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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)

I am not surprised
I think we are being unfair to this Abbott ‘no surprises’ Government. I am not surprised. (0)

Send Barnaby to Indonesia
It is a pity that Barnaby Joyce, a man of tact, diplomacy, nuance and subtlety, isn’t going to Indonesia to fix things up. I know I am disappointed that Barnaby is missing out on this great opportunity, and I am sure the Indonesians feel the same way. [Sarcasm alert.] (0)

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Archive for July, 2018

By-election blues: Malcolm Turnbull eats humble pie after Super Saturday wipeout

Posted by John, July 30th, 2018 - under Malcolm Turnbull, Turnbull government.
Comments: 2

It was indeed a Super Saturday, says John Passant in Independent Australia — for Bill Shorten and the Labor Party, that is.

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Censored from posting in groups on Facebook for this article

Posted by John, July 23rd, 2018 - under Uncategorised.
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Censorship from Facebook?

‘You’re temporarily restricted from joining and posting to groups that you do not manage until Wednesday at 2:41 PM. If you think you’re seeing this by mistake, please let us know.’

Why? For posting my regular weekly Independent Australia column to various groups. Yet they don’t block holocaust deniers.

Here is the article Facebook blocked me from positing in groups I have posted in for the last five years.

Thai rescue highlights our humanity – but not of ‘our’ leaders

Posted by John, July 16th, 2018 - under Refugees, Thai rescue.
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In Australia, we erupted with joy as we watched the Thai rescue, but our leaders have not planned a rescue operation for 134 children still imprisoned in Nauru, I write in Independent Australia

Rescuing children: from Thailand to Nauru

Posted by John, July 10th, 2018 - under Nauru.
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  The Age, Monday 9 July

Three in the morning thanks the pen – a poem

Posted by John, July 3rd, 2018 - under Poems.
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Chocolate and tea at 3 In the morning Does not help Facebook news Does not help Maybe the sleep that cannot be Might   But the mind is tight From yesterday’s struggles Bureaucracy wins All the time Over heart, and mind The two things it does not have   But I do I do, A […]

Turnbull’s feigned class war outrage

Posted by John, July 2nd, 2018 - under Independent Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Tax.
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If Malcolm Turnbull’s outrage at the suggestion that he will benefit from his own tax cuts is justified, he can just release his tax returns so we can judge, writes former assistant tax commissioner, John Passant, in Independent Australia.