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Denis Moriarty

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Our security structure is less Five Eyes and more Three Stooges

23.03.2025 10

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

All parties have awful elements. But they still trump independents in one way

11.03.2025 8

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

All parties have awful elements. But they still trump independents in one way

11.03.2025 6

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

We're not going full MAGA yet. But the lunatic fringe will be empowered

03.03.2025 10

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

We're not going full MAGA yet. But the lunatic fringe will be empowered

03.03.2025 7

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

The new minimum amount for donations might not work as intended

14.01.2025 8

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

The new minimum amount for donations might not work as intended

14.01.2025 10

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

Red tape and fine print won't make the world a better place for not for profits

One of the big differences between the not-for-profit sector, which my company Our Community works with, and the frankly commercial sector is that...

27.12.2024 2

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Red tape and fine print won't make the world a better place for not for profits

One of the big differences between the not-for-profit sector, which my company Our Community works with, and the frankly commercial sector is that...

27.12.2024 4

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

This sad saga says a lot about how the APS works

One of the reasons Donald Trump got elected is that he was able to persuade half of the US that the government wasn't working in their interests....

29.11.2024 10

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

This sad saga says a lot about how the APS works

One of the reasons Donald Trump got elected is that he was able to persuade half of the US that the government wasn't working in their interests....

29.11.2024 5

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

I don't matter anymore. Neither do you, reader

The American cynic HL Mencken, a journalist and critic, said in 1915, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and...

17.11.2024 3

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

I don't matter anymore. Neither do you, reader

The American cynic HL Mencken, a journalist and critic, said in 1915, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and...

17.11.2024 2

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

Why we're still stuck with a monarchy

King Charles has poked his cortege into Australia again for a day or so, rather in the spirit of a 10-year-old who's been dared to ring someone's...

24.10.2024 2

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Why we're still stuck with a monarchy

King Charles has poked his cortege into Australia again for a day or so, rather in the spirit of a 10-year-old who's been dared to ring someone's...

24.10.2024 3

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

Bosses want people to come back to offices? Fine. On one condition

People used to make their living doing piecework at home, until the industrial revolution herded us all into factories to stand at machines for set...

16.10.2024 2

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Bosses want people to come back to offices? Fine. On one condition

People used to make their living doing piecework at home, until the industrial revolution herded us all into factories to stand at machines for set...

16.10.2024 3

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

You know what makes my hair stand on end? Enforcing conformity

Tertullian, the third-century theologian and Father of the Church, believed that shaving was heretical, in that as God apparently intended men to...

03.10.2024 3

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

You know what makes my hair stand on end? Enforcing conformity

Tertullian, the third-century theologian and Father of the Church, believed that shaving was heretical, in that as God apparently intended men to...

03.10.2024 3

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

Sure, ban scooters. While you’re at it, ban monster SUVs as well

The City of Melbourne’s trial of rental electric scooters ended this week, on the grounds that they posed “unacceptable safety risks”. People...

28.09.2024 2

The Age

Denis Moriarty

Look in the mirror before you ban kids from the internet

Our political leaders have a consensus view on banning children from the internet. Login or signup to continue reading "Parents want their kids off...

17.09.2024 2

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Look in the mirror before you ban kids from the internet

Our political leaders have a consensus view on banning children from the internet. Login or signup to continue reading "Parents want their kids off...

17.09.2024 1

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

Divide and conquer: surely more than cost of living unites Aussies?

The new Country Liberal Party government in the Northern Territory has just been swept into power on a platform that includes a commitment to lower...

08.09.2024 3

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Divide and conquer: surely more than cost of living unites Aussies?

The new Country Liberal Party government in the Northern Territory has just been swept into power on a platform that includes a commitment to lower...

08.09.2024 2

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

No one likes a bikie. But their clubs are much safer than others in one measure

Bikie clubs (roughly speaking, social clubs that have a slot on the org chart for a sergeant-at-arms) are the political equivalent of pro wrestling...

24.08.2024 3

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

New anti-bikie laws could spell danger for community groups

Faced with a scandal in the union movement the Victorian government is once again drawing on its greatest hits back catalogue by proposing new...

28.07.2024 1

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

New anti-bikie laws could spell danger for community groups

Faced with a scandal in the union movement the Victorian government is once again drawing on its greatest hits back catalogue by proposing new...

28.07.2024 1

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

If this was an Olympic sport, we'd be a shoo-in for a gold

Looking around the world from here in Australia, let's for a moment or two turn our eyes from the monstrosities of diseased nationalism and allow...

21.07.2024 1

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty

If this was an Olympic sport, we'd be a shoo-in for a gold

Looking around the world from here in Australia, let's for a moment or two turn our eyes from the monstrosities of diseased nationalism and allow...

21.07.2024 1

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Here's what we know about the support Australians really need

The average Australian is giving less to our not-for-profits. Login or signup to continue reading This is a worry, because non-government non-...

19.07.2024 1

The Examiner

Denis Moriarty

Here's what we know about the support Australians really need

The average Australian is giving less to our not-for-profits. Login or signup to continue reading This is a worry, because non-government non-...

19.07.2024 1

Canberra Times

Denis Moriarty