Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are calling the migrant intake down like lots on a falling clock. Nobody at the podium will ask what we owe the people on the block.
Category: Political Comment
Putting the boot into a new leader: the monstering of David Shoebridge
Four days as Greens leader: choked up on 7.30, tagged an ecopopulist, accused of prejudice, charged with snobbery. That’s not a gaffe cycle. It’s a method.
Eighty to One: The Greens, the Press Gallery and the Wrong Race
The press gallery has already called the Greens a roughie. In 1948 a camera at Flemington had something to say about that.
Australia’s West Bank Abdication: The Comfort of Complicity
Twelve nations put a price on Israel’s illegal settlements. Canberra sat at the table for months, then remembered it had a Security Council seat to win.
The Appropriate Time
Twelve countries signed a statement on trade with Israeli settlements. Australia was very much part of the process. The early part.
A Word From the Commission: A Clarke and Dawe Tribute
The Commission has found serious and possibly systemic corruption in the community infrastructure grants. It will not be investigating. It will be developing a PowerPoint. Urban Wronski channels Clarke and Dawe.
As Featured In: Michael West Media
My piece on Apple’s planned obsolescence racket — the battery-gate throttling scandal, the Federal Court’s $9m fine over Error 53, and the twelve-day wait for a forty-minute repair — is out today with Michael West Media, one of the country’s sharpest independent outlets, reaching readers well into the millions.
Full piece here: https://michaelwest.com.au/it-just-works-until-it-doesnt-inside-apples-planned-obsolescence/
As Featured In: Michael West Media
My piece on the funeral insurance industry’s grief economy — stepped premiums, an 80% cancellation rate, and the Youpla scandal that cost Indigenous families $66m — is out today with Michael West Media, one of the country’s sharpest independent outlets, reaching readers well into the millions.
Full piece here: https://michaelwest.com.au/funeral-insurance-deadly-scheme-of-expensive-promises/
In the Land of the Blind
From Tyrie’s scaffold to Riyadh’s bone saw: the World Cup, the FIFA Peace Prize, and the audit that removed the crimes before it began. Urban Wronski looks.
Reaching Out
The Chief Wellbeing Officer of Bastards Incorporated joins Bryan Dawe to discuss six hundred and one redundancies, Wellness Wednesday, and why resilient employees rarely escalate. A tribute to John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, the finest political satire this country has produced.
