Keywords: Governor-General
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 07 September 2009
2 Comments
Last week's sex scandal provides lessons for leaders on both sides of politics. Those energised by quality 'open-source' conversation will speak to
the electorate more effectively than those who derive their
inspiration from behind the closed doors of either the faction meeting
room or the bedroom.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 17 August 2009
1 Comment
The death of a WA Aboriginal elder in a prison van last year was one of the worst human rights tragedies in Australian living memory. A recent speech by Governor-General Quentin Bryce evoked a more optimistic outlook for Indigenous justice.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael McKernan
- 30 March 2009
3 Comments
With typical irreverence we have taken some glee in the
conflict between politicians and the military. Indeed in
our history there has been tension, not to say a distrust,
between the military and politicians in Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 13 March 2009
9 Comments
Governors-General are appointed under a system that
freezes out the Parliament, the Opposition and the people. The controversy over Quentin Bryce's trip to Africa has again revealed the office's vulnerability to partisan politics.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 February 2009
In East Timor, I was able to see close up the work of
Caritas in war torn conditions. There could be no reconciliation without
justice. Caritas worked tirelessly to proclaim the message.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 30 January 2009
7 Comments
Obama's inauguration included official ceremonies, public speeches, street parties and ten presidential balls. Such pomp and ceremony is underrated. If he had been sworn in, Australian-style, it would have been a much duller affair.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank O'Shea
- 08 December 2008
16 Comments
Most Irish would be content with the suggestion that the push for an Australian Republic was
an Irish plot. When Ireland declared itself a republic 60 years ago, it did
so without the awkwardness of a referendum or political grandstanding.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 06 June 2008
12 Comments
The Governor-General, Major-General Michael Jeffery, is mounting a defence of the place of the British monarchy in the Australian Constitution. On several occasions recently Jeffery has proclaimed a very conservative view of Australian constitutional arrangements.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 15 February 2008
9 Comments
Kevin Rudd should move quickly to open up the appointment process by involving the public and the parliament, just as he is doing in the Australia 2020 exercise. There is a lot of talent to choose from, and it will enhance our democracy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes
- 18 May 2007
Juliette Hughes tells it like it is (or, how it should be).
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AUSTRALIA
- Troy Bramston
- 09 July 2006
The annual release of the once secret cabinet papers on New Year’s Day is now a political ritual. After 30 years, the public is able to look at cabinet’s deliberations on weighty matters, which have been kept under lock and key for a generation.
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