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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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Sick kids and paying upfront

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Save Medicare

Demonstrate in defence of Medicare at Sydney Town Hall 1 pm Saturday 4 January (0)

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)

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Archive for May, 2018

The 2018 AFR Rich List: A sad indictment of Australia’s rampant neoliberalism

Posted by John, May 28th, 2018 - under Rich list.
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The latest AFR Rich List charts Australia’s wealthiest and illustrates why we have one of the fastest growing inequality rates in the world, writes John Passant in Independent Australia.

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Banking Royal Commission: it’s time to put capitalism on trial

Posted by John, May 21st, 2018 - under Uncategorised.
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  My article in Solidarity magazine on the Banking Royal Commission. It’s the economy, stupid.

Conversation With A Tax Collector About Poetry

Posted by John, May 18th, 2018 - under Poems, Tax.
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Conversation With A Tax Collector About Poetry – Vladimir Mayakovsky [1926]

The Coalition is a boys’ own club

Posted by John, May 16th, 2018 - under Liberal National Party, Liberal Party, National Party, sexism.
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The disendorsement of sitting Liberal National Party member and Assistant Minister Jane Prentice highlights the sexist nature of the Coalition parties, I write in Independent Australia.

Can Liberal MP Julia Banks – or anyone – live on $40 a day?

Posted by John, May 7th, 2018 - under Julia Banks, Newstart allowance.
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  Last Wednesday (2 May), Liberal MP Julia Banks – one of the nodding heads behind PM Malcolm Turnbull when Question Time is televised – claimed she could live on the Newstart allowance of $40 a day while looking for a job. This $40 is the pittance a single unemployed person gets for the system’s […]

Review: John Passant’s Songs for the Band Unformed

Posted by John, May 6th, 2018 - under John Passant, Poems, Sara Moss, Songs for the band unformed.
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In Independent Australia Sara Moss reviews IA contributor John Passant’s book of poetry, Songs for the Band Unformed, a passionate reflection on politics and love.