Journalism and other writing
We can say this much for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: he has at least stopped the march of Howardism. But he has done precious little to wind it back.
He has tinkered a bit with better treatment for asylum seekers. He has engaged in a bit of symbolism with Kyoto and Sorry. But most of everything else has been either left in place or shuffled off to inquiries and in the meantime still left in place. Continue reading “Howardism stopped but not reversed”
* Sydney Morning Herald
* February 25, 2009
Article on SMH site
It is three months since the Wood Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW handed its report to the NSW Government. At the time, the Premier, Nathan Rees, promised a response by March and said there would have to be compelling reasons not to accept its recommendations. Continue reading “Charities are ready to help swamped DOCS”
W INSTON Churchill thought political loyalty was an enormous virtue. The leader must be supported and the leader must support the front bench. But only up to a point.
“If a leader trips, he must be sustained,” Churchill wrote. “If he makes mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.” Continue reading “Banquo (Costello) waits for 2013”
CANBERRANS, your property (and some other rights) are now safe from the hitherto all-powerful Commonwealth Government and Parliament.
The media noise over the Indigenous invasion of the High Court building and the retirement of Justice Michael Kirby last week meant that an important decision regarding the Territories, particularly the ACT and the Northern Territory, went virtually under the radar. Continue reading “Canberrans’ property rights upheld”
AS a species verges on extinction, conservationist take note of the estimated number of breeding pairs, for without them the species is doomed.
Well very few breeding pairs can be seen around the mainstream Christian churches these days. The adherents to these faiths are dying out. Continue reading “Religion slowly dying out”