Displaying items by tag: Public Policy
The Covid Reich and the Epic Fail of the Australian Media
At a time of epic fails by political leaders, oppositions, bureaucracies, and, alas, churches, we need an epic fail by our media like a hole in the head. Yet that is what we have now. Amid all the Covid disasters, our media have lost the plot. They are not doing their core jobs of speaking truth to power and calling out stupidity, and we are all the poorer for it.
Our Freedom Destroyed - The Costs of Collaborating with Fascism
It has been said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Well, on any number of fronts, people in liberal democracies are currently "doing nothing", as our freedoms and the quality of our governance ever decline. And evil is winning.
The Unedifying Fruits of a Utilitarian Higher Education Policy
The Government's decision to double the cost of a universities arts degree is short-sighted, philistine and utilitarian.
The Covid Tribes
The Covid Crisis has thrown up its own set of "tribes", interest groups with different stakes in the way the thing is playing out. Understanding the ideologies and the interests of the various players helps us all to make sense of the crazy times in which we live
The Photios Industrial Complex and the Degrading of Politics in the "Premier State"
There is something rotten in the State of New South Wales. The State is run by paid lobbyists who control the Liberal Party. And the interests and philosophies of these puppeteers are decidedly not those of mainstream folks who believe, naively, that they control the governments that they vote for. The governments are puppets.
On Corona Tracking Apps
As debates rage over the origins and impacts of COVID 19 and whether draconian government policy response here and overseas have been appropriate and effective, now there is a proposed tracking app that the Government is introducing. Bill Muehlenberg asks - What could go wrong with a Government App?
Peer-reviewed, Nobel Prize-awarded scientific research retracted
People who consider “peer-reviewed science” alone or give it disproportionate weight when considering public policy are unhelpfully naive about the dynamic nature of science. They pour scorn on anyone questioning “peer-reviewed science” as a solid foundation for public policies with far-reaching social & economic ramifications.
The Failure of Public Policy
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Philippians 2: 3-4) How has our society arrived the point where wide-spread abortion is not only tolerated but promoted, and a beneficial view of euthanasia is endorsed in parliamentary bills? Why was a romantic view of same-sex marriage given media endorsement and such a prominent focus in the marriage plebiscite and in politics? Why is sexual experimentation promoted, often in the context of unwittingly promoting violence against women through the implicit endorsement of pornography?
