Month: November 2017
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Dual citizenship breaches known for decades
Canberra politicians have known about dual citizenship breaches for 30 years Federal Parliament and the main political parties, Labor, Liberal, National and Australian Democrats, have known about the disqualification facing MPs with dual nationality for 30 years. George V Turner, a barrister with pedantic knowledge of constitutional law, sounded the warning in individual letters to Prime…
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Euthanasia: NSW keeps it criminal
Euthanasia: Victoria’s MPs declare it lawful but NSW MPs keep it criminal Victoria is the most politically and culturally progressive State in Australia while NSW runs a poor third or fourth. Melbourne is a cultured city of booksellers, restaurants, galleries, parks, gardens, the MCG and coffee. Sydney is obsessed with wealth as social status, real estate prices,…
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The fast disappearing Prime Minister
Roll up, roll up and see the world’s fastest disappearing Prime Minister In Washington DC at the end of October, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told journalists: “I have never had more fun in my life.” Turnbull’s extraordinary remark bewildered his supporters as well as his opponents. I wonder whether he was still “having fun” this week…
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Journalists Sayle and Knightley honoured
Murray Sayle and Phillip Knightley – Legends of Journalism recognised Two Sydney-born journalists, Murray Sayle and Phillip Knightley, were posthumously inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame on Friday, 10 November 2017. The Melbourne Press Club, organisers of the black tie and cocktail dress event, officially recognised Sayle and Knightley as “Legends of NSW Journalism”. To…
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The legacy of Martin Luther
Remembering Martin Luther – rebel priest who led the Reformation It is 500 years since Martin Luther, a professor in moral philosophy and an ordained monk, nailed his Ninety-Five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, to the door of the Castle Church in the German town of Wittenberg. His dissertation, written in Latin, was…