Girard Dorney
Why You Should Consider Watching the James Foley Execution Video
I don’t believe and would never suggest that you should watch it. But I won’t say you shouldn’t.
The Australian Government Is Failing to Fulfill Its Election Promises —to Mining Companies
But even if the Abbott government could achieve what the mining industry is asking for, should Australians want them to?
The Australian Government is Failing to Fulfill Its Election Promises… To Mining Companies
Which election were you watching?
Environment Be Damned, a Gamble Will Decide Future of Giant Australian Coal Mines
This week the Federal government approved what is expected to be Australia’s largest coal mining effort. Simultaneously, coal prices are dropping and other Australian mines are closing. Oh, also the reef is dying.
Journalists are Creating MH17 Conspiracies Because Conspiracy Theorists are Too Slow
If you try hard enough, you can imagine a time when news was something people pondered, something they took their time with. Where we are now is the polar opposite of that.
Pissing Into A Strange Wind: Australia Abolishes the Carbon Tax
Australia now has the questionable honour of being the first country to abolish a carbon pricing system.
Japan or China? Australia Picks Both
Last week Australia finalised a free trade agreement with Japan and Tony Abbott praised the skill and honour of Japanese soldiers in World War Two. China, Australia's largest trading partner who has bad blood with Japan, was less than impressed.
The AFL Is Tone Deaf When It Comes To Rape Culture
The Majak Daw case reveals inconsistencies in the league's approach to charges against its players.
Australia’s Prime Minister Proposes Destroying Environment for Votes
Tony Abbott’s conservative government is willing to put local wedge issues on the world stage — even if it embarrasses his country.
Australia Investigates Horrific Abuse of Over 200 Teenage Boys at Navy Base
A devastating new report uncovers systematic bullying and sexual exploitation at an Australian navy base between 1960 and 1984.
Tony Abbott Called His Climate Change Action Plan 'Very Similar' to Obama's
If you were hoping the US president would save Australia from the PM's climate change ambivalence you will be disappointed.
Empty Houses and Pipe Bombs: How Australia Debates
The Budget Emergency is so dire politicians are bringing bombs to work, spying on each other, and spending hundreds of thousand of dollars on housing.