Australian politics – a slut shaming disgrace
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.
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When trolling complaints to Vic Police are reviewed by troller Brett Guerin
Posted by John, March 1st, 2018 - under Brett Guerin, Police, Trolls, Victoria Police.
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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.
McCormack elected Nationals leader as Barnaby ‘rests’ on the back bench
Posted by John, February 26th, 2018 - under Barnaby Joyce, Turnbull government.
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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.
The decline and fall of the LNP regime
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
Should Barnaby Joyce resign … and what about Malcolm Turnbull?
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, […]
There is no one to walk with
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 […]
On Invasion Day, I heard Australia screaming
Posted by John, February 6th, 2018 - under Australia Day, Invasion day.
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Calls for Tarneen Onus-Williams to resign from the Koori Youth Council are confected outrage because she dared to speak out against oppression, I write in Independent Australia.
Right wing nut jobs, Bill Shorten is no Jeremy Corbyn
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.
My poem, Burn, Australia, burn, published by Blackfulla Revolution
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 […]
Trains, strikes and the right to break unjust laws
Posted by John, January 29th, 2018 - under Invasion day, Right to strike.
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The weekend’s Invasion Day protests are symbolic of a growing undercurrent of dissatisfaction with Australia’s unjust laws, I write in Independent Australia.