Hidden link to domestic violence Sir, The issue of domestic violence is once more in the news with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for more to be done about it. Yet very little is said about the mounting evidence of a link between the rise in the number of domestic violence cases and the increase…
HEAVEN AND HELL: The Pope Condemns the Poor to Eternal Poverty by Ian Plimer (Connor Court, Ballarat, 2015) Paperback: 348 pages ISBN: 9781925138801 Price: AUD$29.95 Reviewed by William Kininmonth “I came into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth…
The defection of Ian Macfarlane from the Liberal Party to the Nationals has been a harsh gearshift in the internal dynamics of the Coalition so soon after Malcolm Turnbull’s era of “new politics”, but is also causing friction within Nationals ranks about the future leadership of the party. Ian Macfarlane Liberal MPs reacted with shock…
Bedford Falls, Christmas Eve, 1945. George Bailey (James Stewart) discouraged and believing himself a failure, wishes he’d never been born. The angel Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers), sent to save George from suicide, grants him his wish, and George learns the value of his life, by seeing how things would have turned out without him. This…
