Speakers: Frank Brennan SJ - Author of Observations on The Pell Proceedings Monica Doumit - Director, Public Affairs & Engagement, Archdiocese of Sydney & columnist with The Catholic Weekly. Gerard Henderson - Author of Cardinal Pell, The Media Pile-on & Collective Guilt Topic:Lessons From the Pell Case - Two Years After the High Court Decision Date/Time: Tuesday 8 March [...]
Speakers: Frank Brennan SJ - Author of Observations on The Pell Proceedings Monica Doumit - Director, Public Affairs & Engagement, Archdiocese of Sydney & columnist with The Catholic Weekly. Gerard Henderson - Author of Cardinal Pell, The Media Pile-on & Collective Guilt Topic: Lessons From the Pell Case - Two Years After the High Court Decision Date/Time: Tuesday 8 [...]
If anyone has doubts about whether to support the Australian choice model for an Australian republic, proposed by the Australian Republic Movement, they would be well advised to listen to last Wednesday’s Late Night Live program on ABC Radio National. Phillip Adams was in the presenter’s chair and one of his guests was ARM chairman [...]
Groan. It’s around that time of the year again, in the lead-up to Australia Day, when some self-important members of the citizenry feel the need to publicly declare that they are embarrassed and/or ashamed to be Australian. Until recent times, this faux breast-beating came primarily from the alienated left-wing intelligentsia. Invariably, they were well-educated and [...]
If I was a young gay man, I would be disturbed to know that the Islamists who control Hamas in Gaza regard me as a “bestie”. But this is the fate that has befallen Australian comedian Tom Ballard, who identifies with the LGBTQI+ movement in Australia. On January 4, Nine journalist Garry Maddox reported that [...]
It speaks volumes for the ABC that one of its key current affairs programs has discussed the first anniversary of the Capitol building riot in the US but ignored the alleged arson attack on Old Parliament House in Canberra on December 30 last year. On Radio National Breakfast last Thursday, presenter Hamish Macdonald interviewed Mick [...]
And so it has come to pass that there will be an election in 2022. This should not have come as any surprise – despite the fact that quite a few commentators predicted an early poll. The truth is that this never made much sense. Moreover, Scott Morrison has consistently mentioned that his government would [...]
This was the Year of the Ox – a symbol that represents, among other things, honesty. But, alas, not this time round. For we have lived through a period of massive hyperbole, wilful exaggeration, calculated deception and false prophecy on an industrial scale, along with bucketloads of pomposity and invincible ignorance. As can be judged [...]
When the Queen had a bad 1992, she used the words “annus horribilis” to describe her fate. It was a year that saw the separation of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, the devastating fire at Windsor Castle, and more besides. On any objective analysis, the ABC experienced a difficult 2021. However, you would [...]
If ever there was a case of political appropriation, this is it. In The Australian on Wednesday, Greg Brown reported that Simon Holmes a Court, the convener of Climate 200, has declared himself to be a “Menzian Liberal” who has lost faith in the modern Liberal Party. The reference is to Robert Menzies, who was United Australia [...]
