Politics

What a pity that those judges who saw fit to bestow upon Greg Hunt the title of ‘Best Minister in the World’ don’t read The […]

By Dr George Venturini What kind of republic and how to get there There are some 600,000 non-for-profit community organisations in Australia. There are serious […]

The Turnbull government recently appointed Philip Ruddock as its special envoy for human rights.  Ruddock will quit the government in order to take up his new […]

By Dr George Venturini From military encampment to republic There have been only four episodes of rebellion to ‘constitutional authority’ in the history of Australia: […]

By Ross Sharp Malcolm seems a pleasant man, happy in his work. We only want what’s best for Malcolm. Malcolm has a nice smile. A nice […]

Denis Bright invites consideration of China’s pragmatic quest for policy momentum in both domestic reform and foreign policy. China maybe one country that is pragmatically […]

By Dr George Venturini Recognition. Of what? (continued) People who rely on an unwritten tradition must be provided with a long memory. Indigenous people have […]

On February 3, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer addressed the National Press Club.  In a speech full of regurgitated spin followed […]

By Dr George Venturini Recognition. Of what? The latest pressing adventure seems to be the “Recognition of Indigenous People in the Constitution.” Hardly anybody has […]

Explaining modern money to friends is very challenging. I haven’t won many converts but I keep trying. I was in a café yesterday having a […]

By Dr George Venturini What do Australians believe? There may be no pretension in much simplicity, but there is a lot of lack of knowledge […]

Careful what you wish for. I wonder if anyone ever said this to Turnbull while he scurried around courting leadership votes from his Liberal and […]