Following the move for a “spill” of leadership positions in the Liberal Party — a move the Prime Minister described as a “near death experience” — a succession of three events have rekindled leadership speculation in the Liberal Party. These are Tony Abbott’s removal of Philip Ruddock as Chief Government Whip, shocking opinion polls coupled…
After days of discussion between the left-wing Syriza government in Greece and the European Union regarding Greece’s debt crisis, neither side wants to bring the issues to a head, while both sides remain committed to their original positions. Greek PM Alexis Tripras Syriza demanded an end of the EU austerity plan, while the EU insisted…
In a groundbreaking step, South Australian Labor Premier Jay Weatherill has announced that his state government will establish a royal commission into the nuclear fuel cycle. SA Premier Jay Weatherill Since the 1970s, there has been a bipartisan policy across Australia against involvement in the nuclear industry, which generates much of the electric power used…
The release of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)’s report on children in immigration detention is a deeply flawed attempt to use the plight of children in immigration detention to attack the Commonwealth government’s policy of off-shore processing of illegal boat arrivals. AHRC president Gillian Triggs While conditions in immigration detention are in some respects…
