Keywords: Political Finance
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 24 September 2012
35 Comments
The Federal Coalition has taken to making monsters of its own MPs in the hope that their larger than life profiles will translate into electoral success. But with the Cory Bernardi gay marriage bestiality debacle, Tony Abbott might have finally learned the lesson of Mary Shelley's morality tale Frankenstein.
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AUSTRALIA
- Dustin Halse
- 24 July 2012
28 Comments
New South Wales ALP General Secretary Sam Dastyari called the Greens 'extremists not unlike One Nation'. Paul Howes, the Australian Workers' Union National Secretary, denounced them as a 'fringe' party with 'extremist agendas'. But who better represents mainstream Australian values — the Greens or the ALP?
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AUSTRALIA
- David Cappo
- 06 February 2012
2 Comments
The Federal Government is using the word coordination a lot. But coordination of health, education and employment services could come to nothing if the coordinating bodies are not given power. And power is the very thing bureaucracy treasures and wants to keep to itself.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 January 2012
9 Comments
It is arguable that, because she was one of the architects of the free market financial system that lacked protection for ordinary citizens, Margaret Thatcher shares responsibility for the widespread public harm caused by the GFC and the eurozone crisis.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 December 2011
17 Comments
In Australia free speech is understood as freedom from legal constraint. In the Bolt case, it was defended for commercial reasons. A better understanding of the cost of free speech can be seen in Russian journalist Alexander Minkin's description of an attempt to kill him.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 02 December 2011
43 Comments
Any parliamentary debate on same-sex marriage will highlight the human experiences of MPs, who will reflect, often painfully, on questions of sexuality within their family and among friends. Should same-sex marriage ultimately win out, such stories will play a crucial role.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack de Groot
- 28 October 2011
6 Comments
If every economic decision has a moral consequence then the voice of the most marginalised should be amplified in economic discussions. CHOGM provides an opportunity to devise new solutions based on justice and compassion.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 August 2011
1 Comment
I am bemused that whenever I agitate questions of Aboriginal and refugee rights I am well received by liberals, who then question my clerical entitlement to speak when I buy into debates on issues like euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research. On same sex marriage, I am attacked from both sides.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Lawrence
- 17 February 2011
10 Comments
Despite extensive welfare activities, Catholics have made only a modest contribution to public debate about the economic foundations of family life. Yet the Australian institution that is most associated in the public mind with 'pro-family' policies is the Catholic Church.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 07 May 2010
1 Comment
'Poverty alleviation is a national goal that should be financed by the
national government,' argues the Henry
report. This sentence cuts through years
of evasion and obfuscation. Poverty is back on the agenda, and it's the Federal Government's responsibility.
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ENVIRONMENT
- James Dorsey
- 02 February 2010
Like much of the Gulf, Yemen faces a reduced water supply
compounded by climate change and poor management.
The crisis plays into the hands of the Al Qa'ida offshoot that claimed responsibility
for the failed Christmas Day bombing of a USA airliner.
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ECONOMICS
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 October 2009
Even if we understand the intelligiblity of an automobile, we can still drive badly. With the GFC, the argument is not that better theories will ensure everyone behaves properly, but that without a proper economic theory even
people of good will cannot work to achieve the good.
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