Sir, I write in response to Roslyn Phillips’s article, “When truth is no defence” (News Weekly, February 3, 2007). It’s worth pointing out that, even in existing defamation laws, truth is not always a defence. With regard to the Equal Opportunity (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill (the “EO Bill”) currently before the South Australian Parliament, much of…
The innocuous-sounding Sea Shepherds have waged a violent campaign of sabotage and operated a pirate vessel within Australian waters. And their backers include Hollywood A-list celebrities. Damian Wyld reports. Saving the whales. Hardly a radical notion these days. It’s probably also a fair call that Australian public opinion stands against whaling, especially when carried out within…
The newly released The Nativity Story skillfully relates the events leading up to, and including, the birth of Christ. Film reviewed by Damian Wyld. The Nativity Story As Christmas draws near, it is comforting to know that the true meaning of the season has not yet been drowned out by ever-increasing commercialism. The new film, The Nativity…
A haunting new film Children of Men, based on the P.D. James novel, depicts a bleak future world without children. Reviewed by Damian Wyld. Theo Faron (Clive Owen) and ex-flameJulian Taylor (Julianne Moore) No children. No future. No hope. This is the central message of the recently released film Children of Men, adapted from P.D. James’s 1992 novel…
