Australian secondary students are being taught that scientific knowledge is not objective, but is constructed from a class, gender or cultural perspective, writes Kevin Donnelly. Last year, a group representing Australia’s leading scientific bodies signed an open letter arguing intelligent design is unscientific and should not be taught alongside the theory of evolution. The scientists…
A single selling-desk is necessary for Australian farmers to "punch above their weight" in global markets, writes Pat Byrne. The mood at meetings of thousands of wheat-growers has been one of suspicion that the Federal Government has not come clean on its role in the Iraq bribes scandal. There is a deep fear that the…
Labor’s political factions are personal fiefdoms, without ideas and based on personal hatreds, paybacks and revenge. Trouble inside the Australian Labor Party has reached the point that Kim Beazley is no longer assured of leading his party to the next election. The attempt to clean out a bunch of Victorian MPs in the name of…
The late Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, Lord Immanuel Jakobovits (1921-1999), was a prophetic voice in a secular age. Former British Prime Minister Margaret (Baroness) Thatcher described him as a “giant among men”. Lord Jacobovits was highly critical of those Jewish community leaders – including some rabbis – who applauded the secularisation of society. Sydney…