It’s fun to go to a protest where there are signs that urge people to “SAY NO TO THE NANNY STATE”. A less convincing sign that was displayed at last night’s protest against Victoria’s new 2am lockout was one that pictorially argued that Saddam Hussein = John Brumby, implying that the former Iraqi dictator was, in fact, a better than average Labor premier. Read the rest of this entry »

In the absence of any other discernable criteria for judging contemporary art, most people in the art world would insist at the very least that an artwork displays a degree of creativity. Read the rest of this entry »

Policies designed to be experimental have a tendancy to quickly become the status quo – it is, after all, easier to sell a onerous policy to the public as a ‘trial’. Even though the Melbourne 2am lockout has not yet begun – it begins on June 3 – the Federal Government is hoping to expand it to NSW. And given how eager the Brisbane police have been to support their lockout, the Melbourne police will no doubt be as supportive. Read the rest of this entry »