To Critique, Inform, Challenge and Entertain
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Our federal politicians appear not to comprehend the crucial distinction between codes of conduct such as the Statment of Ministerial Standards and laws proscribing behaviour. The Statement of Ministerial Standards sets out general principles...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Malcolm Turnbull needs to rethink his amendment to the 2003 Statement of Ministerial Standards. (See link below) He also owes Barnaby Joyce an apology for the unnecessary, inappropriate and judgmental public statement on the...
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS / RELIGION
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 14 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute My responses to a Sydney Morning Herald article on churches lobbying for increased protection of freedom of religion. Presumably these same churches will also support legislation entrenching the freedom from religion rights of those (whether non-mainstream...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 14 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Our federal politicians appear not to comprehend the crucial distinction between codes of conduct and laws proscribing behaviour. A commentary on the issue of whether Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce is in breach...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 14 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute In response to New York Times story on 17 January 2018 The test administered to President Trump appears to be one of a number of tests used to gain an indication of cognitive capacity...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 14 February 2018 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes A commentary arguing that Minister Dutton’s criticism of sentences imposed by judges is inappropriate and undesirable. See Report by The Guardian on 15 January 2018 Rule of law is a principle that needs to be...
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