Category Archives: Australian History

The Opening Salvos in the Election of the Next Wizard of Oz

Posted on August 12, 2013 by dgmattichakjr

So now that the issues have been made so clear to me, I settled in to watch my fourth favorite spectator sport (behind cricket, Formula 1 and Australian Rules Football), politics. The opening salvo was fired on both sides when the protagonists met for the first Leaders’ Debate at the Press Club Continue reading →

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Freedom of Speech and the Right to Remain Silent

Posted on March 21, 2013 by dgmattichakjr

Just the fact that the New South Wales Parliament considered revoking the right of its citizens to remain silent when being questioned by police is mind boggling enough in itself. That this bill actually passed, and was paid for with the standard thirty pieces of silver that is the due of those who betray the people that they are supposed to be representing, is unbelievable. Regardless of the motivation there can never be sufficient reason to compel anyone to be a witness against themselves and by undermining this fundamental human right the NSW Nazi Liberal Party have revealed their truest intentions. If ever there was a time when we should be using our much vaunted freedom of speech to speak out against abuses of our freedom then this de-evolutionary step towards autocratic tyranny is one. Continue reading →

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Speaking Freely

Posted on February 20, 2013 by dgmattichakjr

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.- Winston Churchill Continue reading →

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Sell Your Soul and Mind: Buy a myki Card

Posted on June 22, 2012 by dgmattichakjr

Public transport has become a hot topic in Melbourne in recent years as a succession of Victorian state governments has tried to implement a new ticketing system which has been less than a roaring success. The new system called myki is a smartcard ticketing system designed to replace the reliable old paper ticket system that has served Melbourne’s public transport system unfailingly forever. Billed by its creators Kamco as “a durable and re-usable smart card that stores value to pay your public transport fare”, it has been heralded as the solution to all of Melbourne’s public transport woes. The truth of the matter has, of course, been a far different story. Continue reading →

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Julia’s Speech

Posted on December 5, 2011 by dgmattichakjr

The Labor National Conference is over for 2011 and now that the dust has settled and the ministers have gone home from their weekend in Sydney it has left us wondering just what the conference achieved. The conference has been shaping up as a showdown between Julia Gillard and the man that she ousted to get her job Kevin Rudd and the PM used her speech to make it plain to Kevin where she places him in the general scheme of things; but did the Prime Minister’s speech really say anything important or was it just Julia’s attempt at demonstrating her control over a deeply factionalized government? Continue reading →

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