DO WE have to destroy liberty and the rule of law in order to preserve it? In the quest to deal with terrorism, Australia has passed ever more draconian and privacy-infringing laws. Now Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is proposing indefinite detention for people convicted of terrorism offences after they have served their sentences. Continue reading “Destroying liberty in order to save it”
Month: July 2016
Reaching for high fruit in domestic solar generation
IN THE summer of my Year 10, 11 and 12, I worked cherry-picking during the two frenetic weeks when the fruit ripened in the Beechworth orchards. It was low-paid, hard work and the horticulture was not well-advanced. The trees were allowed to grow too high. Continue reading “Reaching for high fruit in domestic solar generation”
Right-wing Libs lose biggest chunk of seats
THE major losses by the Coalition this election have had people thinking that Malcolm Turnbull’s authority in his own party and in the country at large is weakened. Well, with some good decision-making, based on the evidence, it need not be. Continue reading “Right-wing Libs lose biggest chunk of seats”
Lessons from a hung Parliament
I WOULD like to draw to Senator Nick Xenophon’s attention to the 1892 English Court of Appeal case Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company. The company had advertised a 100 pound reward for anyone who took its carbolic smoke ball as instructed and subsequently contracted the flu. Continue reading “Lessons from a hung Parliament”
Why a hung Parliament would be good for us
THE following is why I hope there is a hung Parliament. And perhaps it is why there may well be one. On each of the following policies or issues (in no particular order) one or both the parties have a position that significant majorities oppose. Continue reading “Why a hung Parliament would be good for us”