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How do we end lockdowns and border closures?

News Weekly TeamSep 8, 20211 min read
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Lockdowns and border closures cannot continue much longer. These policies are damaging many businesses and children’s education, keeping families and friends apart and causing serious…

Lethal injections: No way to build trust among Indigenous peoples

a News Weekly contributorAug 25, 20211 min read
Indigenous Peoples: Lethal injections no way to build trust

By Munganbana Norman Miller and Barbara Miller Some Aboriginal elders grew up with stories passed down about the time when blankets infected with smallpox were…

What Japan sees as China hovers over Taiwan

Chris RuleAug 11, 20211 min read
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  In April 2021,  Quadrant Online published an article entitled “China and the looming warfare over Taiwan” by Frank Mount. Mount is well known to…

Should we allow mitochondrial DNA donation? Part 1 of 2

Margaret SomervilleJul 28, 20211 min read
Mitochondrial DNA Three parent babies

  In the first part of this article, Professor Margaret Somerville explains in layman’s terms what mitochondrial DNA donation is and how it is hoped…

Let’s stop counting chromosomes

Patrick J. ByrneJul 14, 20211 min read
Love doesn't count chromosomes - Down's Syndrome

Photo from Don’t Screen Us Out via Flickr.  Three people have begun a case before Britain’s High Court to challenge the law allowing the termination…

Bill to fill these shoes: Proposal to mandate care to babies born alive from botched abortions

George Christensen MPJun 30, 20211 min read
Born Alive Abortion Bill to fill these shoes

“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” This quote is often misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi,…