En Passant

Australia does a thousands times more to Papua New Guinea and Nauru than what Turnbull et al are complaining China is trying to do to us through the likes of Dastyari.  Barnarby Joyce is even threatening New Zealand as part of this process.

Of course Chinese imperialism is a threat. US imperialism is our day to day reality.  But the main enemy is at home. Australian imperialism is the biggest enemy working people in Australia and the region have.

While both sides claim success in the Bennelong by-election, neither should be getting too excited, I write in Independent Australia.

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  Tax avoidance is systemic and big business has the resources – and the globe – to play games with the ATO, I write in Independent Australia

Cartoon by Mark David / @markdavidcartoons Turnbull continues to backflip as the Coalition’s tenuous majority and his leadership remain under constant strain, I write in Independent Australia.