‘one’ a small step for the PM
Well done and thanks to Premier Berejiklian and the Prime Minister for swapping ‘young’ for ‘one’ in the National Anthem. It’s closer to the truth, it’s symbolically important and it’s …
Well done and thanks to Premier Berejiklian and the Prime Minister for swapping ‘young’ for ‘one’ in the National Anthem. It’s closer to the truth, it’s symbolically important and it’s …
By his rude interruption of Social Services Minister, Anne Ruston, at a press conference last week, the Prime Minister epitomised the ongoing male domination that women face in having a …
It rankles to be singing that Australia is young and free. It smacks of terra nullius; denying the ancient, continuing culture of indigenous peoples. It also denies our role in the …
Last week the Queensland opposition leader Deb Frecklington announced plans for a trial of curfews in Cairns and Townsville. Children under 14 would be subject to a curfew of 8pm, …
We applaud the ACT Government for this week being the first jurisdiction to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. This brings the ACT in line with …
Sometimes slogans can be misunderstood, as is the case with #DefundthePolice. But there is a good principle behind this slogan. Elisa Resce, Democrats campaigner The Defund the Police movement originates …
The National Bushfire and Climate Summit held online last night (9 June) was a wakeup call, exposing the depth and persistence of Government resistance to action on global warming despite …
Australians are rightly horrified for, and supportive of, those protesting over policy brutality in the US. But we have a long and shameful history of violence and genocide against the …
Pauline Hanson recently responded to the latest annual Closing the Gap Report. At the outset, I am not going to call her a racist – that’s a word too often used to …