Submitted by Matthew Mitchell on Wed, 19/02/2014 - 5:28pm
There are several reasons why we may need a new constitution. One is to overcome the problems of Governments signing away sovereign rights through treaties - for example through Investor-State Dispute Settlement systems such as in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) or the Australia-Korea FTA.
This is an issue I discuss here: The TPP, Treaties and the Constitution.
Submitted by Steve Irons on Sun, 02/02/2014 - 5:56pm
On this page we will collect some initial reference to other regional maps in use around Australia:
Noticed on Twitter today - Warren Mundine's language map (nothing official just an illustration of a language group):
https://twitter.com/IndigenousX/status/429853177412734976/photo/1
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Submitted by Steve Irons on Fri, 24/01/2014 - 1:42pm
Nationalism and national identity tend to be sold (by those in power at the time) as something timeless, something to be honoured because it has been around forever. So these days on “Australia Day” we hear politicians and key Australians waxing lyrically on an important celebration and a public holiday across Australia that allows us to reflect on the history of Australia, and on the “first fleet” that came into Botany Bay in 1788.
Submitted by Matthew Mitchell on Thu, 23/01/2014 - 5:10pm
I recently put up a proposal for an 8th state in Australia on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria (8th as there were at least 2 other contenders for the 7th state - the NT and North Queensland).
Submitted by Steve Irons on Thu, 26/12/2013 - 4:53pm
When this "cool, calm and collected PM" was having his photo taken (below), the pressure on him to abandon the recognition of Sri Lanka and recognise War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, instead, was immense. Is this anywhere in the filthy arse-licking Shanahan article? You can bet your bottom ...
Submitted by Steve Irons on Sat, 07/12/2013 - 5:52pm
The US pundits tell us that in the "first 100 days" of any new government you know everything you need to know about what that "new administration stands for".
If that is correct, then Australia will pay a huge price for its change of government in September 2013.
The broad generic describing the Abbott government at the end of its first 100 days is 'amoral'; it "stands for nothing"!
Submitted by Steve Irons on Sat, 30/11/2013 - 8:28pm
The states include location of the following Aboriginal language, social or nation groups. To find one of them, simply copy the group name into the Search engine above. The ABC have set up this map with tools for exploration http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/ .
Submitted by Steve Irons on Sat, 23/11/2013 - 7:50pm
@SBSNews: PM has announced membership of his 12 person Indigenous advisory council http://bit.ly/1iCjmo2
Submitted by Steve Irons on Sun, 20/10/2013 - 9:40pm
A month is a long time in politics. I was going to wait for the first 100 days to prepare the score card, as they do in the US after a presidential election, but a lot of water has flown under the bridge, and a few realities are already quite obvious, even before the first Question Time in the new parliament.
So, while the score-card may still happen, a few comments at the end of the first month seem to be well in order.
Submitted by Steve Irons on Fri, 27/09/2013 - 11:01pm
23 September 2013 by Cheryl Saunders
Reflections on the Local Government Referendum That Wasn’t
http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/2013/09/23/saunders-local-gov...
