Western Australia is a long way away from the rest of the nation. I’m told that West Australians like it that way. That may explain why they seem to do their politics a little differently. West Australian doctor Alida Lancee recently admitted to providing a “lethal injection” to a woman in her 80s who…
In the first week of Federal Parliament, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten introduced his own bill for a federal parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage, to defeat the Government’s promised plebiscite, which would engage the entire adult population. The Shorten bill, if adopted by Parliament, would amend the Marriage Act, “to allow couples to marry, and to have their marriages recognised, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.” The Shorten bill therefore goes far beyond an attempt to assist homosexual and lesbian couples to marry: it is specifically aimed at legalising intersex and transgender marriages. No wonder the detail…
Australian War Memorial historian Meleah Hampton spoke at the National Library in Canberra on August 4 about how the old German lines on the Pozieres Ridge were captured on August 4, 1916, by the Australian 2nd Division, 1st ANZAC Corps, after an unsuccessful attempt on July 29. This came after the capture, on July…
Released by Attorney-General George Brandis on August 18, 2016, the Commonwealth-funded National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book aims to provide Australian courts with “comprehensive guidance on issues relating to domestic and family violence for judicial officers in all jurisdictions”. Unfortunately these guidelines constitute a major threat to fundamental rights in Australia, including due process,…
