There are many human rights issues that cry out to be raised when the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif visits Australia this week. Including the case of jailed Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani.
(The Canberra Times, 5 June 2015)
Author Archives: David
Squirrel!
The Opposition Government has 28 questions for the Government Opposition on its proposed “gumby” tax policy changes to negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 14 March 2016)
The Safe Schools program
(The Canberra Times, 12 March 2016)
Tony makes a comeback
Tony Windsor has decided to recontest the Federal seat of New England, now held by the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party. The issue of coal mining on prime agricultural land is likely to be central to the outcome.
(The Canberra Times, 10 March 2016)
Gearing up to go negative
‘Oh Lord, give me the strength to change the tone of modern politics… but not just yet’
(The Canberra Times, 9 March 2016)
Are you feeling lucky?
Suburban development along the Murrumbidgee corridor threatens the “unicorn of the river”
(The Canberra Times, 8 March 2016)
How about never, is never good for you?
It was originally proposed by the Right as a delaying tactic, so it’s no surprise that the timing of any plebiscite on same-sex marriage is the subject of more division within the government.
(The Canberra Times, 8 March 2016)
Clean up in aisle 12
The head of the Prime Minister’s Department, Martin Parkinson, has been put in charge of the tax package cleanup
(Public Sector Informant, March 2016)
Dispatches from the Abbott insurgency
(The Canberra Times, 5 March 2016)