The Latest From Augusto Zimmermann
That the demoted attorney-general would claim a triumph in the resolution of his libel action against the ABC is understandable. His political career has been, if not wrecked, certainly shunted into a siding, there is to be no vindication nor reversal of calumnies, and his ABC tormenters remain defiantly and loudly unchastened
Jun 02 2021
6 mins
Gabriël A. Moens AM is Emeritus Professor of Law at […]
Apr 29 2021
17 mins
One would like to think our politicians are keen to combat all forms of domestic violence, regardless of gender, age and ethnicity. However, in focusing only on women they are themselves guilty of unthinking sexism by endorsing the feminist false narrative that men are always the aggressors and women their inevitable victims
Mar 20 2021
11 mins
In bowing to WA Premier Mark McGowan's wish that the Commonwealth withdraw from Clive Palmer's bid to reopen the state's borders, the PM stands condemned for an appalling dereliction of duty to uphold the Constitution. That left the High Court to ignore history and the clear meaning of words in a decision that would have sickened the Founding Fathers
Mar 04 2021
12 mins
Peter Kurti is Director of the Culture, Prosperity and Civil […]
Feb 25 2021
12 mins
Constitutional recognition would create different rules for different races, which would benefit a well-placed few while denying many Aborigines access to their full potential. It is a tragic irony that the paternalism of the past, which today's elites decry, would be imposed by template on the least fortunate, least educated and most isolated
Feb 20 2021
18 mins
The judicial errors that have foiled a good man's quest to clear his name are many and significant, and the failure to address them has broader and continuing implications for the fairness of Australia’s justice system. In the light of new evidence and the overturning of guilty verdicts against George Pell, these miscarriages urgently need to be examined
Jan 03 2021
23 mins
To maintain white men are more favoured than any other racial/gender group is to ignore that they are much less likely to receive the protection of the law, more inclined to take their own lives and, generally, much less socially successful than almost any other ethnic-social group
Nov 17 2020
16 mins
The sad reality is that Victorians have been miserably betrayed by their federal and state governments in many ways and on many levels. Premier Andrews is a leader of authoritarian inclinations and, to its shame, the Morrison government has tacitly consented to the deplorable oppression being visited 24/7 on that unfortunate state's population
Sep 25 2020
6 mins