Mark O'Briens Australian Politics Articles

Bob Carr and drug law reform

In the news today, April 3 2012, there was many articles about a report by a group of eminent Australians which advocates wholesale drug reform. Current Minister for Foreign Affairs and former NSW P read more...

Folk Hero or Ratbag?

Do you remember those days prior to the start of the Iraq war, when hundreds of thousand of Australians marched in the streets, demanding and pleading with the Howard Goverrnment to not commit our read more...

Labour and Greens natural enemies?

As we head into the election where the only thing that is clear is A VOTE FOR BUDGIE SMUGGLERS IS NOT GOOD, even as Julia Gillard announces 10 new coalfired power stations, I want to make a point fo read more...

The case for a Carbon tax

The media is full of terror about the potential impacts of a carbon tax, a tax that is being fought just as hard by the mining lobby as the mining tax was. 'It will put miners out of business', 'it read more...

Why are Greens so unfashionable?

The Greens wishlist is pretty much the wish list of every person in Australia who wants to build a happy life for themselves. From education, hospitals, public transport, renewable energy, sustainab read more...

Why vote GREEN?

One of the things that is patently obvious in the upcoming elections is that neither of the main political parties has either the will or the interest in making any substantial inroads into our carb read more...