Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…

Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…

Going to the dogs Too many politicians are saying to low income and informally educated Australians, ‘why don’t you just…

Going to the dogs Too many politicians are saying to low income and informally educated Australians, ‘why don’t you just…

Raise the age for compulsory voting I grind my teeth whenever I see bearded twenty-something men in their hipster gear…

Raise the age for compulsory voting I grind my teeth whenever I see bearded twenty-something men in their hipster gear…

Colin Dillon – Straight shooter   In times of shrill complaint, it is worth contemplating the life and career of…

Colin Dillon – Straight shooter   In times of shrill complaint, it is worth contemplating the life and career of…

Breivik: murderous fascist having a lend If a measure of civilisation is the absence of violence (see Steven Pinker’s The…

Breivik: murderous fascist having a lend If a measure of civilisation is the absence of violence (see Steven Pinker’s The…

Unrelenting school lobby   ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…

Unrelenting school lobby   ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…

Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…

Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…