Politics

No 18. CHAIRMAN FRANK'S PACIFIC COUP
Monday, March 28, 2011
Australia's impotence in influencing events in its own backyard is being demonstrated in dramatic fashion this week as the Fijian dictator, Frank Bainimarama, fulfils his long-held ambition to assume the chairmanship of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. more



No 17. THE LIGHT ON THE HILL EXTINGUISHED
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Australian Labor Party's worst election result in New South Wales in more than a century can't simply be written off as an enraged electorate taking its revenge on a corrupt and incompetent government. more



No 16. SUPPING WITH THE DEVIL
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tony Abbott is playing with electoral fire with his latest foray outside the doors of the parliament to join what the organisers described as a grassroots protest against the Government's carbon tax but seemed more like a gathering of the looniest of Australia's looney right. more