It was no surprise at all that within days of scraping back into government, the Coalition began to back away further from any action towards equality for same sex couples. No surprise, but an interesting choice. They could have perhaps started to work towards regaining some electoral support from moderate voters who left them in droves leading to the almost fatal blow to Malcolm Turnbull’s brand (like many, I will be surprised if he leads the party to the next election).
Nope, not this Coalition. Spurred on by the nationals and raving zealots like Bernardi and Abbott (who never worried about moderate supporters to begin with), the government seems poised to lurch further away from widespread community expectations of responsible governance in areas such as economic management, climate policy and marriage equality. Unsurprisingly, the fate of the controversial non-binding plebiscite remains clouded. There is certainly no sign of Turnbull growing a spine and bringing reform to parliament directly, but the timeline for the plebiscite seems to be stretching further and further into the future. I shake my head slightly despairingly, but I actually don’t know whether to be upset about this or not. Read Full Article
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There is some really frightening and awful stuff happening in the US at the moment and I am not even talking about Donald Trump. The Black Lives Matter campaign was thrust back into the spotlight when two more men were fatally and inexplicably shot by police. Footage of the events went viral, prompting demonstrations across the country. At one of these demonstrations, five police officers were fatally shot and another nine wounded by Micah Johnson who was armed with an assault rifle.
Read Full Article “The world has gone soft!”
“We never used to worry about things like that!” “Political correctness is ruining this country!” Ever heard statements like these? I seem to hear them periodically both in person and following public discourse. Every now and then a post even comes across my Facebook news feed that points out how much has changed from when I was growing up in the 80s, playing to a commonly-voiced complaint that society is becoming overly sensitive (or ‘wowserish’ as David Leyjonhelm likes to complain) and how everyone was happier when we were less politically correct and safety conscious. Read Full Article This game started with all the gentle civility of David Leyjonhelm’s Twitter activity. Both teams were into each other before the first bounce. I am not a real fan of niggle behind play. Firstly it relies on the “What happens on the field stays on the field,” argument, which implies that one standard of behaviour is acceptable on the field that would be unacceptable elsewhere. Aside from completely rejecting this argument, I am yet to be convinced that it makes the players play any better, and would suggest it can have the opposite effect. Perhaps it was a coincidence but neither team played particularly well tonight and Port had given away two free kicks before they even touched the ball.
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