Abbott putting money ahead of morality is something out of Nazi Germany
Tony Abbott’s comments should grate, as a callous dismissal of the sick to save money is completely beyond the pale, and entirely within Hitler’s wheelhouse.
Australia’s poor old women
Despite women facing the wage gap, eventual poverty and possible homelessness, the government is quite happy to blame us for our fate.
Our government needs to do more to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from persecution in Iran
Despite “baseless” charges, academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been sentenced to ten years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Our government has rejected the charges, but they need to do more.
Don’t blame COVID-19 for the aged care crisis
Those who read the headlines may believe that the coronavirus is the catalyst for a crisis in our aged care facilities. This is not the case.
We’re politicising the biggest health emergency in a century
2020 has gifted us many grim events, but the selfish politicising of an international pandemic surely takes the cake.
Face masks and retrograde steps: Victoria, we have a problem
Today, Scott Morrison proclaimed that “we are all Victorians”. On the other side of a closed border, visceral lockdowns and putrid politics, I feel that might be a bit of a stretch.