When the federal Coalition was elected to government in 2013, they took a great deal of glee in repealing the very effective Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). It was in…
I read a piece in the New Yorker by Anthony Gottlieb about the Cambridge mathematician Frank Ramsey1, a person of whom I had never heard. Reading about Ramsey makes one…
Everyone probably has heard of the Brereton enquiry into alleged war crimes by Australian troops in Afghanistan1. A few days ago, Lieutenant General Rick Burr, the Chief of Army, faced…
In 2011, current New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian cast aspersions on the motives of then Premier, Kristina Keneally over the decrease in the fares for the Airport Rail Line,…
An investigation into the behaviour of members of the Australian Defence Force has recently been completed and the report stemming from it has been handed to the government. The investigation…
I thought things would tail off almost completely after compiling the first list of instances of governmental corruption from early March. However, after the initial rush1, rather than tailing off,…
Everybody knows that Trump is a pathological liar1, a conman2,3, a sexual predator4, a racist5, a misogynist6,7, an inarticulate buffoon8, and takes credit for the efforts of others9. He is…