Australian policy reform ‘gridlocked’ by soft corruption

Caught this article by Leith this morning on the Grattan Institute,  “Gridlock: Removing barriers to policy reform”, which argues that Australia’s prosperity is at risk from a decade-plus of decay across our political institutions. Leith as well as the Grattan Institute make the mistake of only looking at the first derivative of our social decay, … Read more

Covid Meme RoundUp 27 July 2021

Papers please

So normally I stay in my lane, specifically the Weekend Links. Which I’m happy to do. The problem is there is too many Covid meme’s, and I can’t fit all these into the Weekend Links. Hence, Covid Meme RoundUp! Gather around, gather around children. But first, some caveats: I actually think Covid-19 was something shady … Read more

Time for a Partial Lockdown for NSW?

The current NSW hard lockdown is not going well. Four weeks in and the numbers are going up and not down. The Four Yorkshiremen of COVID strategy are out in force on social media insisting that NSW hasn’t even tried a REAL hard lockdown “..That’s not a lockdown. A real lockdown looks like……..” and insisting … Read more

Weekend Links, 24-25 July, 2021

Spoiler Alert

Welcome to the EZFKA links for the weekend of 24-25 July, 2020! EZFKA continues to go from strength to strength as the weeks go by. While welcome, the reasons are also important! I’d like to shout out Timbo, for his exceptional efforts with regards to the satire posts going up. The quality of the satire … Read more

MB, not even worth link spamming anymore?

I tend to avoid the place these days but back in the day without fail on any real estate affordability article you’d get a whole lot of Housing affordability linkspam from Hugh whatsisface.I haven’t seen him or anyone else at all bother on anything I’ve looked at there recently. Have they truly become so completely … Read more

New poll shows Australians overwhelmingly support making mainstream media journalists permanently non-essential

A poll has found that Australians overwhelmingly support mainstream media journalists being made permanently non-essential. The poll, conducted by the Institute for Based Australians, found that 85% of Australians with IQ’s over 105 overwhelmingly support making mainstream media journalists permanently non-essential during and after the COVID19 pandemic. “Whether it’s Jon Faine deepthroating Daniel Andrews in … Read more

New study finds direct correlation between Australian lockdowns and expiration dates of state of emergency powers

A new study has found a direct correlation between Australian lockdowns and the expiration dates of state of emergency powers. The study, from the Institute of Non-Globalist Shitcunts, has found that lockdowns always occur when state of emergency powers are due to expire or when significant holidays are about to commence. “We’ve found that state … Read more

Victorian public servant with guaranteed income bravely tweets support for fifth lockdown while working from home

A Victorian public sector worker in Brunswick has bravely shown solidarity with locked down Victorians on Twitter last night. After the fifth lockdown in the state of Victoria announced yesterday, Department of Health VPS6 executive manager Jane Davidson took to Twitter to show her support for Daniel Andrews from the comfort of her living room. … Read more