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For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its ISRAELI DECEIT AND US COMPLICITY IN ATTACKS ON Israeli deceit and US complicity in attacks on Palestinians. By John Menadue. May 25, 2021. Credit - Unsplash. ‘We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier.’..Hanan Ashrawi. ‘America is behind this war and I am ashamed to be an American’Anthony Hopkins. MAX SUICH, CHINA AND THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF OUR As Suich points out, the message to China, whether intentional or not, was that “the US alliance would be explicitly valued at a price we would have to accept – trade retribution and hostility from China.”. The cost so far in economic terms is $20 billion and counting. While this unnecessary and pointless self-inflicted economicdamage is
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHINGAUTHOR: DUNCANGRAHAM
Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Mice and men: the mouse plague and aggressive land clearing. Over the years, Australian authorities have made many poor decisions about allowing the introduction of biocidal agents into the environment. In most cases, such decisions have been based on the demands of powerful minorities with no responsibility to the general community. THE FRENCH SUBMARINE BOONDOGGLE IS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGESTAUTHOR: JOHNMENADUE
For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its ISRAELI DECEIT AND US COMPLICITY IN ATTACKS ON Israeli deceit and US complicity in attacks on Palestinians. By John Menadue. May 25, 2021. Credit - Unsplash. ‘We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier.’..Hanan Ashrawi. ‘America is behind this war and I am ashamed to be an American’Anthony Hopkins. MAX SUICH, CHINA AND THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF OUR As Suich points out, the message to China, whether intentional or not, was that “the US alliance would be explicitly valued at a price we would have to accept – trade retribution and hostility from China.”. The cost so far in economic terms is $20 billion and counting. While this unnecessary and pointless self-inflicted economicdamage is
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHINGAUTHOR: DUNCANGRAHAM
Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
AGEISM AND THE SECRET TO LIVING A LONG LIFE. 1 day ago · The Archibald is 100 and Peter Wegner has won the 2021 prize for his portrait of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren who commented, “One hundred years is a hell of a lot of experience. I’ve survived the Great Depression, a war, I’ve survived serious medical difficulties and I’ve survived COVID – touch wood. The secret to Continue reading » AGEISM IN THE TIME OF COVID Ageism in the time of Covid. By Ian Webster. May 24, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic must cause us to re-appraise the value we attach to the lives of others, especially vulnerable people and those who are old. Time speeds up with ageing. A cohort of experience, contacts andpast and
SHARE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON COVID-19 VACCINES Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic. The governments of South Africa, India, Continue reading » DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
THE TAMIL FAMILY: CRUELTY BEGGARS BELIEF 1 day ago · The continued detention of the Tamil Biloela family, let alone the threat to deport them, confirms the government’s fascination with cruelty as policy. To demonstrate their bravery in defending Australia’s borders, Ministers think that to protect comfortable and fortunate Australians, they must ENCOURAGING COVID COMPLACENCY IS A DANGEROUS POLITICAL Martin Painter is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, City University of Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the ANU and lectured at the University of Sydney Department of Government before moving to CLIMATE TIPPING POINT LOOMS 1 day ago · It is ironic that the most successful film – in box office terms – about climate change and dramatic changes to the earth was made by Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox. It was called The Day after Tomorrow; took about half a billion dollars at the box office; and featured events loosely based WHY THE WESTERN NARRATIVE OF CHINA’S ‘DEBT TRAP DIPLOMACY 1 day ago · To work well, the lie must be introduced early, repeated often and insulated from contradiction by a narrative of “fake news” and accusations of “witch hunts”. I was reminded of the law by the latest claims of the “debt trap diplomacy” China has allegedly employed across the developing world, supposedly with the express aim of Continue reading » INDIA’S SUSPECT ‘QUAD’ CREDENTIALS According to World Bank figures, India’s annual GDP growth tumbled from 8.3% in 2016 to 4.2% in 2019. It contracted by 7.3% in 2020–2021 and the 2021 GDP forecast has been downgraded by around 17% — the worst among the G20 countries. India got the worst of both worlds: a smashed economy and a massive COVID-19 toll that peaked inMay with
WE'VE GOT YOU ON FILE: AUSTRALIA'S MCCARTHYIST MOMENT Some people think that McCarthyism – casting doubt, without evidence, on the loyalties of people in public life – was dead and buried with the Cold War. We might wish it were so, but the label fits the way Australia’s most important research-funding institution has been brow-beaten into putting supposed national-security concerns ahead of academic Continue reading » PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Pope Francis’ reforms the Church’s disciplinary system in response to royal commission. One of the main reasons for the Catholic Church shifting around abusive priests was because its disciplinary systemwas dysfunctional.
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? The history of Palestinian nationalism is strewn with false dawns and bitter disappointments. On the surface the recent evictions – more accurately ethnic cleansing – of civilians in Sheikh Jarrah, IDF attacks on worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque and yet another bombing campaign against Gaza follow a familiar and depressing pattern. The colonisation of Palestinian Continue reading » GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation but even Continuereading »
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenous history. Education Minister Alan Tudge has jumped on theContinue reading »
BRUCE NICHOLLS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Bruce Nicholls. Bruce served as a Senior Trade Commissioner, with postings in India, Germany, Switzerland, China and Hong Kong. On his return to Australia, he served as Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, President of the Australia-China China Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chair of the Mitchell Business Network, Dep Chair of Norcen Financial Services, on the boards of the EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OVERTREATMENT IN DENTISTRY: A PROFESSIONAL CONTROVERSY Overtreatment is clearly an ethical issue in dentistry; we need leadership within the profession that is not afraid to confront the challenges which face both practitioners and the public. In the early years of my career, before I came to Australia, I had a challenging experience working within a dental practice as a self-employed dentistContinue reading »
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigate the realpolitik of the Catholic Church. No mean task for a group set up without any institutional clout or effective prominence. Try writing a report with Continue reading » PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Pope Francis’ reforms the Church’s disciplinary system in response to royal commission. One of the main reasons for the Catholic Church shifting around abusive priests was because its disciplinary systemwas dysfunctional.
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? The history of Palestinian nationalism is strewn with false dawns and bitter disappointments. On the surface the recent evictions – more accurately ethnic cleansing – of civilians in Sheikh Jarrah, IDF attacks on worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque and yet another bombing campaign against Gaza follow a familiar and depressing pattern. The colonisation of Palestinian Continue reading » GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation but even Continuereading »
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenous history. Education Minister Alan Tudge has jumped on theContinue reading »
BRUCE NICHOLLS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Bruce Nicholls. Bruce served as a Senior Trade Commissioner, with postings in India, Germany, Switzerland, China and Hong Kong. On his return to Australia, he served as Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, President of the Australia-China China Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chair of the Mitchell Business Network, Dep Chair of Norcen Financial Services, on the boards of the EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OVERTREATMENT IN DENTISTRY: A PROFESSIONAL CONTROVERSY Overtreatment is clearly an ethical issue in dentistry; we need leadership within the profession that is not afraid to confront the challenges which face both practitioners and the public. In the early years of my career, before I came to Australia, I had a challenging experience working within a dental practice as a self-employed dentistContinue reading »
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigate the realpolitik of the Catholic Church. No mean task for a group set up without any institutional clout or effective prominence. Try writing a report with Continue reading » AGEISM AND THE SECRET TO LIVING A LONG LIFE. 10 hours ago · The Archibald is 100 and Peter Wegner has won the 2021 prize for his portrait of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren who commented, “One hundred years is a hell of a lot of experience. I’ve survived the Great Depression, a war, I’ve survived serious medical difficulties and I’ve survived COVID – touch wood. The secret to Continue reading » AFTER THE G7, THE G20 AND COP 26 IN GLASGOW, WHAT MIGHT BE 1 day ago · We’ve had President Biden’s ‘zoom’ climate Summit. The G7 meeting in Cornwall this week is looking to ramp up ambition on climate response. And the most significant UN meeting on climate change since Paris is taking place in Glasgow in November. Expectations are high. But with intense geo-political tensions and covid response concentrating attention, what Continue reading »JOBS VERSUS CLIMATE
1 day ago · A debate between having a job and acting on climate change is painful for everyone involved and will not end well. Yet the absence of a clear narrative from our political leaders to clarify the issue is leaving many Australian communities in exactly that position. Australians – and Australian political leaders – broadly understand and Continue reading » THE VALUE PACK RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA 10 hours ago · Relations with China are increasingly discussed in terms of values. “Liberal values” featured in the Prime Minister’s speech in Perth this week. I propose the need to define the term and to rectify the name, as Confucius said, and to consider how and where it is applied. Then, and only then COMPETITION ISN’T IMPROVING THE AGED CARE SECTOR 1 day ago · A new study finds more competition isn’t associated with better quality of care or lower prices in aged care, prompting policy reform to address sources of market failures. In Australia, competition and consumer choice have been key components in aged care reforms since the 2011 Productivity Commission Report. On 26 June 2013, the Australian government Continue reading » THE TAMIL FAMILY: CRUELTY BEGGARS BELIEF 10 hours ago · The continued detention of the Tamil Biloela family, let alone the threat to deport them, confirms the government’s fascination with cruelty as policy. To demonstrate their bravery in defending Australia’s borders, Ministers think that to protect comfortable and fortunate Australians, they must CLIMATE TIPPING POINT LOOMS 10 hours ago · It is ironic that the most successful film – in box office terms – about climate change and dramatic changes to the earth was made by Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox. It was called The Day after Tomorrow; took about half a billion dollars at the box office; and featured events loosely based LIBERAL PARTY ACCUSATIONS ON PREMIER ANDREWS' SPINAL 1 day ago · The Victorian Liberal Opposition has been clutching at straws for some time – witness their landslide loss at the last election – but now they are now sinking into desperate measures with this latest attack on Premier Daniel Andrews. Premier Daniel Andrews has been off work after damaging his EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHY THE WESTERN NARRATIVE OF CHINA’S ‘DEBT TRAP DIPLOMACY 11 hours ago · To work well, the lie must be introduced early, repeated often and insulated from contradiction by a narrative of “fake news” and accusations of “witch hunts”. I was reminded of the law by the latest claims of the “debt trap diplomacy” China has allegedly employed across the developing world, supposedly with the express aim of Continue reading » PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments toRELIGION AND FAITH
The religious recession. A Gallup poll released on Monday, March 29 , 2021, indicates that the proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church or synagogue has now dropped below 50%. The results highlight a dramatic shift away from religious affiliationin
GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC PEARLS And IRRITATIONS. Religion and Faith. The Light From the Southern Cross. A Report on Catholic Church Governance. By Francis Sullivan. Jun 11, 2020. The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigatethe realpolitik of
WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments toRELIGION AND FAITH
The religious recession. A Gallup poll released on Monday, March 29 , 2021, indicates that the proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church or synagogue has now dropped below 50%. The results highlight a dramatic shift away from religious affiliationin
GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC PEARLS And IRRITATIONS. Religion and Faith. The Light From the Southern Cross. A Report on Catholic Church Governance. By Francis Sullivan. Jun 11, 2020. The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigatethe realpolitik of
WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE HITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN New data released on Monday showed atmospheric carbon dioxide reached a monthly average level of 419 parts per million in May, which is not only the maximum reading ever recorded since accurate measurements began 63 years ago but also the highest level the planet has experienced in more than four million years. THE STENCH OF COVID COVERUPS. Most of us who read Pearls and Irritations are not virologists, mainstream media journalists, Americans, or Chinese. As the nasty details about the pandemic emerge, that’s just as well, if we want the truth. For reliable information about who’s responsible for COVID-19 we have to look elsewhere – not to politicians, Murdoch or Fairfax/Channel 9, ABC, Continue reading » AUSTRALIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE UNDER THREAT AGAIN AND The changing of a word in the national anthem from ‘young’ to ‘one’ indicates that Australia did not begin in 1788. So aspects of society going back beyond that date are clearly Australian culture. Around Bathurst today, real Australian culture has been threatened by inappropriate and unnecessary developments. All Australians should object. Huge gaps exist Continue reading » AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY IS FADING FAST Australian democracy is fading fast, with little care on the part of the Coalition and mainstream media or realisation on the part of Labor. It was John Howard who locked refugees in concentration camps in the desert. It was John Howard who curled his lip and sneered we, meaning himself, will decide GOVERNMENT RORTING IS NOW THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF DOING Australia has moved to a deeply corrupted system of doling out consultancy contracts to mates by pure discretion, in circumstances which in the classic Morrison style are compulsively secretive, and vague in sums and contract terms. Typically, government claims complete exemption from producing reports on the grounds that they were prepared for Cabinet or are Continue reading » WE'VE GOT YOU ON FILE: AUSTRALIA'S MCCARTHYIST MOMENT Some people think that McCarthyism – casting doubt, without evidence, on the loyalties of people in public life – was dead and buried with the Cold War. We might wish it were so, but the label fits the way Australia’s most important research-funding institution has been brow-beaten into putting supposed national-security concerns ahead of academic Continue reading » EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called LETTER REGARDING AFGHAN STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED FROM THE The undersigned are a group of Australians who have worked in the Indo Pacific in government, business and the media from the sixties until the present day. We would ask you and your ministerial colleagues to arrange residence visas for those Afghan staff who have worked for theAustralian
THE ABC DOES NOT HAVE AN "EDITOR-IN-CHIEF" Both Morris and Lyons have strong backgrounds in journalism. The “buck” stops with them. The notion off the managing director being “editor-in chief” was invented by former managing director David Hill in the middle of a controversy within the ABC where I was head of TV News and Current Affairs in the ABC in the early 1990s and he and I were at odds about coverage of the Iraq War. A DOSSIER OF LIES AND FALSEHOODS FROM CRIKEY A dossier of lies and falsehoods from Crikey. By Crikey. May 27, 2021. Here are 27 examples of how Prime Minister Scott Morrison manipulates the truth. 1. Morrison: “As a government, we believe in the two-state solution. It seems now in politics here in Australia that is no longer a bipartisan view, and I think that’s disappointing.” 1. PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapers PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapers THE STENCH OF COVID COVERUPS. 17 hours ago · Most of us who read Pearls & Irritations are not virologists, mainstream media journalists, Americans, or Chinese. As the nasty details about the pandemic emerge, that’s just as well, if we want the truth. For reliable information about who’s responsible for COVID-19 we have to look elsewhere – not to politicians, Murdoch or Fairfax/Channel 9, Continue reading » WHAT HAS THE US DONE THAT CHINA HASN'T? 17 hours ago · Assassinate people who might be terrorists anywhere on earth as well as bomb wedding parties. Operate 800 military bases around the world. Defends all of this in terms of its suspect democracy and manifest destiny. John Menadue is the publisher ofPearls &
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PETER SAINSBURY. SUNDAY ENVIRONMENTAL ROUND UP, 28 JULY 2019 Posted on 28 July 2019 _Hunger is on the increase again and the world will need yet more food over the next three decades. How can we properly feed 10 billion people and save the planet? Do the solutions lie in technology, behaviour change or socio-economic change? While the Australian government continues to ignore climate change, state, territory and local governments, of both political persuasions, are getting on with the job in multiple ways. As is Kenya, but not without some policy contradictions. Feral cats kill millions of Australian native animals every day. Endangered species are being released into feral predator-free compounds._ Continue reading → Posted in Environment and climate, Politics
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SATURDAY’S GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKEND Posted on 27 July 2019 _A regular collection of links to writings and broadcasts in other media_ Continue reading → Posted in Economy | Leavea comment
THE HON BOB CARR. TRIBUTE TO GRAHAM FREUDENBERG. Posted on 27 July 2019 _The speech arrived on the Premier’s desk already clipped into the black leather folder. Did my staff realise that coming from the pen of the master and being a speech of welcome to a US President I would be disinclined to change a word? If so, their instincts were right. Two weeks after Bill Clinton in 1996 had been re-elected as President he and Hillary were in Sydney and without effort or fanfare- or even a word with me- Graham Freudenberg served up eight paragraphs that met the occasion of an official welcome speech with grace and historical resonance. _ Continue reading → Posted in Media , Politics| Leave a comment
JOHN MENADUE. VALE GRAHAM FREUDENBERG Posted on 26 July 2019 _A dear friend and colleague, Graham Freudenberg, died this morning at the Redcliffe Hospital. He was admired and will be mourned by many people who knew him personally and a great number of people who knew him in public recognition of his work._ _Throughout his long illness, he remained courageous and concerned for people around him, and particularly for the Labor Party that he loved. As he physically declined, the strength of his inner life became even more apparent. He was delighted that, in his last week of life he could see again ‘The Scribe’ on ABC TV._ _His close friends and family, and Australians generally, have been privileged to know Graham Freudenberg.__John Menadue_
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CAROL SUMMERHAYES. VALE GRAHAM FREUDENBERG. Posted on 26 July 2019 _Graham revealed in his memoir that he wrote his first speech in Brisbane in May 1945, aged 10, at the time of VE Day, and delivered it to his mother. In 1946 he scored a job with ABC Radio reading scripts of school broadcasts – “I learned a lot about the use of English written to be spoken”. He didn’t know then that this experience would be life-forming: his speeches over the years stand out as words meant to be heard as well as to be read, a different sort of writingaltogether. _
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SUSAN RYAN. VALE GRAHAM FREUDENBERG. Posted on 26 July 2019 _Anyone who has heard of Graham Freudenberg, and most aware Australians have, think of him not so much as an individual , but in association with the great men, the massive political personalitieswhom he served._
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ERIC WALSH. VALE GRAHAM FREUDENBERG . Posted on 26 July 2019 _The family of Graham Freudenberg, his influential political contacts, his many friends and admirers, the Australian Labor Party and Australia itself are diminished by his passing after a long illness._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 2Comments
ABUL RIZVI: GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO DUTTON’S VISA CHAOS ON ASYLUMSEEKERS
Posted on 26 July 2019 _The Government has at last responded to the __chaos in our visasystem_
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has suggested the bridging visa backlog is apparently due to an unexpected surge in visa applications that caught Home Affairs off-guard. Also, in 2018-19 there has been a 12 percent fall in on-shore asylum applications. So does that mean all is now well? _ Continue reading → Posted in Refugees, Immigration| 2 Comments
DUNCAN GRAHAM. JOKO WIDODO IS NO LEE KUAN YEW Posted on 26 July 2019 _Even read in English it’s a stirring speech with hints of John F Kennedy’s inaugural address: ‘Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country’. __By the standards of Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, a normally awkward public performer, it was well delivered, calling on voters to move on from the hates of the 17 April election campaign and embracePancasila._
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GEOFF EBBS INTERMINABLE CONVERSATIONS: ROLLING UP OUR PROGRESSIVESLEEVES
Posted on 26 July 2019 _Progressives are unsuccessfully pleading with voters to logically approach the major challenges of our time. The problem, though, is not a lack of understanding, it is a lack of actionable alternatives._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 1Comment
MICHELLE PINI. NEWSTART, WAGE THEFT AND BIG FAT DUCKS (INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA) Posted on 26 July 2019 “Having a go” just to put food on the table? Unless you’re a well-fed restaurateur or politician, it’s unlikely that you’ll “get a go” from this Government. Continue reading → Posted in Economy | 3Comments
MIKE SCRAFTON. MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS Posted on 26 July 2019_Geoff Gallop
offers up eleven theses on Australian politics to provide public servants with a ‘nuanced understanding of politics’. His theses are more than a little condescending and simplistic. The theses seem directed at middle level or junior public servants, or maybe new entrants to the service. However, the nature of the relationship between senior public servants with policy responsibilities and minsters is increasingly an important and fraught issue._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics |Leave a comment
MOHAMMED AYOOB. AN ALLY, A PARTNER AND AMERICAN UNILATERALISM: ON THE U.S. RESPONSE TO TURKEY’S S-400 DEAL WITH RUSSIA (THE HINDU) Posted on 26 July 2019 _There are major differences but also similarities in the U.S.’ response to Russia’s S-400 deals with Turkey and India_ Continuereading →
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MACK WILLIAMS BRITANNIA QUO VADIS ? Posted on 25 July 2019 _Boris Johnson could hardly have chosen a more inauspicious moment to take over the reins in London with Whitehall in the death throes of a Prime Minister, the seemingly inevitable surge to a “no deal” Brexit plus the disrobing of Britannia by the Iranians and the likely accelerated pace of Beijing’s control over Hong Kong which inevitably will dog UK:China relations for some years ahead. All of which will be confused by President Trump’s graceless embrace which not only claimed Johnson as his acolyte but deliberately emphasised that he was his “man”! As Johnson himself noted, he will certainly need a better mojo than DUD but will he regret Americanising it intoDUDE?_
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NOEL TURNBULL. AQUARIUMS, INDIGENOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND CLIMATE DENIALISM Posted on 25 July 2019 _Cairns in Far North Queensland is a remarkable place where remarkable things – excellent, good, bad and odd – occur._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 1Comment
MICHAEL GRACEY. CLOSING THAT ABORIGINAL HEALTH GAP Posted on 25 July 2019 _The persisting poor health of Aboriginal people over decades is an embarrassing stain on our national reputation and one that seems obstinately difficult to erase. How can this situation be effectively managed?_ Continue reading →Posted in Health ,
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GREGORY CLARK. CHINA: A MARITIME EXPANSIONIST? Posted on 25 July 2019 _The call is for Australia to cooperate with the US to counter Beijing’s allegedly expansionist activities in the South China Sea. But was it not the US itself, in its 1951 San Francisco peace treaty with Japan – signed and ratified by Canberra and 47 others – who in effect gifted most of the South China Sea islands – namely, the Spratly and the Paracel island groups – to China? The US then organized a separate document with the Republic of China in Taiwan – the 1952 Taipei peace treaty – making it even clearer that these islands should be taken from Japan and in effect given to China._ Continue reading →Posted in Asia
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BISHOP VINCENT LONG-AUSTRALIA’S MANDATORY AND INDEFINITE OFF SHOREDETENTION POLICY
Posted on 25 July 2019 _THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NO PERSON SEEKING ASYLUM BY BOAT WOULD EVER BE RESETTLED IN AUSTRALIA. __EVERY SINGLE PERSON ARRIVING AFTER THAT DATE WAS TO BE SUBJECTED TO INDEFINITE DETENTION ON MANUS ISLAND, PNG, OR IN THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU, UNDER ‘PROCESSING’ ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND THOSE PACIFICSTATES._
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SARAH ANN WHEELER, EMMA CARMODY. WAS THE GOVERNMENT’S IRRIGATION CASH SPLASH WORTH IT? (THE ADVERTISER) Posted on 25 July 2019 _One of us was born on a fifth-generation irrigated dairy farm in NSW; the other in a country town in the Murray-Darling Basin._ Continue reading → Posted in Environment and climate, Infrastructure
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CARDINAL GEORGE PELL. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FIGHTERS GONE? Posted on 25 July 2019 _THE FUTURE OF GEORGE PELL IS IN DOUBT BUT HIS SHADOW WILL REMAIN FOR MANY YEARS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THROUGH A RIGGED SYSTEM HE WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DECIDE WHO BECAME BISHOPS IN THE CHURCH. THIS WAS CRITICAL IN APPOINTMENTS TO THE TWO MOST SENIOR ARCHDIOCESE IN AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. BOTH ARCHBISHOP FISHER OF SYDNEY AND ARCHBISHOP COMENSOLI OF MELBOURNE OWE THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO GEORGE PELL. THEY ARE HIS PROTEGES,HIS PROXIES. ANTHONY FISHER AGED 59 HAS 15 YEARS REMAINING AS ARCHBISHOP IN SYDNEY . PETER COMENSOLI AGED 55 HAS ANOTHER 20 YEARS TO RUN AS THE SUPREMO IN MELBOURNE .THEY ARE BOTH VERY MUCH PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH RATHER THAN PART OF ANY SOLUTION. BUT BOTH ARCHBISHOPS ARE LIKELY TO CLING TO THE TRAPPINGS OF OFFICE THAT GEORGE PELL SECURED FOR THEM._ _SEE BELOW AN ADDRESS BY GEORGE PELL EIGHT YEARS AGO ON THE TYPE OF CHURCH THAT HE WAS TRYING TO BUILD IN AUSTRALIA. IT CASTS A LONG ANDDARK SHADOW._
_HE GAVE THIS ADDRESS ON ‘AUTHENTIC CATHOLICISM VS CAFETERIA CATHOLICISM’ AT THE CATHOLIC VOICE ANNUAL DINNER IN CORK, IRELAND ON 29TH JULY 2011. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE ADDRESS (SLIGHTLY EDITED) FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE CATHOLIC VOICENEWSPAPER._
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JESSICA CORBETT. MAJORITIES OF BOTH US VETERANS AND PUBLIC BELIEVE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ‘NOT WORTH FIGHTING’ (COMMON DREAMS) Posted on 25 July 2019 _The polled groups also told the Pew Research Center that the U.S. military campaign in Syria wasn’t worthwhile_ Continue reading → Posted in Defence/Security , International Affairs| 3 Comments
CAVAN HOGUE. WHERE IS HONG KONG GOING? Posted on 24 July 2019 _Current protests, including violence, present difficult decisions for the PRC and for Xi Jin Ping. The Hong Kong Government does not seem to be able to control things so what will Beijing do? No option provides a simple solution. _ Continue reading →Posted in Asia
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JOHN MENADUE. TAXPAYER SUBSIDISED PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE IS APOLITICAL SCAM.
Posted on 24 July 2019 _Stephen Duckett of the Grattan Institute has highlighted the growing and serious plight of PHI as more and more young people decide not to waste their money and are opting out of PHI. In response the CEO of NIB in a bizarre suggestion proposes that the government should ‘scrap Medicare and mandate private health cover'(AFR 23 July 2019). This is special pleading for a broken and terminal system.It would make things worse. He wants the government to save his failing industry despite a $12 b annual subsidy. _ _All the evidence shows that PHI is indefensible as to both equity and efficiency._ _Just look at the health disaster in the US. It is a wreck. Continue reading →_
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JULIAN CRIBB. AGE OF DARKNESS: THE PLAN TO LOBOTOMISE AUSTRALIA Posted on 24 July 2019 _Centuries from now, future historians will be able to assign a date to the start of the Australian Dark Age: it began in July of 2019. That was the date the nation turned its back on the enlightenment of reason, evidence, science and rationality and forged into a befogged future of political fantasies and wild, unfounded beliefs. Not unexpectedly, the state failed and darkness settled over the land._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 3Comments
MARK BUCKLEY. IS SCOMO FAIR DINKUM? Posted on 24 July 2019 _In Australia it is entirely appropriate for a politician to display religiosity in his public, and or private, life. That being said, it is also appropriate, if said religiosity is on public display, for the politician to fully divulge the length and breadth of those beliefs. In that way the electorate has the opportunity to judge whether the individual’s beliefs are acceptable to them, and whether full knowledge would, or could, change voting behaviour. Continue reading→
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VIC ROWLANDS. ISRAEL FOLAU – A LINE IN THE SAND. Posted on 24 July 2019 _If Israel Folau cannot find a way to qualify his homophobic interpretation of the Bible so that it does not cause hurt and offence to other people, his reputation as a person may well be the main casualty of his wilful disrespect. _ Continue reading → Posted in Human Rights , Religion and Faith| 4 Comments
MICHAEL MCKINLEY. REFLECTIONS ON THE NUCLEAR DIMENSIONS OF HUGH WHITE’S ‘HOW TO DEFEND AUSTRALIA’ Posted on 24 July 2019 _Australian strategic thinking, like Dracula’s Transylvania, is very much troubled by the undead. Research undertaken 50 years ago by Ian Bellany, a nuclear physicist and predecessor of Hugh White in the ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, wrestled with a remarkably similar Australian defence problematic – namely whether nuclear weapons might be a safeguard against a rising China and concluded that other options (military and diplomatic) were far more preferable. The times have changed, and with them, so it seems, the need to disinter the corpse if only to rebury it. _ Continuereading →
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CHAULA RININTA ANINDYA. SHOULD INDONESIA ACCEPT ISLAMIC STATE RETURNEES? (EAST ASIA FORUM) Posted on 24 July 2019 _Indonesian former members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) stuck in Syria are now under the media spotlight. Many of them live in poor conditions, are struggling to make ends meet, expressing remorse for joining IS and pleading for the Indonesian government to repatriate them. The issue of how to handle them is now stirring debate on social media._ Continue reading →Posted in Asia
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J.A. DICK. NATURAL AND UNNATURAL HUMAN RIGHTS Posted on 24 July 2019 _On Monday, July 8, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of an advisory commission: the “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” He hopes it “will provide the intellectual grist of what I hope will be one of the most profound re-examinations of inalienable rights in the world since the 1948 UniversalDeclaration.”_
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JACK WATERFORD. AFP NEEDS A LEADER WHO IS A CHARACTER WITH CHARACTER, NOT A BUREAUCRAT WITH OPINIONS (CANBERRA TIMES 20.7.2019) Posted on 23 July 2019 _The ‘old-fashioned cop’ type Dutton is said to want are mostly known for preferring their prejudices to the facts. _ Continuereading →
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