I don’t like to whinge but FOR FUCKS SAKE. It would appear that the few small concessions that the ALP worked into the FTA will shortly be over turned.
So now the we have a dictatorship in this country American corporations will be able to evergreen. In other words create fake patents that to [...]

While I’m on the topic, the newly elected rodent government wants to reintroduce industrial relations bill to parliament for the umpteenth time. However after July 1 next year it will be passed by the senate thanks to the betrayal of the Australian people by the ALP and Democrats for directing their preferences to Family [...]

I’m still pissed about the election – I think I will be for the next 3 or so years.
I was thinking back to the last election. Shortly afterward John Button made an eloquent contribution to Quarterly Essays. It was enough to make you want to join the ALP but it was about a [...]