Constitutional strife with same-sex marriage

SAME-sex marriage hovered in the political background again this week as Caucus approved legislation to make Commonwealth vetoes of ACT and Northern Territory legislation more difficult. The only times the veto has been threatened or carried out has been over gay marriage and euthanasia. Continue reading “Constitutional strife with same-sex marriage”

2000 years and still counting

THE scene is Bethlehem 1AD. A Roman soldier, Perspicuus, is muttering: “Almost there. MMMDCCLVII, MMMDCCLVIII.” Then loudly to assembled motely mass of Palestinians: “Alright, you lot, you can clear off home now.” He turns to another soldier, Errorpronius, and says, “Ok, add this to the MMDCLVI you got at Nazereth and take away one for the bloke you crucified for mutinously suggesting there was an easier way of counting. Continue reading “2000 years and still counting”

Norway beats US in war on terror

IF ONLY. If only President George W. Bush had responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 in the same way that the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and his Foreign Minister Gahr Stre has responded to the terrorist attack a week ago in their country. Continue reading “Norway beats US in war on terror”

Greens could replace morally wayward Labor

MORE evidence is in that there is no such thing as a “rusted-on” Labor vote in Australia. In the 1990s chunks of the formerly supposed rusted-on blue-collar Labor vote fell away when Pauline Hanson and John Howard applied the WD40. Xenophobes and “battlers” deserted the Labor Party. Continue reading “Greens could replace morally wayward Labor”