Logic of marriage Sir, Tim Wilson wishes to set the debate about changing the definition of marriage to discrimination and religion (News Weekly, July 18, 2015). But Tim, who is an Australian Human Rights Commissioner, ignores that the primary objections to changing the definition of marriage are not based on religious grounds. This is not…
King John’s grant of Magna Carta in 1215 is a wonderful example of the central role religion played in the development of the common law. The following article is an edited version of a paper presented by Dr Augusto Zimmermann at the Parliament of Tasmania on the occasion of its commemoration of the 800th anniversary…
The appearance of Bill Shorten at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption has done nothing to strengthen the Labor leader’s position in the run-up to the ALP National Conference. Bill Shorten The controversy over his appearance, and the evidence of an undeclared donation from one employer for Mr Shorten’s 2007 election campaign, largely obscured the evidence of widespread corruption, particularly in the building industry. In his submission to the commission at the start of three weeks of hearings into the activities of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) in the ACT, counsel assisting the commission…
If the carbon-dioxide-induced “global warming” theory were true, we would expect that average temperatures would be increasing across the globe as the level of CO2 in the atmosphere increases. It is not happening. There can be no doubt that CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen over the past 200 years, from about 250 parts…
