Politics (77)
Judging Trump - Four Years On and (Perhaps) Counting
Written by Paul Collits
Americans face, as they always say, their most important election in a generation. Assessing the merits of any president isn't always easy. Assessing the merits of Donald Trump is a whole other thing.
A Protest Bus, a Cartier Watch and the Awful Fruits of Privatisation
Written by Paul Collits
When protest buses attacking Daniel Andrews get forced off the road by police, and when politicians abuse private sector executives for doing their jobs, there is clearly something very wrong with our public services. It all goes back to an unhealthy 1980s obsession with privatisation and "new public management".
Ten Explanations for Jacindarella's Landslide in New Zealand
Written by Paul Collits
New Zealand has rewarded its sainted prime minister, heroine to the world, with a second term, following a landslide election result. How did she do it?
Many are coming to the defence of the NSW Premier following her outing as a consort of the corrupt. Their arguments in her favour, all five of them, are without merit.
The Strange Case of the Shepparton Superspreader
Written by Paul Collits
Covid madness is alive and well and living in Victoria.
Should Daniel Andrew resign? Should his NSW counterpart? The chances are that each of these paragons of morality and competence has covered up the truth in the inquiries they have faced over the last week or so. The now failed states of New South Wales and Victoria deserve much, much better.
Scotties and Chotties - A Marriage Made in Covid
Written by Paul Collits
We now inhabit a strange world where politicians and health bureaucrats, working in tandem, run just about every element of our lives. This weird new system has replaced democracy as we once knew it, and it may not be over any time soon. We should all find this quite chilling. And sinister.
Victoria is now an international embarrassment to Australia. Should we just ditch Victoria?
Was Sweden Wrong About Covid, and Australia Right?
Written by Paul Collits
A number of Australians have asked - why should we follow Sweden's approach to lockdown, when Sweden's death rate per million of population is worse than ours? Here is why we should have.
We are living through a national crisis. Things are out of control. Sitting atop the disaster is a man who shouldn't be there.
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Instead of insulting citizens who wish to protest their government's totalitarian lockdown, senior civil servants in Daniel Andrews' Victoria should just get on with doing their day jobs.
Covidmania in Two Hemispheres: The Bedwetting State of Origin
Written by Paul Collits
The British are surprised at the submissive reaction of Australians and New Zealanders to our governments' vicious lockdown measures in response to what is, for most, a mild Covid challenge. This invites the question - are we in the Antipodes any more supine before the power of the Covid State than the Brits are?
The response of governments to the Covid "crisis" has been a revelation. They have grabbed supreme power and have diminished freedoms and crushed the economy. How did they get away with it, with such little push-back from we-the-people? They had six strategies. Strategies that appear to have worked.
Welcome to East Berlin - I mean Melbourne.
