15/09/2020 | Akos Balogh © Tuesday 15th September marks International Democracy Day, and there’s a lot of concern over the state of democracies both here and abroad. To reflect on this from a Christian perspective, TGCA spoke with John Anderson, a former Deputy PM, and now social commentator. (N.B. This is an edited version ofContinue reading “Christians in a Fragile Democracy: An Interview with John Anderson”
Author Archives: Nelle
The Grievance Industrial Complex and Me
21st August 2020 Damien Richardson I was five years old when Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was sacked by Sir John Kerr on November 11, 1975 — too young to deal with the political upheaval the dismissal caused in my working-class family. I guess I absorbed and internalised that resentment, as it wasn’t until I enteredContinue reading “The Grievance Industrial Complex and Me”
Skara Brae
Skara Brae or the “Scottish Pompeii,” the fascinating underground city discovered in 1850 Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that was in use between roughly 3100 B.C. and 2500 B.C. Located on the west coast of the main island of Orkney, in Scotland, what makes the site special is its good state of preservation. VisitorsContinue reading “Skara Brae”
The Future Flood of COVID Furphies
17th September 2020 Comments (16) Peter Smith Frequent contributor At the Anglican service I attend each Sunday, my church currently draws only about only one-third the number of people as compared with pre-COVID times. Precautions are taken. There is ample space and pews are marked to ensure social distancing, procedures are in place (e.g., noContinue reading “The Future Flood of COVID Furphies”
Victoria’s Epidemic of Despair
27th September 2020 Comments (2) Christopher Heathcote The Victorian government has devised a new solution to mental health problems. Using legislation under its “State of Emergency”, the police now arrest and fine persons suffering mental health problems who try to make any form of public outcry over their afflictions. The premier, Daniel Andrews, has setContinue reading “Victoria’s Epidemic of Despair”
Koalas versus ‘Experts’
5th July 2020 Comments (5) Vic Jurskis In my book, The Great Koala Scam, I make the following observation. “Koalas are a rare species in healthy forests. Where they are plentiful, their numbers must inevitably crash, and fires will inevitably explode.” In 2019, I gave evidence to this effect before a NSW parliamentary inquiry examiningContinue reading “Koalas versus ‘Experts’”
Women Under the Spell
20th October 2019 Comments (12) Augusto Zimmermann The connections of early feminism with secular ideologies such as liberalism and socialism are well known. I have myself written about these in several of my articles, including a chapter in my book on Western legal theory. However, the spiritual dimensions that underpinned the early feminist movement inContinue reading “Women Under the Spell”
A Warm Afternoon with Cardinal Pell
14th August 2020 Comments (15) Wanda Skowronska It has been four months since Cardinal George Pell was freed from Victoria’s Barwon Prison on April 7, after the High Court unanimously overturned his convictions. During his 400 days in jail many people, myself among them, sent the Cardinal letters and cards of support, hoping and prayingContinue reading “A Warm Afternoon with Cardinal Pell”
Between the Lines: Decoding Witness J
29th June 2020 Comments (2) Peter West In a long interview with Sky News after Cardinal Pell’s acquittal by the High Court, Father Frank Brennan SJ, who had always expressed scepticism about the original verdict, went over the reasons for the paramount decision. But right at the end, he added: And let’s, above all, spareContinue reading “Between the Lines: Decoding Witness J”
The Networks That Snared George Pell
1st September 2019 Comments (7) Paul Collits As Cardinal Pell prepares his next and final legal move – an appeal to the High Court – from the discomfort of solitary confinement, amid growing alarm at the rejection of his appeal by a majority of Judges sitting as the Victorian Court of Appeal, much of theContinue reading “The Networks That Snared George Pell”
Why the Second Jury Found George Pell Guilty
13th May 2019 Comments (11) Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au Why was the second verdict by the jury in the trials of George Pell so different from the first? If the juries in both cases were a fair sample of the Australian public, and the evidence heard by both juries was identical, you would expectContinue reading “Why the Second Jury Found George Pell Guilty”
The Social Media Witch-Hunt for George Pell
Chris S. Friel Vivian Waller is the principal lawyer at Waller Legal, a Melbourne-based firm she set up in 2007 that specialises in winning compensation for historic cases of sexual abuse against the Catholic Church. In 2018 Waller represented the complainant in the case that led to the imprisonment of Cardinal George Pell. To myContinue reading “The Social Media Witch-Hunt for George Pell”
When the Barely Possible Counts Against You
24th August 2019 Comments (23) Peter Smith Frequent contributor It is possible that, decades ago, I did poorly executed cartwheels in the altogether around a school swimming pool without any teacher or pool attendant noticing. Well, one complainant, now in adulthood, says I did. For the avoidance of doubt, I protest my innocence of thisContinue reading “When the Barely Possible Counts Against You”
Double Standards in the Court of Appeal
26th August 2019 Comments (23) Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au To support their case for rejecting the appeal of Cardinal George Pell against his conviction for sexual abuse of two choirboys in 1996, two of the Victorian appeal court judges, Chief Justice Anne Ferguson and President of the Court of Appeal Chris Maxwell, reject theContinue reading “Double Standards in the Court of Appeal”
The Scapegoating of Cardinal Pell
26th June 2020 Joel Hodge n the most contentious criminal matter in Australia in decades, the full bench of the High Court of Australia unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of five charges of child sexual assault. With this unanimous acquittal, questions about Pell’s case now turn towards those who prosecuted and supported the case againstContinue reading “The Scapegoating of Cardinal Pell”
Between the Lines: Decoding Witness ‘J’
5th June 2020 Comments (21) Peter West In a long interview with Sky News after Cardinal Pell’s acquittal by the High Court, Fr Frank Brennan SJ, who had always expressed skepticism of the original verdict, went over the reasons for the paramount decision. But right at the end, he added …And let’s, above all, spareContinue reading “Between the Lines: Decoding Witness ‘J’”
The Social Media Witch-Hunt for George Pell
The Social Media Witch-Hunt for George Pell 6th May 2019 Comments (0) Chris S. Friel Vivian Waller is the principal lawyer at Waller Legal, a Melbourne-based firm she set up in 2007 that specialises in winning compensation for historic cases of sexual abuse against the Catholic Church. In 2018 Waller represented the complainant in aContinue reading “The Social Media Witch-Hunt for George Pell”
Nihilism and National Security
Mervyn Bendle A spectre is haunting Western societies, and it’s not just Chinese imperialism. It’s the spectre of Nihilism, permeating every corner of our intellectual and moral culture, and critically weakening our capacity to defend ourselves. At a time when sharply increasing international tensions are prompting an unprecedented increase in defence spending to counter externalContinue reading “Nihilism and National Security”
The Unrecognised Gift of Good Fathering
John Anderson Until the day I left home to get married, I’d hear my father occasionally yell out in the dead of night, “get down, you fool! Get down!” He was reliving the first light of dawn of the second morning of the Battle of El Alamein, Montgomery’s great push back against Rommel in NorthContinue reading “The Unrecognised Gift of Good Fathering”
The Life and Times of Henry Lawson
Portrait of Lawson by John Longstaff, 1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales Waratah And Wattle Though poor and in trouble I wander alone,With rebel cockade in my hat,Though friends may desert me, and kindred disown,My country will never do that!You may sing of the Shamrock, the Thistle, the rose,Or the three in a bunch,Continue reading “The Life and Times of Henry Lawson”
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