The Jo Hos discuss the race card over afternoon tea
More John Howard Ladies’ Auxiliary goodness at Facebook. Originally posted at LP in Exile.
Tracking The Intervention: Discarding and devaluing Aboriginal work
Guest Post from Lauredhel Crossposted from Hoyden About Town and also crossposted yesterday at LP in exile, but I wasn’t able to access LP to post it here until now! You may comment over at LP in exile while comments [...]
Guest Post by Jim McDonald: The Haneef coverup
Please visit Jim’s blog Rage and Enthusiasm for a fully hyperlinked version should you wish to refer to any of the sources. Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews, is simply not to be trusted on serious matters relating to human and legal [...]
Not forgetting the NT recolonisation
It’s a while since we’ve discussed this, and as an issue it’s largely being pushed to the sidelines by our very own presidential-style election campaign. However, Mal Brough getting heckled by the indigenous community in Darwin seems as good a [...]
Andrews again
‘Not too many black refugees thanks, especially if they’re Muslims and need trauma counselling. We’ve heard stories at the corner shop about their unAustralian ways and how they don’t fit in.’ Kevin Andrews embarrasses us again.
Holding my breath
There’s a lot of stuff going on about which I wish I knew enough to substantively blog, but in the meantime will have to wait until I can read someone with more specialist knowledge. Will the serious crime charges against [...]
And ten grand for your service to the country…
I’ve long thought that the procreation fetish beloved of Duumvir $weetie the Subprime Minister had a certain resonance with older narratives of “breed ye women of Australia, lest we commit race suicide!”… So I’d like to point to a very [...]
Cyberbullies again
DeviousDiva, a pseudonymous British expat living and blogging in Greece, has been harassed by Greek nationalist bloggers, threatening to out her, for writing a series on the maltreatment of the Roma in Athens. Thankfully the major culprit blog has now [...]
Jonestown v. the Beltway
There’s a bit of a contrast in the reaction to radio shock jock Don Imus’ racist slurs in the US and the ACMA verdict on Alan Jones’ Cronulla broadcasts. Imus has been pulled from MSNBC, and advertisers have deserted him [...]
Balanced television
The ABC’s balance police have brought forth their first fruits. A Difference of Opinion premiered tonight. It was specifically tagged as the ABC show that would provide “balance” after the new Board imposed policy came in last year. Personally I [...]
Culturally cringeworthy
Anyone who has travelled on the Indian subcontinent knows that once you say you’re Australian, people want to talk cricket – yes, even with women. It’s a subject which puts us on an equal footing, where there’s admiration, respect and [...]
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