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My interview Razor Sharp 18 February
Me interviewed by Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp on Tuesday 18 February.
http://sharonfirebrace.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/18-2-14-john-passant-aust-national-university-g20-meeting-age-of-enttilement-engineers-attack-of-austerity-hardship-on-civilians.mp3 (0)
My interview Razor Sharp 11 February 2014
Me interviewed by Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp this morning. The Royal Commission, car industry and age of entitlement get a lot of the coverage.
http://sharonfirebrace.com/2014/02/11/john-passant-aust-national-university-canberra-2/ (0)
Razor Sharp 4 February 2014
Me on 4 February 2014 on Razor Sharp with Sharon Firebrace.
http://sharonfirebrace.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/4-2-14-john-passant-aust-national-university-canberra-end-of-the-age-of-entitlement-for-the-needy-but-pandering-to-the-lusts-of-the-greedy.mp3 (0)
Time for a House Un-Australian Activities Committee?
Tony Abbott thinks the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is Un-Australian. I am looking forward to his government setting up the House Un-Australian Activities Committee. (1)
Make Gina Rinehart work for her dole
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Me on Razor Sharp this morning
Me interviewed by Sharon Firebrace this morning for Razor Sharp. It happens every Tuesday.
http://sharonfirebrace.com/2013/12/03/john-passant-australian-national-university-8/ (0)
Posted by John, March 6th, 2018 - under Australia, Australian politics, Slut shaming.
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In Independent Australia, John Passant reflects on a week of insanity in Australian – and world – politics, saying Labor and the Greens must do better.
Posted by John, March 1st, 2018 - under Brett Guerin, Police, Trolls, Victoria Police.
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Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin resigned on Monday following crude and racist internet posts (screen shot via YouTube).
John Passant has serious questions he would like answered by Victoria Police, amid the resignation of its Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin.
You can read my Independent Australia article by clicking here.
Posted by John, February 26th, 2018 - under Barnaby Joyce, Turnbull government.
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Cartoon by Mark David / @mdavidcartoons.
Barnaby is not dead; he is just resting on the backbench. Michael McCormack will have to accept that Joyce is the power behind the throne, I write in Independent Australia.
Posted by John, February 19th, 2018 - under Barnaby Joyce, Liberal National Party, Malcolm Turnbull.
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#BarnabyGate has exposed the reality of the ineptitude of the Turnbull Government and the end is near, writes John Passant in Independent Australia
Posted by John, February 12th, 2018 - under Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull, Resign, Turnbull government.
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[Deputy Prime Minister Joyce (left) and Prime Minister Turnbull at the New England by-election, December 2017 (screen shot via @9NewsSyd).]
If a thorough investigation into the potential abuse of power and misuse of public funds in the Barnaby Joyce affair isn’t undertaken, then both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister should resign, I write in Independent Australia.
Posted by John, February 7th, 2018 - under Poems, Teddy.
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There is no one to walk with
Today
No one to talk to
Today
No one to pat, or feed
To lead, or be led, away
Past the dam
Damn my head
I miss you my friend
And your pushy walk me ways
I miss you my friend
And the feeding frenzy you made
Your white Golden coathairs
Adorn the wooden floor
You are here and there
But no more
Can we do the things we loved
I miss you my friend.
John Passant 7 February 2018
Posted by John, February 6th, 2018 - under Australia Day, Invasion day.
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Invasion Day march, Melbourne, 26 January 2018 (screen shot via @Ruptly).
Posted by John, February 5th, 2018 - under Bill Shorten, Jeremy Corbyn, Right wing nut job, The Australian.
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Rightwingers think painting Bill Shorten as a radical will scare voters away from Labor. They’re wrong on all counts, I write in Independent Australia.
Posted by John, January 31st, 2018 - under Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Blackfulla Revolution.
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Blackfulla Revolution have published my poem, Burn, Australia, burn. They say:
This beautiful poem does not mean that the writer hopes the country will actually combust. He means quite the opposite.
Fire is the bringer of new growth. Aboriginal people used it to bring fresh young grass to the plains, where they could more easily hunt. It was an important part of the cycle of life, and well managed and understood.
So with that in mind, please enjoy this, knowing it is written and shared in the spirit of renewal and the spirit of peace.
You can read that introduction, and the whole poem, Burn, Australia, burn, at Blackfulla Revolution
Posted by John, January 29th, 2018 - under Invasion day, Right to strike.
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