By Brian Morris Let’s be forensically clear about this – ABC radio and television programming has a deep philosophical problem that needs to be fairly and openly discussed. ABC PR and publicity is fiercely and pretentiously strident on “diversity and inclusion”; and one assumes that should include an overt secular and A-theist perspective – to…
I was a few years old when my family moved to Kangaroo Island as soldiers settlers, first to the Parndana “Camp” for two years before moving to our farm. By memory up to 100 families lived in the camp, and by the mid 1960s most of the farmers on the island were returned WW2 servicemen.…
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He was always a step ahead, his mind geared not only for the next move, but the next sequence. He also smelt it, anticipated the audience reaction, shaped the prejudice in context for consumption. He created an antipodean version of dada art. He confused, baffled and enraged audiences with his polymathic, panoramic reach. The genius…
Pitch Media Release Former President of Kirabati, Anote Tong, stands with Torres Strait communities to demand greater action from Australian Government. Former President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, has been visiting communities in the Torres Strait between 17-24 April to stand alongside Uncle Paul Kabai on Saibai Island and Uncle Pabai Pabai on Boigu island as…
The abolition of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is a crucial part of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus KC’s integrity platform. In the last decade of Coalition governments it had become overwhelmed by partisan appointments, creating a bedlam of incompetence and politically-motivated decisions. Many of these Coalition appointments were unqualified, with no legal training or experience:…
By Denis Bright The electorate rightly expects the Labor Party to shake up the ideological corridors of power after almost a decade of government by the federal LNP since Tony Abbott’s initial victory on 7 September 2013 with that landslide net gain of eighteen seats. Labor insiders know that Labor has been able to secure…
By David Ayliffe The fact that there are still places in the world today where people can be imprisoned, sometimes for life, or be executed for how they look or how they behave in private should be an international crime. Yet it is promoted by hate preachers of various religions and creates a culture of…
Yes, yes, I know, all right! I was channelling Donald Trump who, this week, referred to Biden as a “week president” even though he’s been there for years now. Unfortunately, it turns out that another past where one-time Trump lawyer was called a “cereal liar” was not one of Humpty Trumpet’s at all. It was,…
Yes, yes, I know, all right! I was channelling Donald Trump who, this week, referred to Biden as a “week president” even though he’s been there for years now, which is much longer than a week. Unfortunately, it turns out that another post where one-time Trump lawyer was called a “cereal liar” was not one…
Science & Technology Australia Media Release The Australian Research Council Review released today is a “comprehensive, thoughtful blueprint for modernisation” of the key grants funding agency, the peak body for science and technology has said. Its recommendations include putting in place tighter guardrails to prevent future political interference in awarding grants, safeguarding discovery research funding,…