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AUSTRALIAN POLITICS / CURRENT ISSUES / SMALL SCREEN REVIEWS
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 4 May 2019 · Last modified 6 May 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesOur federal politicians have become the focus of our attention. And it’s not Just because of the looming federal election. Recent Dis-endorsements of Election Candidates In the past week, at least nine politicians...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 11 April 2019 · Last modified 29 April 2019
Reading Time: 12 minutesWho is eligible to vote? Is voting Compulsory? Who will we vote for? How do we fill out ballot papers? How are votes counted?
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 28 January 2019 · Last modified 31 March 2019
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...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 9 May 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe High Court has just found Katy Gallagher to be ineligible to sit as a federal parliamentarian. At least four others are now almost certain to follow. I have harped on this endlessly, but...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 February 2018 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur 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 minutesMalcolm 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 minuteMy 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 minutesOur 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 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesA 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...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesImposing financial penalties on parliamentarians who sit in parliament whilst disqualified appeals to many of us, but I suspect that few are aware that it is a viable option. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT...
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