The findings of the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, released in December, if implemented by Federal Parliament, will go some way towards tackling the abuses of power by leaders of a handful of trade unions, but many issues remain unresolved. Dyson Heydon. The royal commission was roundly attacked by the ALP and…
Over the Christmas/New Year holiday period, Victoria and Western Australia were ravaged by bushfires that caused the loss of hundreds of houses and thousands of farm animals, though, thankfully, few lives. Gary Featherston, chairman of the Victoria division of the Institute of Foresters Australia. The ABC and the Bureau of Meteorology – predictably –…
Even before the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s meeting in Paris began, ambitious plans for a global agreement on mandatory reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions had been scaled back, following clear signs that major greenhouse gas emitters – including the United States, China and India – were unwilling to accept a binding agreement. The polar bear…
For Christians, Christmas is more than a festive season, or the occasion for an exchange of gifts. It remains the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the moment when God humbled himself to be born as man, to share our humanity so that we might share his divinity. This mystery is one which has…
