Social Justice
Games Politicians Play (no wonder we are cynical)
[1] Why politicians love to play the wedge-and-block-game September 2, 2015 Ross Gittins Illustration: Kerrie Leishman. It came to me while I was lying awake the other night: the business, union and community worthies at last week’s National Reform Summit thought the way to make progress was to hammer out a compromise proposal most people […]
Why the US is No. 1 in mass shootings
Why the US is No. 1 in mass shootings: study August 28, 2015 Melissa Healy An attendee looks over rifles in the ArmaLite booth at the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meetings in Nashville in April. Photo: Daniel Acker Make America great again –
Review: Dave Andrews, The Jihad of Jesus (2015)
[First go here for some representative quotes about Christianity vs Islam.
Refugee Crisis: worst since World War 2
Refugee crisis: Millions of people fleeing war and poverty August 25, 2015 How many more lives must be lost before nations everywhere, including Australia, recognise their universal duty to assist in what has become the greatest crisis of refugees and mass migration since World War II? Many hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into […]
Palestine/Israel: Getting the facts Right
Getting the facts right on Palestine Israel
ISLAM vs CHRISTIANITY: Truth and (or?) love?
Two issues are probably well ahead of all others in terms of public policy debates around the world: Islamic Terrorism and Marriage Equality for LGBTI
(AUSTRALIAN) PARLIAMENTARY RENEWAL
As Tony Smith takes the chair from Bronwyn Bishop, it’s time to end the bias in our Parliament August 11, 2015 In farewelling Bronwyn Bishop from the Speaker’s chair yesterday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott called her a “warrior” for the causes in which she believed. He said she had served the Parliament, the nation and […]
The Nuclear Threat is still very real
Back from the brink but nuclear threat remains August 12, 2015 Jonathan Holmes It is well worth remembering that thousands of nuclear weapons still exist. Children perform a die-in in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima last week on the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. I’ve […]
Politics: Our democracy is broken. Here’s how to fix it
July 13, 2015 John Brumby Parliament is best placed to mend our
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