Echoes Of White Australia
Few matters have been more fiercely debated in the Australian Parliament or more unsparingly ventilated…More
Tagged: australian politics
It's Abbott Who Plays Politics With Fire
In the days leading up to 7 February 2009, a heatwave hit in Melbourne. Those…More
The Royal Commission's Work To Date
From its first public session on 3 April, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…More
Voters Rally Against Coalition Asylum Policy
Around 150 human rights supporters gathered in Monro Park in Cronulla on Saturday as part…More
Who Will Pay For Their Free Education?
When a newly elected government of the right promises to establish a commission of audit,…More
The Greens Vs The Micro Party Alliance
Not since the People for Nuclear Disarmament party (led by Peter Garrett) were done over…More
Why The Greens Are Not Just Greenies
While I don’t agree with all his subsequent prescriptions, Geoff Gallop is right to call…More
The Vatican's Priorities In Australia
In late September Greg Reynolds, a "rebel" Catholic priest operating outside the Church hierarchy in…More
Abbott Puts A Gag On Australia
The Coalition Government has only been in power a month, but despite professing “freedom of…More
Are We Really A Country Of Pen-Pushers?
Tony Abbott has promised to cut the Commonwealth Public Service, which presently employs 170,000 people,…More