Contrary to popular belief and practice, there is no evidence the fashionably modern “Welcome to Country” ceremonies were ever a part of traditional Aboriginal culture. Instead, as is well if not widely known, they were created as recently as the 1970’s […]
Dr Aseem Malhotra is no stranger to speaking out about important health issues. Especially when these issues involve the interests of large corporations including the pharmaceutical industry. For the past decade, this world-renowned cardiologist and campaigner has taken on the […]
How is Aboriginal cultural heritage defined in the Guidelines?
Aboriginal cultural heritage can be an area, an object or a group of areas (a cultural landscape) interconnected through tangible or intangible elements of Aboriginal cultural heritage. Think of it being anything, anywhere.
Treason has for hundreds of years been considered one of the most serious offences that a person can commit.
Whilst the criminal offence of treason dates at least as far back as Roman times, the vagaries and inconsistencies in what may […]
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb says she ‘hasn’t’ and is adamant she ‘won’t’ watch the footage of her officers tasering an elderly woman who suffers dementia at a nursing home.
The footage has been recorded on […]
The Palaszczuk government announced last week that it plans to build another children’s gaol in Woodford, right next door to the adult maximum-security facility in the local corrections precinct, which comes on the back of its decision
In a controversial announcement, Mislav Kolakušić, a Croatian representative in the European Parliament, has denounced the World Health Organization (WHO) as a terrorist entity.
This proclamation was made during a press conference.
The fundamental objection Kolakušić raised was […]
Victorians brace for the fiscal fallout of controversial pandemic management as government prepares to unveil the State’s latest budget.
As the dust settles from the pandemic, Victorians are bracing themselves for the fiscal […]
Karvelas is a strong advocate of the Albanese Government‘s proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. She tweeted a message of support from the Labor 2022 election night party, posing with Labor’s Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Linda Burney and writing: “This woman is a legend and looks like […]
Details should come before the vote, not the […]
“The Prime Minister refuses to provide even the most basic of detail on the Voice model. The proposition is that he wants you to vote on Saturday and come Monday he’ll spend six months working out the detail.
Details should come before the vote, not the […]
