ENVIRONMENTALISTS STAND UP FOR NUCLEAR Environmentalists have long promoted renewable energy sources as better for nature. But a new study suggests that the expansion of mining for the materials to make solar panels and wind turbines may pose a greater threat than climate change to endangered species. “Most mining areas (82 per cent) target materials…
By Symeon J. Thompson There is a tendency to see totalitarian societies as the apex of efficiency and order – they are, after all, meant to be societies of total control. We see this repeatedly in fiction. George Orwell’s 1984, memorably filmed by Michael Radford with John Hurt as Winston Smith and Richard Burton as…
DANIEL RUDD: Calling a Church to Justice by Gary B. AgeeLiturgical Press, Collegeville, MinnesotaPaperback: 113 pagesPrice: AUD$32.95 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel This short biography recounts the life and work of journalist and civil-rights advocate Daniel Rudd. It is published in the “People of God: Remarkable lives, heroes of faith” series produced by the Liturgical…
by Robin Speed Has the Victorian Charter of Human Rights been found wanting in the covid19 crisis? The Charter was claimed (rightfully) as a landmark in Australia’s constitutional and political history. And the Victorian Labor Party, which nurtured the Charter through Parliament, had every reason to be proud of it. Then Attorney General, Rob Hulls,…
by Peter Kelleher On Thursday August 27, 2020, the ACT became the second jurisdiction in Australia, after Queensland only two weeks earlier, to pass legislation banning “conversion therapy”. In an effort to persuade the Chief Minister of the ACT, Andrew Barr, to postpone the legislation until he and his colleagues and advisers were able to…
The Victorian Upper House voted in the early hours of September 2 to allow an extension of the period for which a state of emergency in Victoria can be declared, and emergency powers exercised. Despite the number of covid19 infections in Victoria declining, Premier Daniel Andrews sought to extend the period from six months maximum…
by Terri M. Kelleher Women and their allies around the world are joining together to oppose transgender, male-to-females, in women’s sport: that is biological males competing in women’s sporting competitions. Women’s sporting competitions were introduced in the first place to allow them to compete on a fair and equitable basis. Biological males have unfair advantages…
Terri M. Kelleher The Victorian Andrew’s Government has announced a “whole-of-government LGBTIQ strategy”. Minister for Equality Martin Foley issued a media release dated June 12 saying that Victorians will have the opportunity to shape the state’s equality agenda for years to come with the opening of “public consultation on the Victorian Government’s first ever whole-of-government…
by Terri M. Kelleher Bostock case in U.S. extended meaning of “sex” to sexual orientation and gender identity Catholic hospitals under pressure to provide transgender surgeries, which offend against Catholic teaching on the integrity of the body Exemptions for religious organisations from sex discrimination is under threat in Australia Cases of transgender activists suing Catholic…
The American animated sitcom South Park can be extremely crude and on the nose with its dark humour, but it is also incredibly prescient in its political and social commentary, highlighting absurdities in modern Western society. This week, in the episode “Strong Woman” (2 min video), South Park depicted the gross unfairness of allowing biological…
Our taxpayer-funded national broadcaster, the ABC, has recently launched another intriguing survey about Australians’ attitudes, concerns and beliefs. There are two questions that provide some insight into the topic of unjust discrimination against religious Australians. Similar in scope to “Vote Compass”, the survey, “Australia Talks”, has collected some statistics worthy of mention. It is unclear…
Dr John Whitehall, professor of pediatrics and child health at the University of Western Sydney, has been a lonely medical voice in the public square on the question of gender confusion in children. Professor Whitehall wrote to the federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, in early September calling for a formal parliamentary inquiry into “the rapid…
I interviewed Jon K. Uhler recently on the We Are Change Melbourne YouTube Channel about his work at Pennsylvania State Corrections Department, where he worked for 11 years as prison counsellor to sex offenders, serial killers and pedophiles. Imagine being prevented from saving your child from an electric shock, and you will have an idea…
There was applause in the lower house of the NSW Parliament on Thursday, September 26, as the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 passed its final hurdle after weeks of protests and more than 70 hours of debate in both houses. Premier Gladys Berejiklian was not present for the final vote. Introduced on August 1 by independent MP…
While the feminist revolution took decades to take hold and for society to adapt, the new transgender revolution is being imposed by stealth and subversion with such speed that the broader society has no real concept of what is being thrust upon it. And while feminism (broadly defined as equality of the sexes) had a…