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The Australian federal government seems to have omitted some key pieces of information from its budget overview document, so I fixed it for them. Stellar illustration by Rachael Bolton.

It is budget week in Australia, the week where the federal government unveils its plans for spending over the next four years, except not really, because promises made in the budget are seldom kept and

In which I discuss the ANZAC myth & Fairfax’s big retraction, Michelle Wolf & her White House correspondents dinner speech, Russian bots, Jeremy Corbyn and ABC’s new ‘BuzzFeed-esque lifestyle vertical’

Illustration by Rachael Bolton. The world’s major superpowers are converging on Syria, the centre of a new Cold War between America and Russia, and a significant source of conflict over a natural gas pipeline

The White Helmets are often presented by the western press as a humanitarian search-and-rescue NGO and occasional ‘freedom fighters’ against Assad, however, it has ties to al-Qaeda, Nusra Front and other

In which I interview economic historian, Dr Philip Mirowsi about why the left has been so spectacularly unsuccessful at countering the pernicious effects of neoliberalism, it has allowed its adherents

“It is easier for us today to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism — “ Fredric Jameson. So, I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the purpose of my research into the myths of money

“By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.” ― John le Carré. This new Cold War is thrilling, isn’t it? The spy-games, the attacks of Russian double agents

The first step is admitting you have a problem. The Sydney Morning Herald — (international readers: wait, come back! I promise this is relevant to you too!) — recently published a superb article by author,

An exclusive I wrote for New Matilda in which former ABC Director Quentin Dempster, former broadcaster Carol Duncan and an ABC journalist call BS on the public broadcaster, claiming it has been

Something incredible has happened. Malcolm Turnbull might be the first Prime Minister in history to pick a fight with the public broadcaster and accidentally open the door to a national debate about taxation.

Me on the alarming and entirely predictable direction the Cold War: Part II is headed in. (Hint: It involves North Korea).

Here's a piece I wrote for Renegade Inc on the things governments can and cannot afford.

My interview with Real Progressives in which Steven Grumbine and I talk about why a Universal Basic Income is a smokescreen for the destruction of the social safety net and a complete surrender to neoliberal

I was recently interviewed by Lee Camp on Redacted Tonight about the myths of money and history that have led to the present political crisis. Check it out for yourself for below.

It’s 2018 and while I have no data to measure this, it feels as though a cloud has lifted. After the toxic cesspool of last year, I was fully expecting 2018 to bring disengagement and apathy en masse.