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Topic tags: Fiona Katauskas, Parliament, Apology, Sexual Harassment, Scott Morrison, AusPol
If there's one thing that the recent election campaign and its outcome demonstrated, it's the depth of the divisions that exist in our Australian community.
Our politics is focused on point-scoring, personalities, and name-calling across party lines. The media, for the most part, don't help, driven by the 24-hour news cycle and the pursuit of advertising dollars into a frenzy of click-bait and shallow sensationalism.
What does it mean to be an Australian in times like these? What are the values that unite us?
Eureka Street offers an alternative. It's less a magazine than a wide ranging conversation about the issues that matter in our country and our world; a conversation marked by respect for the dignity of ALL human beings.
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Words escape me. I expect though that perseverance will overcome harsh conditions.
The apology to Ms Higgins was a poorly managed public relations exercise which failed badly. The young man involved in the alleged rape is yet to be tried at law and it is outrageous that Morrison and various other apologists have already judged him guilty. Wonder what will happen if the court judges him as innocent of the charge. Sadly, the public commentary seems to have already condemned him and it will be interesting to see if he in fact gets a fair trial.