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It’s been a week of relative detritus what with One Nation and Brexit. But there was a dog…and perhaps that is enough.
In the run-up to the state election, Michael Daley’s anti-Asian rhetoric quickly spread via WeChat. As a result, candidates from both parties are using the platform to advance their own message.
Whether we like it or not, we’re teetering on the edge of ecological destruction. Ignoring warnings about climate change got us to this point – we have a responsibility to ensure tomorrow happens.
This week, the gun issue has returned to our shores in a matter so ham-fisted, so half-cocked, that it could only come from one source.
Despite the exposure our gun lobby is getting, I believe that the calibre of the rhetoric will fall short.
Conor McGregor retiring the day before the details of a sexual assault investigation became news is apparently nothing to worry about; at least according to his legal team.
One Nation being caught seeking funding from the NRA should represent the final straw. For my money, they no longer represent us – they represent a problem.
With the Nationals losing their footing to the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, one can naturally assume that the gun vote won over. This is incorrect.
The struggle for the coalition starts now, as the challenge to follow through with their promises will be difficult, as the minority clearly now rules.
In a rather serious turn up for the books, the investigation that looked to prove Donald Trump’s ties to Russia has come up empty.
Well, the other shoe has dropped, somehow finding the bare feet of Mark Latham. It was a night to remember, and immediately forget.
Well, the fat lady might have just sung, as the ABC’s sagely Antony Green has just called the election for the Liberal Party.
Being between Scylla and Charybdis was the ancient Greek equivalent of being between a rock and a hard place. Except with more teeth.
Ahead of the elections tomorrow, I have but one thing to ask of Gladys Berejiklian – fix the existing train system as is, don’t promise more and deliver less.
Despite all the rhetoric, and all the news pieces swirling around after Christchurch, I had not conversed with a member of the Muslim community. I assumed I was doing enough, but a man in hospital slippers exposed my fallacy.
The official line is that Chelsea Manning back in jail over making false statements in her court-martial. The real reason is as grim as it is obvious.
This morning, Donald Trump railed against the dead, wondering why John McCain hasn’t yet thanked him for the lovely funeral he arranged. However, what he’s really saying, is something else entirely.
With the final countdown into the single digits, the options left for Brexit are particularly thin. One, unfortunately, involves dragging it out further. Are we there yet?
Scott Morrison sparring with Recep Tayyip Erdogan over Gallipoli should be taken with a grain of salt. Both men are facing voter uncertainty and an election they may lose.
The individual who enabled Christchurch was raised in a community that spoke proudly of its stand against guns. However, in turning the same instruments on another, he may have illustrated a flaw in the national assumption.
New Zealand was supposed to be different. It was a place one could escape to when the ugliness of elsewhere overcame me. But, sadly, no-one where is different.
