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Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia
By DB Subedi, The University of Queensland Editor’s Note: This story’s central premise is particularly relevant in the Australian context because of the Australian governments moves to ban social media for Under 16s. Two paragraphs have been updated with the...
A Man and his Truck: The Australian Trial of Paul Offe
Michael Gray Griffith: Cafe Locked Out In the trial of Paul Offe, the prosecutor, towards the end, left a free frame of the rear of Paul’s truck on all the screens of the court. On the top of Paul’s truck you could make out the two bookend Australian flags, and on the...
Failure: Family Law Reform Australia. Extract
50th Anniversary of the Family Law Act. Warnings that there were serious problems with the court came early. In 1985, only a decade after the court’s establishment, Australia’s proud old weekly The Bulletin ran a story on its front cover: “The Devastation Of Divorce:...
Americans Have No Idea Who Their Government Is Bombing, And Other Notes
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ An article by Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp has highlighted the widely-ignored fact that according to AFRICOM the US waged a three-day bombing campaign in Somalia from October 26 — October 28, bringing the total number of
AUSTRALIA MUST HOLD A REFERENDUM TO ADD A PREAMBLE TO OUR CONSTITUTION.
I have drafted a Preamble I believe our Founding Fathers should have adopted as the opening statement of the Australian Constitution in 1901. We should vote on it (or a better version) at a Referendum to be held on the same day as Federal Election 2028 so that future...
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN?
Alfred Deakin was Prime Minister of Australia three times. He was also a powerful founding father of our nation, having a huge influence in drafting our Constitution. It is important to note that he made a significant effort to include a Preamble to the Constitution...
SEARCHING FOR THE GROUND OF OUR BEING
Each and very one of us has an inner personal power and our way of using it determines the quality of our lives. Some of us decide also to add a power to our lives that is beyond our own until we take steps to welcome it. In my case, during the 93 years since …...
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