Despite rumours to the contrary, Australia will continue to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and compete in the Commonwealth Games after becoming a Republic. David Donovan gives the facts.An Australian Republic and the Commonwealth: the truth
Posted On Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Australian membership of Commonwealth after becoming Republic, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, CHOGM, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth medal tally, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth secretary-generals, Cyprus, David Donovan, Don McKinnon, India, Kampala communiqué, Malcolm Turnbull, Malta, Pakistan, Republics in the Commonwealth, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa
Despite rumours to the contrary, Australia will continue to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and compete in the Commonwealth Games after becoming a Republic. David Donovan gives the facts.Mad monarchists suggest Harry as Canadian king or William as roving monarch
Posted On Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 By admin. Under International, Republic Tags: Barry Everingham, Canada, Canadian Monarchist League, Canadian monarchy, Ekaterinburg, Etienne Boisvert, Four Brothers Mine, Harry as Russian Tsar, Koptyaki Forest, last Russian tsar, Nicolas Romanov, Prince Harry, Prince Leonard of Hutt River, Robert Finch, Romanov's Russian revolution, Russia, Russian royalty
Senior correspondent Barry Everingham has fun discussing the Canadian Monarchist League, who this week suggested Prince Harry could become their roving king.Tony Abbott betrays Peter Reith triggering WorkChoices v2.0
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Politics Tags: Abbott attitude towards truth, Alan Stockdale, Alexander Downer, Australian politics, Barry Everingham, Barry O’Farrell, Billy Bunter, children overboard, Federal politics, Howard Government, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Malcolm Turnbull, Newspoll, Opposition Leadership, Paul Keating, Peter Reith, Ted Baillieu, The Age, Tony Abbott, WorkChoice II, Workchoices
Hell certainly hath no fury like a Liberal scorned. Senior correspondent Barry Everingham stands clear of all the spat dummies.EXCLUSIVE ‘DIGGERGATE’ continues: ‘The March for Justice’
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Defence, Human rights Tags: agent orange, Alliance of Defence Services Organisations, Australian Special Air Services Association, death benefits, Defence Department, Defence Department taking pyschological files to use in prosecutions, Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment Bill, Defence Force Welfare Association, Diggergate, Fair Indexation Bill, Ian McManus, Kate Lundy, Labor Party, Lindsay Tanner, Naval Association of Australia, Neil Weekes, post traumatic stress disorder, Royal Australian Air Force Association, Royal Australian Regiment Corporation, Stephen Smith, Tess Lawrence, veterans benefits, veterans pensions, Vietnam War
Diggers have asked Defence Minister Stephen Smith for a face to face meeting to discuss the scuttled Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment Bill 2010. Groups are considering a national protest march on Canberra and pitching an army tent on the lawns of Parliament House in a show of solidarity and support for widowed families and physically and mentally ill veterans.
Becoming a Republic will not cause Australian to turn into a tin-pot African-style Republic. David Donovan busts another myth.
Some people say that Australia becoming a Republic could cause poverty and instability in our great nation. This is silly.
It should be remembered, we have altered the Constitution eight times since 1901, as well as making other changes to our system of Government, including allowing women to vote, introducing proportional representation in ...Proportional representation to fix our rotten democracy
Posted On Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Democracy Tags: Coalition, declining membership of major Australian parties, Democrats, Greens, Hare-Clark system, Klaas Woldring, Labor, Mark Butler, Minor parties, Open Party List System, party membership, political parties, political systems, proportional representation, systems of representation, voting systems
There is something rotten in the state of Australian democracy, says Dr Klaas Woldring. He suggests proportional representation is the most obvious solution.Why do some religions persist with pointless – and cruel – traditions?
Posted On Monday, 27 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Religion Tags: Barry Everingham, Halal, Islam, Judaism, Kosher, pointless traditions, religion, religious law, ritual killing
In the 21st Century, why do some religions persist with centuries old traditions which nowadays bear no relevance to reality? Senior correspondent Barry Everingham sticks his neck out.The monarchy doesn’t capture the spirit of Australia
Posted On Monday, 27 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australian identity, Australian republic, Australian spirit, King and Country, Len Liddelow, Monarchy
Those who say the monarchy is the glue that holds Australia together don’t understand the spirit of Australia, says Len Liddelow.The nuclear industry’s dangerous pipedream: electricity too cheap to meter
Posted On Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Environment Tags: ARPANSA, Australian Greens, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, CTBTO monitoring system, electricity too cheap to meter, Federal politics, Fukushima cover-up, Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan, Martin Ferguson, Naoto Kan, NPT Review Conference, nuclear disaster, nuclear industry, nuclear non-proliferation, Parliament, Radiation, radiation in Australia, Scott Ludlam, speeches, TEPCO, The Greens
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam gave on June 15 in the Federal Parliament one of the most comprehensive accounts of the true nature and impact of the devastating Fukushima nuclear disaster. He sums up by saying the future of the nuclear industry is in long-term toxic waste management and "...in looking after the people it has already damaged in three generations of the reckless pursuit of electricity too cheap to meter that must finally be set aside as the pipedream that it always was". Christopher Monckton’s travelling circus rolls into town
Posted On Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Environment, Politics Tags: AIDS, AMEC, Barry Everingham, Christopher Monckton, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Gina Rineheart, House of Lords Act of 1999, House ofLords, IRA, Lord Mountbatten, Monckton curing disease, Monckton in Australia, Monckton in Perth, Monckton Nazi jibe, Monckton view on AIDS, Monckton's fale claims, Mountbatten assassination, Ross Garnaut, Tony Abbott
Climate change sceptic “Lord” Christopher Monckton is visiting Australia this weekend. Senior correspondent Barry Everingham says to take whatever he says with a large grain of salt.
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