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Children have a right to care
Sometimes it seems the older I get the more passionate I become about certain issues. That contradicts my general tendency to take things as they come. Not much surprises me any more. However, at the age of 41 I’m passionate … Continue reading
What’s in a name?
That’s the logo of the Federal Government’s Area Consultative Committees (ACC). Not very impressive, is it? And you couldn’t blame anyone for wanting to change it. However, at what cost should it be changed? Regional Development Minister Anthony Albanese announced … Continue reading
National Party review
John Anderson was a strange choice to review the structure and operations of the National Party following its disastrous Federal Election performance, considering he was an architect of the party’s demise. The Nationals were indistinguishable from the Liberals under his … Continue reading
Topics: Australia, opinion, politics, soapbox
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Apologies
I have never subscribed to the view that nations or peoples should apologise for things that happened in the distant past. In Australia’s case, white settlement and the so-called “stolen generation” are not reasons in my view to formally apologise … Continue reading
Topics: soapbox
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Nothing wrong with defence ads
In another example of crazy political correctness, the Defence Department has been forced to scrap a clever recruitment campaign because of some feminist complaints. The cartoon-style ads feature a buxom “Diggeress” in various occupational poses including a Dental Corps nurse … Continue reading
Topics: Australia, media, soapbox
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Revive decentralisation
Up until the late 1970s the Labor Party and the Country Party were advocates of decentralisation. There was a commonly held belief that Australia’s population should not be too concentrated in the capital cities. In 1966 Gough Whitlam delivered a … Continue reading
Topics: Australia, Kalgoorlie, politics, soapbox, Western-Australia
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Slavery abolished
Slavery was abolished on June 1, 1862 in all United States possessions, according to Brainy History. That’s exactly 145 years ago. This was during the Civil War, so it was a symbolic but hollow gesture if the date is correct. … Continue reading
Topics: History, soapbox
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