PM Albanese, those words don’t mean what you think they do PM Albanese, those words don’t mean what you think they do By Kim AdamsBlog, Politics, Religion No Comments July, 2025 4 min read When you say ‘antisemitism has no place in Australia’ after each attack, we Je...Read More 6 July, 2025
“Oligarch”: the great misnomer “Oligarch”: the great misnomer By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments March, 2022 3 min read There is lots of talk these days about “Russian oligarchs” — how wealthy they are, h...Read More 8 March, 2022
Big Tech wants to eat their cake and have it too Big Tech wants to eat their cake and have it too By Kim AdamsPolitics No Comments January, 2021 5 min read Is Big Tech (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc) a “publisher” or a “platform...Read More 8 January, 2021
Dan Andrews Has Lost Our Trust Dan Andrews Has Lost Our Trust By David WerdigerPolitics 2 Comments August, 2020 4 min read Why is this state different from all other states? There are no simple answers. We are sti...Read More 9 August, 2020
Can we de-politicise Australia Day? By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments January, 2018 6 min read I’m sick and tired at the increasing frequency that big issues are politicised, and ...Read More 25 January, 2018
Same-sex marriage: right or social change? By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments August, 2017 7 min read Disclaimer: some of these arguments regarding same-sex marriage are specific to Australia....Read More 15 August, 2017
The Language of Mistrust By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments June, 2017 6 min read Language constantly evolves, and we coin new words and phrases to fit the zeitgeist –...Read More 15 June, 2017
Run-off vs Two-candidate-preferred By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments May, 2017 5 min read The recent French Presidential election highlights the differences in voting systems betwe...Read More 9 May, 2017
The Real Problem with Pauline Hanson By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments April, 2017 4 min read Another week, another audacious and controversial statement by One Nation leader Pauline H...Read More 7 April, 2017
On Gay Marriage, Polyamory, Slippery Slopes and Straw Men By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments February, 2017 7 min read It started when I read recently that Cory Bernadi “equated gay marriage with bestial...Read More 22 February, 2017
A Modern Australian Nationalist Credo By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments January, 2017 6 min read I love my country and am proud to call myself an Australian. I have travelled around the ...Read More 26 January, 2017
Did Obama Plant the Seeds of Trump? Did Obama Plant the Seeds of Trump? By David WerdigerPolitics No Comments December, 2015 4 min read A fearful symmetry in the Republican candidate’s bid to ban Muslims and the Presiden...Read More 17 December, 2015