
Serendipity: the Governor-General
Have you ever launched into the internet searching for a specific item or article only to find an hour or so later you are looking at an item that is totally irrelevant to what...
Have you ever launched into the internet searching for a specific item or article only to find an hour or so later you are looking at an item that is totally irrelevant to what...
It is suprising that some politicians do not keep diaries to record significant events. A diary is not only an important record and reference but also a convenient aide-memoire as to any future action which should be...
In between answering claims that he has done nothing to stop the enormous waste in a series of billion dollar government programmes, the Federal Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner, found time to make a blistering attack on...
The Schools Challenge Debate is a major part of the Commonwealth Day celebrations in New South Wales each year. In 2010 the theme was “Science, Technology and Society.”. Two teams, the New South Wales...
He is the most senior member of the royal family to travel to the country since the conflict began in 2001. Prince Charles has spent two days in the country, visiting the capital Kabul and various...
Senator Nick Minchin has announced he will leave politics when his term ends on 30 June, 2011 and that in the meantime he will step down from the opposition front bench. Senator Minchin, a...
A constitutional law expert has urged the Tasmanian Governor not to look behind advice he is given following the state election, according to the ABC (“Governor urged to stay out of politics,” 23 March) ...
Politicians are considering a new power grab, it seems. This time it’s in Belgium, but this demonstrates that the agenda of many politicians is the same around the world. It is power and more power....
Most New Zealanders are not interested in their nation becoming a politicians’ republic, according to a recent opinion poll. This is so notwithstanding the fact that the question put to them – no doubt unintentionally – encouraged...
There will be the usual demands that a referendum or plebiscite on a politicians' republic be held with the coming Federal election. This will be especially so if there is another referendum on hospitals...