By Bert Hetebry The Catholic Archbishop of Tasmania has sent a letter to students of Catholic Schools throughout Tasmania denouncing, no, that word is way too soft, decrying, vilifying, castigating, basically saying he condemns the just about every advance in human rights attained in Australia over the last 30 or so years. Quoting from the…
It truly is pushing the envelope of lunacy to assume that this latest revelation was revelatory. US weapons, the wonks in Washington find, are being used by the Israeli Defense Forces to kill their opponents, many of them Palestinians, and most of them civilians. These are detailed in a report ordered by the White House…
Ok, to be clear here, Jane Hume is one of the most articulate Liberals and possibly one of the most intelligent… This, of course, is one of the reasons that one cannot seriously entertain voting for the Liberal Party any time in the foreseeable future… It’s a great phrase, isn’t it? “The foreseeable future”… I…
By Denis Bright The rediscovery of Transport Oriented Development (TOD) as a planning outreach in NSW is one of the most positive developments in Australian politics. The property market cannot be severed from the unaffordable grip of neoliberal values. However, some short-term tinkering from TOD commitments might improve affordability levels. This article offers some background…
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) Media Release The most significant outcome of the draft International Education and Skills Strategic Framework released by the Australian Government will be job losses across the international education sector. That’s the assessment of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent skills training, higher education,…
By James Moore “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” – Charles Bukowski. We can never take an accurate measure of what friendships mean to our lives, and even trying can seem futile. Maybe it is not a task designed for humans. How close relationships influence us as individuals and…
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“I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it isn’t quite clear to me.” (X, “The Jew and the Club,” The Atlantic, October 1924.) It must surely make certain ethnic and religious groups reflect, notably those languishing in minority status…
Royal Australian College of GPs Media Release The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has warned the Federal Government that it has the wrong priorities when it comes to addressing Australia’s healthcare needs. It comes following the Government announcing an additional 29 urgent care clinics as part of an $8.5 billion federal government investment in…
Now when I say that it’s very difficult to write about certain topics because I’m a white male, it makes it sound like I don’t know how privileged I am… which, of course, is the point. I end up sounding like I’m mansplaining and that’s upsets just about everyone. Lots of men get upset because…
Despite being described in some circles as such, the latest vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine’s status is hardly extraordinary. For one, it does not vest the Palestinian territories with statehood but burnishes its credentials to join the club. It pushes those scrappy, desperate entities so despoiled and abused into deeper involvement…