Having read the comedic stylings of Rebecca Shaw in her lol piece on the SBS (Spitefully un-Balanced Service) website, “A day in the life of Scott Morrison if he actually faced the same bigotry as LGBTI people”,[1] News Weekly in awe-inspired humility offers the following parody (it being the sincerest form of flattery).[2] Jason (not…
Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to hold a double-dissolution election is looking more and more foolish by the day. “Photographer. Catch that smile!” In a double dissolution, the quota for election to the Senate is almost halved, increasing the likelihood of minor parties winning seats and making it practically impossible for either major party to get a…
The Infant Viability Bill was debated in the Victorian upper house on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Rachel Carling-Jenkins, left, and Brad Mattes, right. The bill was to provide for holistic care and support, and referral to support and counselling services for women, and that abortion would be prohibited from 24 weeks. Where there was a…
Globally over 300 million young people were not in employment, education or training in 2013. A new social contract is needed to generate jobs and hope for a generation of increasingly disenfranchised young people. Edoardo Campanella, Eurozone economist at UniCredit, has recently provided a detailed overview of the global youth unemployment crisis with warnings of…
