The Coalition state Minister for Western New South Wales, Adam Marshall, has vowed to support any local government councils that want to use recycled waste water to supplement their drinking…
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The terrains of acceptability and respectability have shifted under the American conservative. That which was once forbidden is now embraced. That which they once condemned they cheer. Conservatism has been unveiled in all its craven glory. No longer is it shrouded behind morality, small government, traditional values and spending concerns. President Trump is the new doctrine, and Republicans bought it. There is no amount of cruelty or crudeness he can display that Republicans won’t cheer and defend. His corruption has become theirs.
I get sick of people using the epithet ‘lucky country’ in referring to Australia in a laudatory way, without realising the phrase’s original intent. Donald Horne used it as the…
The extremely limited Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has tweeted the following: “I’m deeply concerned about the reports of children as young as 5 being attacked in schools because of their Jewishness….
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has recently become the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalise cannabis for personal use. This allows a person over 18 years of age to possess…
There are many people in parliament and elsewhere who deny various aspects of science: creationists deny evolution; flat-earthers deny most of physics; antivaxxers deny biochemistry and immunology; and AIDS deniers…