THE hogwash delivered last week by the US National Rifle Association in response to the Connecticut shootings can be fairly quickly dismissed by a comparison with Australia. Continue reading “Gunning for donation reform”
Month: December 2012
Court’s drowsy procrastination goes on
A LARGE sign spelling AON atop a 12-storey office block glares over the ACT Supreme Court building on the other side of London Circuit. 
It should act as a reminder and warning. But the lesson has been forgotten and the warning ignored. Continue reading “Court’s drowsy procrastination goes on”
Seven-year wait for justice
SEVEN years after the loss at sea of two Australian immigration officers and three others, the search for accountability for the families appears to be whimpering to an end after a Court of Appeal decision last week. Continue reading “Seven-year wait for justice”
States should not have environment role
STATE and territory governments in Australia are too inept, tainted by corruption and compromised for anyone to have any confidence in their capacity to make decisions on whether developments are environmentally acceptable.
In the 19th century a local stream could be dealt with locally. But now environmental issues are becoming more national and international. Continue reading “States should not have environment role”
How to save us from climate-change doomsayers
“WE’RE doomed; we’re all doomed,” as Private Fraser of “Dad’s Army” fame would have it. Continue reading “How to save us from climate-change doomsayers”