by Mick Lawless | January 20, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Military, Political issues, Technology
Oh Look! Another defence ‘mistake’ costing billions The French submarine debacle was a topic covered by Dingo News in April 2022. We were the only media outlet to challenge France’s outrageous demand that we pay them $5,500,000,000 as...
by Mick Lawless | December 31, 2022 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Foreign policy, Media, Military, Political issues, Technology
The Rich have influence One of the more useful results of accumulating enormous wealth is that people pay attention to your pronouncements. The ideas espoused by the mega-rich are covered extensively by the media and discussed with a seriousness that...
by admin | May 18, 2022 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Environment, Foreign policy, Indigenous affairs, Media, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Political issues, Technology
What is Robodebt? Best to examine what Robodebt is before challenging the apologist orthodoxy that has emerged to excuse Labor’s role in its creation. “The Robodebt scheme, formally Online Compliance Intervention...
by admin | April 6, 2022 | Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Media, Military, Political issues, Technology
The contract Political/diplomatic issues tend to get a mite convoluted, so let’s keep this simple. Australia had a contract to have some diesel submarines manufactured by France. If Australia backed out of the contract they had to pay a penalty of...
by admin | October 29, 2020 | Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Political issues, Technology
CDC is a triumph of ideology over evidence. The problem does not exist & the solution does not work. It’s part of the government agenda to shame and stigmatise people accessing social security. A thread. Submission on Cashless Welfare Bill 2020...
by admin | July 7, 2020 | Australia's move to the Right, Political issues, Technology, The PM and the QAnon conspiracy
Hundreds of thousands of advocates of the QAnon conspiracy theory are going to have to find a new online hangout. The second largest QAnon group on Facebook has been banned from the platform, the social network announced Thursday. The group, called “Official Q/Qanon,”...
by admin | March 7, 2020 | Articles by Ronni Salt & Jommy Tee, Environment, Political issues, Politics with Angus Taylor, Technology
Hi, Twitter – a thread: What is this sudden interest in nuclear power? Where on earth is this coming from? And it’s not just any nuclear power – it seems small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology is the chosen one, its the way to go. But...
by admin | October 7, 2019 | Australia's move to the Right, Foreign policy, Military, Political issues, Technology
How would your electorate use $36 million per year? The federal government has announced plans to increase military spending. A temporary boost will be added: $200bn to the existing $30bn spent annually. (Australian Government Department of Defence, n.d.)....