Tag Archives: soapbox

Children have a right to care

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Michael

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 →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Michael

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 →

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National Party review

Posted on January 19, 2008 by

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 →

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Apologies

Posted on August 18, 2007 by

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 →

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Nothing wrong with defence ads

Posted on July 29, 2007 by

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 | 3 Comments

Revive decentralisation

Posted on July 15, 2007 by

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 →

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Slavery abolished

Posted on June 1, 2007 by

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 | 4 Comments