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Jonathan Moylan, civil disobedience and our moral priorities
Jonathan Moylan, civil disobedience and our moral priorities On Monday, a little known activist, Jonathan Moylan, armed with his lap top and a phone, wiped $314 million off Nathan Tinkler’s Whitehaven...
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This is not what free speech is about
Yesterday I had a rather intriguing conversation about free speech on Twitter. It went something like this: Jeremy Sear @jeremysear Albanaese theorises that Greens object to ALP abandonment of the...
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Globalisation and the perils of democracy
Today I continue on looking at the essays I’ve been reading from the ‘Occupy Handbook’. A couple of weeks ago I looked at a piece called “A Nation of Business Junkies” and today I’m going to reflect on...
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The cost of keeping Abbott out at all costs
As an Abbott Government looks more certain, there are many who are desperate to do anything they can to stop him from getting the keys to the lodge. We are getting to a stage of ‘keeping Abbott out at...
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It should matter who wins the election
Last week, Adam Creighton posted a piece in the Punch, titled It Doesn’t Actually Matter Who Wins the Election. In the piece, Creighton argues that the differences between the two major parties are so...
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Occupy the Media
It’s been a big week for the media in Australia. After the Government announced a media reform package on Tuesday, News Ltd. declared war. The Daily Telegraph ran a front page story on Wednesday...
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Modern democracy is about a lot more than economic growth
After the failed leadership spill of Julia Gillard last week, this article from Paola Totaro in the Guardian, Australians don’t know how lucky they are, made its rounds throughout the Internet....
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The alienating myth of leadership
One of the things I noticed about the ALP leadership dramas recently was the complete lack of substance behind the brawl. Even though a number of Government policies have changed quite dramatically...
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On Kevin Rudd and the cynicism when politicians change their mind
It is a peculiar part of our politics when politicians are routinely slammed for changing their minds. It is even more peculiar when it is the exact people who have been arguing for a change do all the...
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The debate about political disclosure
A couple of weeks ago, Media Watch ran a lengthy segment on political disclosure, or when and how political commentators should disclose their political affiliations. Commentator Andrew Bolt decided to...
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Istanbul Pride
As I’ve said in a few of my posts, whilst in Turkey I went to Istanbul Pride. I went with a big group of people from Global Power Shift and it was just amazing. Instead of doing a reflection or similar...
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Can we just give up the pretence of a ‘balanced’ media
Well, one day of the election campaign is over. And media bias has already become a hot topic, after the Daily Telegraph ran a front cover with the headline “Finally, you now have the chance to kick...
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Abbott’s attack on our democracy
I’m a couple of days late with this, but I must say something. On Wednesday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced that the Coalition would be preferencing the Greens last in every seat in the...
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With Abbott elected, what’s the left to do next?
So, Abbott won. It’s done, it’s dusted, and there’s nothing else we can do about it. After years of fighting, the left has lost this battle. So, what to do? We lost the battle, but that doesn’t mean...
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Is the ALP leadership vote really that empowering?
As we come to the end of the ALP’s first ever rank-and-file leadership ballot (votes close tomorrow and the new leader will be announced on Sunday) it is worth looking at how it has all gone. One thing...
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Our hypocrisy on democracy within political parties
The debate over the Coalition’s decision to not provide assistance to SPC Ardmona in northern Victorian seems unlikely to end any time soon. The Liberal MP for Murray, Sharman Stone, in particular has...
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