In the final sitting weeks of 2016 the West Australian Parliament passed the Restraining Orders and Related Legislation Amendment (Family Violence) Bill 2016, which introduces a range of legal reforms, including changes to the Criminal Code (WA) to deal with violence against women that harms their unborn child. This specific reform is a positive step…
LIBERTY OR DEATH: The French Revolution by Peter McPhee Yale University Press, Yale Hardcover: 488 pagesISBN: 9780300189933Price: AUD$57.95 Reviewed by Bill James General Charles de Gaulle once asked: “How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?” France has always been a nation of striking regional differences,…
The death of the 90-year-old former leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was widely reported as the death of a dictator – but one who was loved by his people and who vastly improved the lot of ordinary Cubans. The media also repeated that the United States Government, specifically the CIA, had tried to assassinate him,…
A few years ago, Australian poet and writer Andrew Lansdown penned a reflection on the great hymn, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Andrew is an evangelical Christian, and the hymn was written by Charles Wesley, younger brother of the founder of the Methodists, John Wesley. In its present form, it is now part of…
