Towards an Australian republic (part 5)
By Dr George Venturini What are the problems? First in line seems to be the perennial problem of Australian identity. In such ethnically different society […]
Politics
The Coalition are unbackable because of their policies, not their odds
The government’s new mantra, “Jobs and Growth”, is an admirable goal but they show no sign of a plan for anything more than short term […]
Tehan’s tax take
Experienced flag waver Dan Tehan has been sent out again to float the idea of what he calls cuts to income tax which are apparently […]
Towards an Australian republic (part 4)
By Dr George Venturini There are undoubtedly difficulties First of all some figures, graphically to illustrate the boundaries of those difficulties. At the time of […]
Let your heart bleed: compassion is not weakness
Yesterday in Australia the High Court upheld the legality of off-shore detention of refugees, a decision that should come as a surprise to no one […]
Towards an Australian republic (part 3)
By Dr George Venturini What have we got? The Australian Constitution is really no more than a slightly glorified trade agreement, written in the most […]
A Bunch of Complete Crap (ABCC)
In 1984, after several ad-hoc royal commissions into crime and corruption (at least nine in 14 years), the National Crime Authority (NCA) was established to […]
Towards an Australian republic (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini Race, trade and loyalty to ‘home’ It was Thomas Alexander Browne, a London-born Australian author, who sometimes published under the pseudonym […]
The lucky country or a nation of gullible gits?
Why did Labor lose the last election? For those not au fait with Australian politics, Labor’s loss at the 2013 election seemed unfathomable. They had […]
The Peoples Empire, Australian Pure Democracy
Part two of a series by Philip Ayton on ‘The Revolution of Evolution in Australian Politics‘. We live in a world where the majority of […]
Towards an Australian republic
By Dr George Venturini “Does Australia have the desire to move into the twenty-first century, or will it continue its retreat into a past as […]
Disunity is death and the Liberals have it in Buckets
From memory John Howard was the first to say, “Disunity is death” when referring to political parties, although just about everyone in politics says it […]
New poll on religion and the Australian Constitution
By Brian Morris Changes to the Australian constitution are infrequent. One amendment that many would like to see concerns the head of state, and Australia […]
We don’t need no stinkin’ white paper
Scott Morrison’s decision to not continue with the green and white papers on taxation reform should come as no surprise to anyone. Despite Scott’s assurances that […]
Cupidity or stupidity?
In 1991, the government developed the Intra Government Communications Network (ICON) as a temporary fix for the Department of Foreign Affairs linking two of its […]