By Talitha Dall “It appears no exaggeration to say that the combined effect of s 51(xxix) and s 109 is that the Commonwealth can annihilate State legislative power in virtually every respect”[1] EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Gibbs’ bold assertion […]
By Andrea Tokaji[1] As a long-term abolitionist and lobbyist with a background in therapy, law and human rights, I celebrate the transparent, open and fair system of democracy, particularly our right to a political voice, not only when we vote, […]
The following letter is written by Mr Kim George Borja Paim, a Brazilian blogger and political commentator. Mr Kim Paim is a supporter of Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro. In this letter he reports on the persecution he has endured as […]
By Andrea Tokaji[1] Slavery – How Far Have We Come in Abolishing it? Historically, Wilberforce’s Slavery Abolition Act was passed by the House of Commons on 26th July 1833 and its aim was to dismantle the large-scale plantation slavery that […]
Download as PDF Dr Joseph Turner (B Med Sc (Hons), MBBS, Ph D, FRACGP, FARGP, FACRRM and DRANZCOG (Advanced)* Debbie Garratt (BN, Grad Dip Counselling, B Ed, M Ed (La Trobe), PhD candidate (UNDA)** Dr Simon McCaffrey (MBBS (Hons Class […]
By Andrew S. Kulikovsky This paper was presented as part of a meeting of the Western Australian Jurist. The paper can be downloaded here, and the PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here. The other topic covered by this author, “Christianity […]
By Babette Francis Below is my submission on Multiculturalism which was rejected by the ‘Senate Select Committee on Protecting and Strengthening Multiculturalism’. The Committee rejected this Submission simply because it did not comply with the terms of reference which were […]
On the 13 February 2016 Justice Antonin Scalia peacefully passed away in his sleep. But the impending United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s confirmation battle for his successor will be anything but peaceful. After all, his successor will be […]
On December 23, 2015, the Sejm—the Polish lower House of Parliament—passed a Bill to amend the Polish Constitution that will control the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal. On the following day the Polish Senate passed the Amendment, and President Andrzej […]