TPP will neuter Oz Parliament
Secretly negotiated, signed unseen by the Australian Parliament, handing over sovereignty to multinational corporations and ad-hoc tribunals, there’s a lot wrong with the TPP, Dr Pat Ranald says. 4 June 2015
Secretly negotiated, signed unseen by the Australian Parliament, handing over sovereignty to multinational corporations and ad-hoc tribunals, there’s a lot wrong with the TPP, Dr Pat Ranald says. 4 June 2015
Secrecy hides a potential onrushing tsunami in the form of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, warned MP Melissa Parke in speaking to a new, cross-party forum at Parliament House, Canberra. 27 May 2015
Whatever is wrong with our democracy, it needs citizens to take charge and hold politicians to account, Dr Simon Longstaff told a Senate Lecture recently in a thought-provoking address. 7 May 2015
From now, women can rank above their brothers to rule over England…and hold sway over Australia. But, of course, they must be Protestant not Catholic (or Hindu) women. 27 March 2015
To try to prevent another Bali 9 death penalty situation, a parliamentary committee – at CLA’s request – is seeking an urgent briefing on current rules binding the Australian Federal Police. 16 Feb 2015
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders is campaigning to defeat the secret trade deal, which is likely in 2015 to be inflicted on unsuspecting citizens of 12 nations. 6 Jan 2015
With tranches of new, freedom-curtailing terror bills passing parliament, making 65 new laws in the past decade, when will we get our first freedom-enhancing law? 10 Nov 2014
Delivering the Lionel Murphy memorial lecture for 2014, Prof George Williams gave this excellent rundown of the status of Australia’s terror laws. MPs, please take note. 6 Nov 2014
Diverse interests, from Muslim groups to CLA, have combined to ask the government to delay its latest tranche of terror laws to allow more consideration and consultation. 16 Oct 2014
It’s inexplicable why the Newman government has returned Queensland to ‘its dark past’, former Commissioner Tony Fitzgerald says. Only the people can save the state. 16 Sept 2014