THE NDIS AT 10
The National Insurance Scheme was set up by the Gillard Labor government and is Australia’s first national scheme for people with disability. It provides funding directly to individuals. The NDIS also connects anyone with disability to services in their community. Like all new schemes, the settling in process over ten years has thrown up some challenges. [...]
Issue 615
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 615 25 November 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Another leftist stack on Q+A Can You Bear It? – Amanda Meade criticises lack of diversity among TV presenters (but not among Guardianistas); CBD goes for a sneer; Norman Swan’s sort of, maybe apology A Report on the land [...]
7:30 Thursday 3 November 2022
7:30 Thursday 3 November 2022 David Speers: Samantha McCulloch is the chief executive of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, which represents gas producers. Samantha McCulloch, welcome to the program. Samantha McCulloch: Thanks for having me, David. David Speers: So, the Industry Minister says the problem with gas prices right now is a “glut [...]
End of monarchy? Not without a genuine debate
The British Empire is long gone. However, watching the procession of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall late on Wednesday, it was evident that the United Kingdom can still put on a fine military parade. The occasion served as a reminder of what English critic George Orwell wrote in the New [...]
Where is the grand narrative for Dutton and the Liberals?
It is sometimes said that being opposition leader is the toughest political job in Australia. Sure, the person who holds this position does not have to make difficult decisions that befall prime ministers. But the likes of Anthony Albanese have highs whereas the likes of Peter Dutton are primarily involved in managing their parties and convincing [...]
Smearing Trump supporters no way to unite the US
You’ve heard about the stream-of-consciousness technique popularised by writers James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. It describes a range of miscellaneous thoughts going through the mind of a narrator and is a common phenomenon in contemporary literature. But what about the stream of unconsciousness? It appears that the US President Joe Biden threw the switch to [...]