War, love and marriage equality
Posted by John, August 14th, 2017 - under Equal love, Marriage equality, North Korea, Plebiscites, War.
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The Turnbull Government’s requirement for a postal plebiscite on marriage equality but not for sending troops to North Korea only reinforces the importance of voting ‘yes’, says John Passant in Independent Australia.
Highway robbery, terrorism and the Commonwealth Bank
Posted by John, August 8th, 2017 - under Commonwealth Bank.
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It has been alleged the CBA funded terrorism, so why isn’t CEO Ian Narev being held incommunicado and without charge under Australian terrorism laws? I ask in Independent Australia.
Our Parliament is in crisis over a section 44 technicality – not inequality
Posted by John, August 5th, 2017 - under Constitution.
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Our Parliament is in crisis over s 44 technicality – not inequality The s44 fiasco has already taken decent Senators but forcing Roberts out to be replaced by Hanson’s sister is hardly democratic reform, I write in Independent Australia
Illegals invading Parliament
Posted by John, July 28th, 2017 - under Asylum seekers, Politicians, Refugees, Uncategorized.
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Have all the illegals invading our Parliament been sent back to where they came from yet?
Doctor Who, Peter Dutton and defeating real life enemies
Posted by John, July 25th, 2017 - under Doctor Who, Peter Dutton.
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Dutton’s new “super ministry” signals the need to ramp up the fight and defeat the Turnbull Government in true Doctor Who style, I write in Independent Australia.
People will die this winter because of Turnbull government actions
Posted by John, July 17th, 2017 - under Climate change, Death, Energy prices, Renewable energy, Turnbull government.
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Mr Kelly and Mr Turnbull, people will die this winter, but not because of renewables, writes John Passant in Independent Australia.
The Ali Fahour incident and an unseeing society
Posted by John, July 11th, 2017 - under Sport, Violence, Violence against women.
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The tolerance of violence in sport is a symptom of a far greater malaise involving a largely unseeing society, I write in Independent Australia.
Happy New (Financial) Year: Tax cuts for the wealthy, wage cuts for the poor
Posted by John, July 4th, 2017 - under Turnbull government.
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This financial year’s inequality is epitomised by tax cuts and pay increases for the few alongside penalty rate cuts and more austerity for the many, I write in Independent Australia.
The Battle for the soul of the Greens: Gonski 2.0 and Lee Rhiannon
Posted by John, June 26th, 2017 - under Lee Rhiannon, The Greens, The Greens NSW.
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In Independent Australia I analyse the recent turmoil and deep divisions afflicting the Australia Greens and their significance for Australia.
Grenfell Tower – is it manslaughter by corporations and politicians?
Posted by John, June 19th, 2017 - under Grenfell Tower, The Conservatives, Theresa May, Tories.
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Is the Grenfell Tower disaster ‘corporate manslaughter’? asks John Passant in Independent Australia.