Hanson wrong on Closing the Gap
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 …
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 …
Dr Roger Yazbek, Democrats health campaigner Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has caused uncertainty and panic around the world, with governments scrambling to minimise disease spread. We still know little about the virus, …
Did you know? The Australian Democrats were the first party in Australia to have a written policy requiring the decriminalisation of homosexual activity. Sounds odd now but former Democrats Senator …
The Coalition appears to have struck another costly water deal to save the Ramsar-listed Narran Lakes wetlands, this time for ~$2 million. See here for the Guardian story). Three years …
While the PM and his Resources Minister tout the benefits of using gas as a ‘transition fuel’, CSIRO research says fugitive methane from extraction puts gas on a par with …
Australia should be looking to develop and strengthen trade with the UK now that ‘Brexit’ is really happening. Our government should be encouraging businesses to establish or strengthen their links, realising …
Men murder, on average one woman a week. This man killed his own 3 children too. This atrocity was committed in a peaceful Brisbane suburb this week, when a woman …
The Democrats today signed on to the Safe Climate Declaration and joined the call for Australia’s climate emergency transition. The National Climate Energy Summit, held in Melbourne on 14-15 February, …
The Federal Court heard today that the Government considers it has no duty of care to those on welfare who were wrongly and illegally accused of owing, in some cases, …
Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP Once again, politicians are in the news, but not about the work of Parliament. Again, it’s about themselves. The Nth sequel in leadership assassinations was about the …
