As the Abbott government casts around for a third version of its Medicare copayment policy, it’s surely time for it to ask the basic question: “Why are we doing this again?”

Amidst all the handwringing across the political spectrum, commentators of every type decry the deplorable conditions that prevail in the parts of the world that have been under attack by the US, NATO, and the historic colonial powers of Europe: Britain and France. That is to say jointly and severally the wealthiest countries on Earth concentrated in the North Atlantic region of the world. However, the vast majority of the text generated on this subject is truly tiresome.

Somehow, the corporations that were given the aid money to rebuild Haiti or provide other services were able to absorb billions of dollars without doing much at all. Although, it should be noted, company profits have been healthy. Are they held accountable? Of course not. Disaster capitalism at its best.

FRC President Tony Perkins informed The Christian Post Wednesday that Trump, the current frontrunner among Republican presidential candidates, will not be attending FRC's Sept. 25-27 Values Voters Summit, even though other leading Republican candidates are scheduled to speak.

Tony Abbott, yesterday's man, as told by the caption of the picture, is deluded and the Murdoch press obliges to paint lavish praise on this gross embarrassment... "interestingly, nothing has changed" he claims... He should know that things don't change that fast... Except that he has gone, his mates have been shafted and a weight of crap has lifted from this nation shoulders. There is hope that Malcolm will make a few changes for the better on all the crap that Tony claims as his successes... Tony is deluded... 

US House Speaker John Boehner will resign from his leadership position and give up his seat at the end of October.

Mr Boehner made the decision while praying on Friday morning - a day after hosting Pope Francis at Congress.

Fighting back tears, the 65-year-old said at a news conference that "turmoil" over his leadership would do lasting damage to the House.

Mr Boehner has been under pressure from the conservative wing of his party ever since he took the job in 2011.

He suggested a private moment with the pontiff was partly behind the decision.

Yes, Elizabeth Farrelly, "Time's right for a flag we can be proud of" (September 24),  but that is not a flag taken from Australia's Indigenous people, as your favoured one is.  

Surely in the 21st century we can arrive at something that will include the First Australians but also look to the Australia of now.

The UN was itself criticised this week for a decision to appoint a Saudi Arabian government representative, Faisal Trad, as the chairman of a new human rights panel. The panel will be responsible for choosing experts to report on human rights violations across the world. Amnesty International likened the appointment to "making a pyromaniac the town fire chief".

It could be an impression, but it seems that our new Treasurer Scott Morrison has a short fuse... He appears as if he is sitting on a powder keg or is a powder keg himself while defending his views rather than explaining them... We'll see.

How do you doodle, I said to the poodle

and how do you whatsit the whosit?

Tony's turned turtle, which Malcom did hurtle

and Bill's about to lose it.

Malcolm's little babies love Shorten, Shorten,

ALP Caucus vote Shorten dead

Volkswagen, the world's largest automaker by sales, has admitted it rigged emissions tests in diesel-powered vehicles in the United States.

US regulators have charged the German giant with manufacturing vehicles designed to evade government pollution controls.

The pope is visiting the White House on the day of Yom Kippur, eclipsing the importance of this important day in the mind of Jewish YameriKans... For some YameriKans, Obama is a Muslim... He is not, but this makes a good addition to Mr Trump's three words oratory support group... Meanwhile the Jewish philosophorers of religion tells us that god is calling Kitty home... Boy... Do we have a weird inflated view of our insignificant button-hole fluff in the universe?...