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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
Rejecting the Sanctity of Life
“The first shall be the last”. This well-known phrase from the Bible is apposite to describe the legislative journey in Australia of euthanasia legislation, also known as voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the most recent jurisdiction to adopt a VAD law, scheduled to come into effect in November 2025. As journalist Celene Ignacio, reported, the law’s architects have incorporated what are described as “safeguards that ensure well-informed consent and protection of vulnerable individuals”.[1] VAD legislation had previously been adopted and implemented in Victoria in June 2019, in Western Australia two years later, in Tasmania in October 2022, Queensland and South Australia in early 2023, and in New South Wales as of November the same year.
The only jurisdiction in Australia without euthanasia legislation is the Northern Territory (NT). This is ironic because the NT was the first jurisdiction to adopt, in 1995, a…
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The Justice’s legal analysis is superficially plausible but, nevertheless, the judgment is woefully woke. This is because the law, even if it were argued that the Court correctly applied the law, is incompatible with the biological fact that there are two sexes.
Sep 01 2024
14 mins
You can imagine my surprise when I recently became aware, courtesy of my cousin Paul, of the letter below, addressed to Mr J.A, Farquar, Commissioner of the South Australian Railways.
Aug 31 2024
2 mins
