When ignorance is a priority
The Coalition government has three major problems – one is effective communication, the second is setting appropriate priorities and the third and most important is […]
Articles by RosemaryJ36
Lies, damned lies, and children in onshore detention
When I came to Australia nearly 50 years ago, it was just starting to recover from the White Australia policy and was still proud of […]
Religious protection: Why?
How quickly do we forget? Few if any of the religious organisations in Australia came off as blameless, following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses […]
Climate Catastrophe
I am one of a growing number of people who accept the science that tells us that urgent action is needed if we are to […]
Lost in translation
Israel Folau’s earnest belief in the Bible, as the source of the way to follow his faith, has made a mountain out of a molehill. […]
Values, ethics, culture – and hypocrisy!
The Australian Constitution Act, Section 116 states: The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or […]
Capital and labour
This is a personal view of some of the issues involving the power of the unions and the protections that they offer and I am […]
Prepare for war
Once (when?) our government acknowledges the existence of the climate emergency which is currently affecting our planet, we shall all need to be living under […]
Is it not time for all to unite to combat the climate emergency?
The school children’s March 4 Climate managed to garner the headlines for a while but there are still too many adults who accuse the parents […]
Fear of change
It is no surprise that it is young people who are pushing for their elders to take effective action on the climate emergency. Not only […]
Climate emergency
Because people make a lot of money and end up as billionaires does not guarantee that they are honest, truth-telling individuals. Sadly! There are numerous […]
Action on hold
I am appalled – but not surprised – that the coalition has been re-elected. Australia is an incredibly immature country when it comes to politics. […]
Power without glory
I was amazed today to discover that Rupert Murdoch is only 5 years older than I am! Nothing to do with age and everything to […]
