The late Frank Devine once said, during the debate over saying "sorry", that the Aborigines should just forgive us. In the age of the politicisation of everything, of group rights, of cancel culture and of the rejection of Christian forgiveness in public life, Frank's implied hope is forlorn. We are unforgiven, even when we have done nothing wrong, and they are a-coming for us.
Andrew Peacock has passed away, an event accompanied by glowing tributes (inevitably, "great Australian") from the political class, present and past. How good was Peacock? And what, if any, were his achievements?
How Hard It Is For Christian Porter To Win His Defamation Case? – A Critical Appraisal
Written by Augusto Zimmermann
The Christian Porter defamation case has captured the interest of the nation and its media. The former Attorney General has been accused of historical rape. By a complainant now deceased, and her supporters. The allegations were spotlighted by the ABC. The eyes of the country are on the outcome, in the shadow of the Pell case and that of Fr John Fleming.
Those who have opposed lockdowns because of the impact they have on personal freedom should also be manning the barricades in relation to vaccine mandates, and not giving them a pass because they will help return life to "normal".
Australian Parliaments Abrogate Their First Duty as Governments
Written by Fr John Fleming
The first and principal duty of government is to protect the nation's citizenry. Political philosophers back as far as Thomas Hobbes have understood this. When governments embrace the culture of death, epitomised by abortion and euthanasia, they abrogate their most basic responsibility. Worse, they abandon the most vulnerable in society. No amount of post-modernist sophistry will ever change this.
Toxic masculinity? Try toxic culture. The revolution of the 1960s has taken us all to some depraved and degrading places. As we are currently reminded by very, very unedifying events. Yet people are talking about the wrong problem.
The universities of Australia are now lonely places. Crushed by Lockdowns, and suffering from myriad assaults that go back much further. Part One of this two part article examines the collapse of standards and the transformation of Australian universities into corporations where students are now seen as "customers". Part Two will examine the ideological campus.
