Voice advice risks taint of self-interest or worse
The crucial question is whether we will repeat the mistake of creating a powerful rent-seeking body whose advice governments cannot afford to ignore.
The crucial question is whether we will repeat the mistake of creating a powerful rent-seeking body whose advice governments cannot afford to ignore.
Given that the voice would be entrenched in the constitution the wisdom of the ages says voters should be cautious of approving it.
What surer evidence of collective madness could there be than the thousands of inner-city lefties, having denounced Australia’s founding fathers as murderers, who now ‘pay their respects’ to past Indigenous elders who rained violence on women and kids?
The most striking feature of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s report into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems is its pure and unalloyed extremism.
If company directors want to devote their shareholders’ money to political campaigns, they should have to make those preferences clear when they seek office.
The next six weeks will determine whether Australians fall into a trap clearly marked in the wretched history of ethnic and racial representation.
Anathematisation of the No campaign as ‘sabotage’ starkly contradicts the Jewish tradition, because there are few traditions, religious or secular, that are as tolerant of disagreement.
The Yes camp’s outraged cries of ‘off with their heads!’ bellowing across Australia are no substitute for credible arguments.
Claims that the Indigenous voice to parliament will be transformative are based on illusion rather than reality.
The government’s weaponising of the Robodebt inquiry is a threat to the integrity of politics and the rule of law.
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