Coalition must stick to its marriage policy Sir, An ex Liberal minister of a former government suggested a plebiscite could resolve the same-sex marriage question. However, if the current Coalition Government proceeded with this suggestion, many Australians would see it as a cop-out. Since 2004 the Liberals/Nationals have put their commitment to man/woman marriage at elections in 2007, 2010 and were elected to…

Demographics, poverty, unemployment, natural disasters, conflicts, crime and failed states are contributing to what could prove to be the biggest mass migration of people in history.                 If you have watched any of Ross Kemp’s various TV documentary series on the violent, lawless regions of the world, it provides cameo insights into the unrest brewing in…

“The North’s time has come” was how a bullish Trade Minister Andrew Robb described the recent release of the Federal Government’s long-awaited white paper on northern Australia. Andrew Robb The policy paper is a “roadmap” for development of the still largely untapped northern third of the continent, the part closest to the most dynamic, fastest-growing and most prospective block of countries in the…

BE ALERT AND ALARMED. ILLEGAL DRUGS: Power, Politics and Propaganda by Elaine Walters ISBN: 9780646918372 Price: AUD$30 (including P&P)   Reviewed by Julia Patrick   According to Elaine Walters, the present ice crisis and epidemic of illegal drugs were “entirely predictable and preventable”, and she is fearless in shining the light on those she considers responsible. For years, she says, so-called “experts” and…