“It should be recognized that the first Rudd government did attempt to achieve a more compassionate asylum seeker policy but…both under Gillard and Rudd mark II, Federal Labor made the political decision that it was not capable of leading enough Australians to accept that boat arrivals should be processed onshore, and that for many Australians, “stopping the boats” […]
Inequality- the USA, Australia and the ALP
In his article ‘America’s economy is a nightmare of our own making’ former secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, Robert Reich, describes increased inequality in the USA. He concludes that the increase in inequality is the product of a heightened concentration of political power in the corporate and financial elite. It is this concentration […]
Harari- History and Happiness
Happiness in the study of History In chapter 19 of his book, ‘Sapiens’, Harari examines happiness. He asks whether the transformation of human society by the industrial and scientific revolutions over the last 500 years, and the commensurate increases in wealth, have increased human happiness. He says that historians have researched the history of politics, society, […]
Get High With A Little Help From Your Friends
No matter what the teachings of the various religious prophets- Moses, Jesus Christ, Muhammad and Buddha- history shows that the spread of the world’s most successful religions was often assisted through support from powerful or rich friends of the religion and through military conquest. Judaism Moses is regarded as a leading prophet for the Jewish religion […]
Religion Series for Teens- Part 2- Arguments for and against God
There are two different types of argument that have traditionally been put forward in support of religion or belief in God. The first type of argument goes to the issue of whether any God, or Gods, really exist. This first type of arguments does not generally say anything about what the God or Gods that exist […]
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