Perspectives

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Category: OPINION

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS / CURRENT ISSUES / OPINION / RELIGION

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Anglican/Christian Prayers in the Parliaments of an Increasingly Secular and Religiously Diverse Australia

Reading Time: 11 minutesParliamentary sittings begin with Anglican/Christian prayer in Australia, a racially and ethnically diverse nation with associated diversity of religion. In this context it would be inappropriate to continue this tradition.

CURRENT ISSUES / LEGAL MATTERS / OPINION

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Court Proceedings Need To Be Seen To Be Understood

Reading Time: 6 minutes By its very nature, defamation attracts public attention. Recognising public interest in the high profile defamation proceedings brought against Chanel 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, and the desirability of the public being able to observe and judge for themselves whether justice has been done, the Federal Court has directed the proceedings to be streamed live. Viewing the proceedings streamed by the Court not only provides a first hand insight into the defamation case but also reveals many actual and potential benefits of live streaming court proceedings.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS / OPINION

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An Apology for the Referendum’s Failure

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Saturday’s referendum, support for the recognition of Indigenous peoples as Australia’s first people was tied to support for the establishment of a Voice. The benefits of establishing a Voice and why it needed to be entrenched in the constitution were not presented and consequently, were predictably and understandably not supported. The reasons for proposing the Voice were not explained, and not considered in a constitutional convention by a cross section of Australian people. Consequently, attributing blame to the No camp is a distraction by those who should have known better, who need to accept responsibility, and most importantly, who owe Indigenous people an apology.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS / CURRENT ISSUES / LEGAL MATTERS / OPINION / Uncategorized

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‘No will leave us nowhere. No recognition. No way forward’ says the PM – I beg to differ.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA No vote victory on the Voice to Parliament proposal would not leave Indigenous affairs ‘nowhere’. Contrary to what the Yes camp wants us to believe, making the Voice permanent would not necessarily be a step forward. While governments have repeatedly appointed and Indigenous advisory bodies that governments appointed and abolished, the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment would allow Parliament to alter at will literally everything about the Voice apart from its existence.

BRIEFLY / OPINION

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Briefly

Reading Time: 2 minutesSharing some events, thoughts, comments, musings and ideas, some of which may later turn into Perspectives blogs.

Straya Day – Xenophobia and Hatred – Old as Electricity