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Porter’s blind faith in his blind trust

September 15, 2021 Comment by Greg Ray Even by the snake’s belly low standards of Australia’s present Federal Government, former Attorney-General Christian Porter’s “blind trust” humbug is startlingly bad. Basically, he’s had his expensive failed legal action against the ABC at least partly bankrolled by wealthy donors whose identity he claims to be unaware of. If Porter is aiming for “plausible deniability” of the kind incessantly relied on by Prime Minister Scott Morrison for avoiding any kind of responsibility for anything, ever, then he has badly missed the mark. The blind trust story isn’t remotely plausible,…

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I dreamed a lockdown preview

I wrote this as a column for The Newcastle Herald back in 2014. A little bit prescient, maybe? It probably started out as a description of a real dream, but I definitely embroidered it to suit the times. THANK goodness it was only a dream. It seemed so real, while it was happening. The bloke at the front door in his hi-vis outfit looked as solid and impassable as any bouncer, and the stainless steel grilles bolted across all my doors and windows were fixed so tight I couldn’t even wiggle them. “Sorry sir, new safety…

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Bleak reflections on 9-11 and after

The anniversary of the 9-11 attacks always gives me the creeps. I feel like the whole thing is such a “cased closed” scenario, where it is no longer really acceptable for people to express concern about the official story of what happened that day. Which is a problem for me because I have many issues with the story but feel very reluctant to discuss them, since the chorus of ridicule that results can be overwhelming. So I'm not even going any further with that line today. Other than to share my favourite 9-11 conspiracy theory video…

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