It’s hard to know where to start in commenting on the outcome of our free trade negotiations with the US, which were brought to a “successful” outcome a week or so ago. Most interesting was the approach to the outcome by the mainstream daily press. Initially, it was one of euphoria. In a rush of…
The recent National Civic Council 2004 Annual Conference at Melbourne University focused on the issues to be driven hard in the Federal political arena in this election year. Held on the weekend of February 7-8, key conference speakers included: Peter Westmore, NCC National President, who outlined the political and strategic issues facing Australia;Pat Byrne, NCC…
Alabama’s got the bomb … who’s next?(Tom Lehrer, 1960s) The news concerning WMDs, and in particular nuclear weapons, that has been coming out of the Middle East and South Asia, especially the Indian sub-continent, is as alarming and as depressing as any that has arrived on our breakfast table for a very long time. Pakistan…
The fundamental definition in Australian law of marriage as “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life” is under attack from a number of directions. The Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens have already moved and voted for an amendment to the Marriage Act…