A Shorten Labor Government promises to pass Marriage Equality within the first 100 days if they win the election. An Abbott-Turnbull Government favours a plebiscite. Both of these cases were argued at the first Facebook leaders debate last night.
In Australia, we have all the ingredients for a society that allows all its citizens to flourish in a healthy, safe environment but the powerful […]
As I stood next to Labor South Australian Senate candidate, Michael Allison, handing out how-to-vote cards at a local pre-polling booth, we had a chat […]
Regarding censorship Are our politicians now allowed to use the police to clear a venue of any possibly contentious questioners before they arrive? My mate […]
It’s probably a coincidence that there has been a lot more advertising around the National Security Hotline since the election was called. You know the […]
After reading the AEC publication Counting the votes for the Senate, I rang them and asked the following question. “Could you explain how above the […]
By James Moylan This is a brand new dawn for voting in the Senate. We are using a whole new voting system with such huge […]
In 2013, the Climate Change Performance Index rated Australia at 40 out of 61 countries and improving. By the time we went to Paris late […]
Good ideas are rare these days. Most of what we hear as a new idea is usually one rebranded from long ago and dollied up […]
I’m at a complete loss as to understand why that rasping husk of compromised humanity we’ve had inflicted on us as Prime Minister decided to […]
Members of Parliament are paid an electorate allowance, ranging between $32,000 to $46,000 depending on the size of their electorate. They are also provided with […]
By 2353NM Those who missed the ABC’s Lateline last Wednesday night lost the opportunity to learn about a private (they would prefer the term ‘independent’) […]
Tony Fitzgerald is a retired judge who was chairman of the 1987-1989 Commission of Inquiry into Official Corruption in Queensland. In December 2012 he wrote […]
In November 2007, after John Howard lost his seat, three people announced their intention to run for the leadership of the Liberal Party – Brendan […]
Since Malcolm Turnbull’s elevation to the role of Prime Minister, there has been consistent reference to his stated ideals and beliefs last time he was […]
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