Archive for August, 2018
Scott Morrison: the new face of neoliberalism
Posted by John, August 27th, 2018 - under Neoliberalism, Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.
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Former Treasurer Scott Morrison is the new neoliberal Prime Minister, but the right-wing reactionaries in the Liberal Party will never be appeased, writes Independent Australia’s Canberra correspondent John Passant.
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Australia’s latest Prime Minister
Posted by John, August 24th, 2018 - under Scott Morrison.
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After three days of fighting to the death and destroying a Prime Minister, the Liberal Party has a new leader: Scott Morrison. In Independent Australia I discuss the change of Prime Minister.
Malcolm Turnbull’s last stand
Posted by John, August 24th, 2018 - under Turnbull government.
Tags: Election, Elections
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There is only one way to restore the democratic deficit, says Independent Australia Canberra correspondent John Passant — election, now!
I am Independent Australia’s Canberra Correspondent
Posted by John, August 21st, 2018 - under Independence, John Passant.
Tags: Canberra Correspondent
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I am now the Canberra correspondent for Independent Australia.
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PRESS GALLERY REPORT: Has Turnbull’s leadership run out of energy
Posted by John, August 21st, 2018 - under Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton.
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There’s a new reporter in the House! IA’s Canberra correspondent John Passant delivers his first report as an official (and IA’s second) Press Gallery member, just as Turnbull ditches his signature NEG policy over #libspill speculation
More National Energy Guarantee Lies in Question Time
Posted by John, August 16th, 2018 - under National Energy Guarantee, NEG.
Tags: Climate change, Climate change deniers
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The NEG was a hot topic during Question Time on Tuesday, with the coal dinosaurs ignoring climate change for promises of cheap, reliable energy, writes John Passant in Independent Australia.
‘Whose broken is this?’
Posted by John, August 15th, 2018 - under Poems, Poetry, Whose broken is this?.
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The proofs for my second book of poetry turned up today. I am going through them now. There is not very much to change at all. ‘Whose broken is this?’ will hopefully be available in a few months.
#Reefgate, Joyce versus Husar and other scandals, the case for a federal ICAC
Posted by John, August 13th, 2018 - under Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Great Barrier Reef, ICAC, Michaelia Cash, Reefgate
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From Reefgate to the Banking Royal Commission and Joyce versus Husar to Cash and the AWU raids, the case for a Federal ICAC is comprehensive, writes John Passant in Independent Australia.
Another Bolt from the white Right
Posted by John, August 6th, 2018 - under Racism.
Tags: Andrew Bolt
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Andrew Bolt expresses and inflames the reactionary propaganda and race hatred of a section of Australian society — a section who are exploited by politicians such as Pauline Hanson, particularly during times of economic stress, I write in Independent Australia. Click here to read the whole article.