by DAVID FLINT – THE crucial constitutional issue for Australia, the one demanding immediate attention, does not appear on the government’s referendum agenda. This is how to stop the nation from ever again falling under the control of potential tin-pot dictators, something…
by DAVID FLINT – THERE is reason to be optimistic in a dark and menacing world, and not only because the terrible rape of the Ukraine has led to the end of that mass delusion, net-zero emissions. In addition, providing the US…
AUSTRALIANS would once proudly boast theirs was a nation under the rule of law. Sadly, we now live under the rule of the law-breakers. Imprisoned, not allowed to leave the country, invited to rat on neighbours, subject to arbitrary punishment, watched from…
TEN truths have emerged from the Wuhan virus, truths which should have always guided our leaders. Most became obvious soon after its arrival. And as they emerged, most were noted here. Not that I am especially gifted as some sort of prophet. All anyone had to do was to rely on two things, as so many readers do.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has backed changes to the Australian Constitution that will permanently embed identity politics at the heart of the nation. The Premier this week revealed that she’s in lockstep with the Left-posturing ABC, Sydney Morning Herald and other low-circulation media organisations.
HOW long will Australians tolerate politicians abusing their powers, while under-performing in so many areas under their responsibility, such as education? We live under a constitution based on the eternal rule that power tends to corrupt. An increasing number of Australians suspect the Wuhan virus is being used to create fear and thus an acceptance of draconian solutions used to win elections and even to maintain opinion polling ratings.
FOR the first time since self-government was granted by the British in the nineteenth century, Australia has become a series of rolling tin-pot dictatorships. What was truly appalling this year was that not one of the checks and balances we rely on to protect us from any rampant Mussolini class actually worked.
OUR founding fathers when debating the union of the separate colonies on the great southern continent into one country, had one major concern.
That concern dominated discussions and constitutional debates like no other. The concern was this: how to ensure that the newly formed central government did not overwhelm the autonomy of the States to govern citizens within their own borders.
