A Satire for Sunday – You’ll Frackin’ Love It

Beneath all that pointless nature in the Queensland countryside, lies sweet, sweet coal seam gas. As the sunshine state braces itself for an explosion in coal seam gas wells, satirical rabble-rousers A Rational Fear send in the bulldozers to unearth all the dirt on the mining movement that’s going radioactive. The Guardian      

Little Thought for Thursday

Well now this is a lovely piece of snark from Smile – Be Happy, aimed at our illustrious Prime Minister and his minions. All of whom have just decided to gut funding into research, revoke funding for the environmental research and planning, increased the cost of medicare along with raising the age of the retirement …

Lest We Forget. “Remembering Abbott’s Past”

Originally posted on The Australian Independent Media Network:
The Guardian has judged him as ‘’politically incorrect to the point of dementia’’ New Statesman said Abbott represents ‘’politics at its most crass, exploitative and disturbing’’ UK Labour MP Paul Flynn called him ‘’a bigoted airhead’’ The LA Times called itself ‘’scandalised by his prejudices’’ The Sydney…

Anti-Fracking Petition Presented To Parliament

Thank you to everyone who supported the petitions and shared the information regard Fracking here in Australia and overseas.  Today Federal Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, MP presented The Big Ban CSG Petition in the Federation Chamber of the Australian Parliament at 10:07:50am on Thursday 27 March 2014. This was an important victory but only the first …

NOT IN OUR NAME

I’ve seen so and heard so many pictures, speeches, letters to the government as well as writing a few myself yet the pride in being Australian overwhelmed me at the incredible sight of watching a country divided by dissent by a man beating a political drum to gain election now joining together to tell that …

You’ve Got To Be Fracking Kidding Me

You would think that this would be game over for the CSG industry but despite the recent and past contamination of the water and soil by Santos Tony Abbott and his government are still trying to fast track legislation to proceed with Fracking. They are doing this at the same time as attempting to push …

What The Frack

Okay I know I said weekends were for the funny but since I’ve already fallen off the wagon in that regard I feel just fine about launching into my new rant.  So two issues Fracking and new legislation aimed at hobbling protest against the government. Let’s start with number two shall we (both literally and …

Oh We’re On A Roll Here

  Just received this update from some friends at Guardian news and let me tell you if I was mighty riled before I’ve shot straight past angry into the land of spluttering WTF.  So wait for it – dummm da dummmm Victoria’s anti-protest laws pass lower house by one vote These controversial new laws give …

This Is Not Good

Here in Australia our Federal Government has lost it’s freakin mind – they are: considering dumping sludge in the Great Barrier Reef (cause it’s really big and we won’t really miss the bit they’re planning to use – honest that’s what the Federal Minister Greg Hunt said  – told you this government had waved bye …