Keywords: New South Wales Parliament
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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
- Tony Smith
- 30 September 2008
2 Comments
Not all Malcolm Turnbull's Coalition colleages wish him success. Influential Liberals from Melbourne will have their doubts following Turnbull's failure to realise that the Roosters rugby league team do not play AFL.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 15 September 2008
6 Comments
Independents were once seen as utterly unsuited to parliaments dominated by big parties. The apparent weakness of Independents in being outside the mainstream is their strength: they represent an alternative way of thinking about politics.
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AUSTRALIA
Brazil produces plenty of food and has large exports thanks to its plentiful GM crops. Yet 40 per cent of its people go to bed hungry. GM is about making money, not feeding the hungry.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
1 Comment
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Brennan
- 12 September 2007
8 Comments
I agree with the New South Wales bishops that persons with respect for human life should vote against stem cell legislation. However, I will continue to respect the conscience of those politicians who say that they have to legislate for all citizens including those who do not share their religious and philosophical presuppositions.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- James Griffin
- 06 July 2006
James Griffin reviews the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.16, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 04 July 2006
Moira Rayner traces the sorry history of Australia’s anti-corruption bodies
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Terry Lane on The Andren Report.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Stephen Holt
- 24 June 2006
Stephen Holt meets Marilyn Dodkin’s Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
It is interesting and somewhat disturbing to discover how readily popular novelists regard politics as an appropriate background for crime stories. Tony Smith previews two novels that get much mileage from the intrigue of the political sphere.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Tony Smith reviews Ian Rankin’s Fleshmarket Close; Garry Disher’s Kittyhawk Down and Alexander McCall Smith’s The Sunday Philosophy Club.
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