Author Archives: I am Spartacus

Katrina vanden Heuvel is the editor, publisher and part owner of the Nation Magazine.  Spartacus does not need to describe the “flavour” of the Nation Magazine; it does it itself: The Nation is a critical, independent voice in American journalism and … Continue reading →

The next Federal election is anywhere up to 12-14 months away.  But here is an event being held in Sydney next week on 20 March. There is turmoil in Canberra, and uproar over Barnaby’s Baby! Will there be an early … Continue reading →

In 2011 in response to a 4 Corners story, the Gillard Government implemented a live cattle export ban.  If any Cats out there know someone who knows someone who knows Prime Minister Turnbull, can they please show him the following … Continue reading →

Has anyone out there noticed who has not said a word about the latest attempted tax grab from the Australian Labor Party.  You know, the proposed changes to dividend imputation. The silence from both the union movement and the Greens … Continue reading →

This past weekend, Bernard Salt wrote a FANTASTIC piece for the Oz: Replace tall poppy syndrome with support for budding businesses It was (again) fantastic.  Please everyone read it.  Nothing more to be said.

Much has been and will be said about the proposed conference between President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.  But what will or will not emerge from discussions will be constrained by the flaming pile of foreign policy … Continue reading →

Spartacus has had enough.  He has been taken advantage of for too many years and he has suffered trade deficits for far too long.  Complaints to the regulators have fallen on deaf ears so now time has come to take the necessary … Continue reading →

This is what Spartacus does not understand. The Labor Party line on the Adani mine is that it has to “stack up economically and environmentally”. Let’s just revisit these 2 tests. Stack up economically.  How anyone who is a member … Continue reading →

Which political party just put out a media release headed “Making sure multinationals pay their fair share”? It’s hard to tell nowadays.  Would it be the Labor Party or the Liberal Party? If you guessed that this was another tax … Continue reading →

Reported earlier in ZeroHedge, Bernie Sanders Fined For Illegally Coordinating With Australian Labor Party. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) fined Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign $14,500 for accepting illegal in-kind foreign contributions from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during the 2016 elections. … Continue reading →