One of the hidden costs of these endless republican and flag changing campaigns is that they distract from a proper consideration of those constitutional issues which call for a solution. We have instead spent...
Will the tobacco companies institute a constitutional challenge not against the Federal government decision to increase the tobacco excise, but about the ban on using their logos on cigarette packets? Logos are intellectual property....
One of the world’s greatest film directors has been made a Knight Companion in the New Zealand Order of Merit. He is Sir Peter Robert Jackson KNZM, a celebrated New Zealand film director, producer,...
The Queen’s Birthday Luncheon in Hobart is organised annually by the United Commonwealth Council. His Excellency, Peter Underwood, the Governor of Tasmania and Mrs Underwood will be attending this year's luncheon. The luncheon is...
The national newspaper, The Australian, is rejoicing over the demise of a bill of rights, a matter beyond ACM’s remit and on which supporters will have different views. But the reasons the newspaper gives fall...
The rule of law is one of the pillars of the Australian nation. It was brought to Australia in 1788 in the form of the common law. The penal colony was certainly not a gulag....
The US Congress is being warned about the dangers of a plebiscite, where people vote on a question without having any details about the consequences of their decision. This contrasts with referendums required before any change can...
The campaign by media personalities Ray Martin and Peter FirzSimons broadcast on Channel 9's 60 Minutes programme on ANZAC evening was, as we said here on 26 April, a serious miscalculation. Ray Martin had introduced it...
The maintenance of the Federation is crucial to the good governance of this nation. Unfortunately, it is a subject about which there is only a superficial understanding. And yet the Founding Fathers incorporated this as a...
There are certain things which belong to ANZAC Day – The Last Post, Reveille, the Australian National Flag and God Save The Queen, the Royal Anthem. Once there was even a frontal attack on...
