Killing Eve (Series 1)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith Series 2 of Killing Eve about to be broadcast, I watched Series 1 again, and enjoyed it just as much this time around. It is a truly mesmerising show. The outstanding cast of...
Author: Daniel Stepniak
Winning at any cost?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWee need to reintroduce or reinforce the old fashioned view that winning is about being better at playing the game. We need to promote the view that by sledging, intimidating, threatening, and regularly breaking the rules in the hope of not being caught, you are conceding that your only chance of winning is to step outside of the rules.
In the Public Interest?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last few days have demonstrated how in fulfilling their role of disseminating information of public interest, sectors of the media could not resist the temptation to provide information that may be of interest...
Is second guessing a jury verdict arrogant and cruel to victims?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe may disagree over Pell guilt, but what we can’t possibly disagree over is whether the plight of child abuse victims should be recognised. Those praising or defending Pell after his conviction appear to overlook or downplay the damage and hurt suffered by the victims.
Church Law, Not Rogue Clergy Concealed Child Abuse
Reading Time: 2 minutesA revelation that has caught me, and I suspect many others by surprise is the existence of the ‘pontifical secret’ a code or rule of secrecy by which the Catholic Church actually prohibits any...
Pell Guilty – Church’s Guilt Far Greater
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe astonishingly high number of incidents of child abuse by clergy simply could not have occurred without the Church’s lack of respect for civil law, and preoccupation with protecting the reputation of the Church. Without these self absorbed, uncaring, and perverted policies, child abusers like Cardinal Pell and many other Church figures would have been exposed and dealt with according to the law, and countless children would not have been irreparably harmed.
Shoplifters
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2018 the Japanese film, ‘Shoplifters’, was awarded the Palme d’Or, the highest prize of the Cannes Film Festival. ThiS film is set in a Japan that few, if any, of us have previously...
Refugees, Compassion and Security
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia’s treatment of refugees is currently presented as being dominated foremost by concerns for our security and for the safety of those who may undertake perilous journeys in order to seek refuge in Australia. ...
The Bureau – Series 4
Reading Time: 3 minutesI missed the arrival of the fourth series of the French spy series The Bureau, but made up for it by watching these most recent 10 episodes over one weekend. My unqualified praise for...
Time to rethink our role as electors and that of the politicians we elect?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn view of the rapid turnover of Prime Ministers – and in particular the current embarrassing compromise – perhaps we need to stop seeing federal elections as a choice between the two major party...