Articles by Kieran Butler

About Kieran Butler

Kieran Butler is a comedian, musician and satirist. He is best known in Australia for his pop-parody musical "Ben Cousins: a rock opera" and has received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe for "Che Guevara on the Fringe" (**** The Scotsman) and his sold-out "Australia is Fucked" trilogy. More info at www.kieranbutler.com

TRUE OPINION: Australia hung itself a long time ago

November 19, 2021 Kieran Butler

The quality of the nooses and gallows out on the streets of Melbourne calling for the head of Victoria’s Labor premier, Dan Andrews, improved markedly in just the space of a few days, muses comedian Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: #theAustraliar and #BloJo – A 70s Sitcom for the Senile & the Stupid

November 4, 2021 Kieran Butler

Lying is the new truth in Scott Morrison’s Australia, writes satirist Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: Insiders of Spin, Masters of Nothing

October 28, 2021 Kieran Butler

When do all these corporate journalists go from so-called ‘insiders’ to asinine spin merchants, wonders satirist Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: Would Scott Morrison let Christian Porter go debating with his daughters?

September 25, 2021 Kieran Butler

It’s a simple question, says Kieran Butler. Would PM Scott Morrison let “alleged rapist” Christian Porter go debating with his daughters?

TRUE OPINION: Lawyers love f*ckboy Christian Porter for some weird reason…

September 18, 2021 Kieran Butler

The “alleged rapist” politician Christian Porter fancies himself as a great legal mind and all the other stupid lawyers around Australia seem to lap it up, writes Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: You’re Right Leigh Sales! Bullying Is Wrong So You Should Stop It Too

September 15, 2021 Kieran Butler

Yes – Leigh Sales and Co in the corporate media – there are misogynistic and weirdo trolls lurking on social media but a sense of moral righteousness is completely lost when you’ve been busy trolling the public with hateful, racist bullies and politically-biased coverage that upholds the status quo for years, writes Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: A caveman like Scott Morrison knows plenty about ‘The Croods’

August 28, 2021 Kieran Butler

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is struggling on the home front with a worsening Covid Crisis and on the international front with Australia’s failures in Afghanistan so out have come all the piss-poor parables to save his own arse, writes Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: Tim Wilson is the WORST!

August 3, 2021 Kieran Butler

You have to give Tim Wilson some credit. In a party that boasts Christian Porter, Scott Morrison and Simon Birmingham, Wilson manages a brand of smarmy odiousness that is all his own, writes satirist Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: Scotty delayed vaccines for votes

July 21, 2021 Kieran Butler

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been delaying Australia’s access to much-needed Covid vaccines so he can win votes at the next federal election, writes comedian Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: Bonking Beetroot Barnaby Joyce Back Again Is Peak Bogan Australia!

June 22, 2021 Kieran Butler

Beloved by readers of True Crime News Weekly everywhere, Barnaby Joyce has once again returned as leader of the Nationals Party this week just a little over three years after the alleged serial sexual harasser and toxic drunkard was booted out as the nation’s deputy prime minister, partly thanks to investigative reporting by this humble website. Kieran Butler tries to make sense of it all.

TRUE OPINION: “When did you hear about the, Rape Morrison?”

June 1, 2021 Kieran Butler

Rape scandal after rape scandal after rape scandal for Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government only means one thing to a man addicted to cover-ups, according to stand-up comedian and satirist Kieran Butler.

TRUE OPINION: I’m going to become a racist wanker politician like the rest of them. Hear me out…

May 19, 2021 Kieran Butler

In a controversial and perhaps wholly cynical take on the Australian voting populace and humanity-at-large, satirist Kieran Butler says he intends to run as an Independent at the next federal election against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and defeat the Liberal National Party by using the kind of racist tactics and bigoted dumbed-down slogans that seemingly always allow them to win government.