As the year 2010 comes to an end, it may be useful to draw together some of the threads which have emerged in Australia over the past year, to look forward to what might eventuate in 2011. The present year began with Kevin Rudd apparently impregnable, the Labor Party in government in all states and…
Four years after the collapse of the US housing bubble precipitated the global financial crisis, the fallout continues with Ireland and Portugal now in danger of joining Greece as recipients of a European Central Bank bailout. The extent of the problem can be seen from the figures. Last May, the European Union put together a…
Eleven years after taking power in Victoria, a tired state Labor Government faces possible defeat from a resurgent Liberal/National Party opposition which has belatedly latched onto the deep frustration felt by many voters at the failures of John Brumby’s Labor Government. Among the major issues directly attributable to the state government are the massive increases…
A homosexual vilification complaint by prominent homosexual activist, Gary Burns, against Channel 9’s Footy Show has been rejected by the New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal. Mr Burns lodged a complaint about a skit on the show about the family of two panellists on the show, Andrew and Matthew Johns. The skit referred to a…