to be said about billionaires, certainly nothing good about Elon Musk. The direction he’s taking Twitter is most unfortunate. Do …

We are seeing the rise of the village idiot, once put in the stocks but now put in the Senate. Malcolm Roberts and Gerard Rennick are dangerously ignorant and rat-cunning …

How is Labor tracking on climate? Let us count the coal mines | Fiona Katauskas theguardian.com You’d nearly reckon ‘Coal‘ Fitzgibbon was still in Parliament calling the shots. Tanya, this …

Thank you Scott Morrison. In your search for the tradie vote, the instant asset tax write-off scheme led to a proliferation of boofy 4WDs on our streets. As well clogging them up and ‘eating’ children, we see them out in the bush where blokes, and they’re always blokes, dominate and conquer the wild. Well done Jim Chalmers for restricting the scheme that has led to the proliferation of ‘truckzillas’.https://www.theage.com.au/national/why-is-everyone-buying-truckzillas-that-are-too-big-for-our-streets-20230511-p5d7iy.html

It’s very hard to defend the Stage 3 tax cuts, particularly when there are structural problems in the budget and revenue must increase. It’s not just our biodiversity that gets …