Perspectives

To Critique, Inform, Challenge and Entertain

Author: Daniel Stepniak

RELIGION

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Folau: Courage of Convictions?

Reading Time: 8 minutesRights, including our right to practice religious beliefs cannot be considered in isolation, and must be weighed against competing rights of other members of our community. For this reason, at times the exercise of religion may need to be limited. To accept the cost is the price believers pay for having the courage of their convictions.

FILM REVIEWS

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Dumbo – Reimagined for 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesThanks to a request by the two delightful young girls in our care on a rainy afternoon, we attended a viewing of Disney’s classic film, ‘Dumbo’, as reimagined for 2019. Dumbo 1941 Comparing The Two Versions...

BOOK REVIEWS / Fiction

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’The Rip’ by Mark Brandi

Reading Time: 2 minutesBest known for his award-winning and best-selling book ‘Wimmera’, Mark Brandy has also written numerous short pieces for the press. His just released book, ‘The Rip’, promises to be another resounding success. It is...

GENDER EQUALITY

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A Husband’s Right to Sex with His Wife – A ‘Fundamental Human Right’

Reading Time: 4 minutesAn application sought a court order preventing a husband from having sex with his wife, who appeared to lack the capacity to consent to have sex with him. The judge’s réponse was to observe. ‘I cannot think of any more obviously fundamental human right than the right of a man to have sex with his wife – and the right of the state to monitor that,” he said. “I think he is entitled to have it properly argued.’ But, no such right exists in English or Australian law, as both parties are required to consent to sex.

CURRENT ISSUES

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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.

CURRENT ISSUES

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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...