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Hi and welcome to the site. I have been a web developer, and for the last ten years or so dealt mainly with WordPress. I am now 70, and this site, which I embraced in...Continue reading→

When we hear the term minority government, the first reaction is often concern. Without a majority of seats in the legislature, how can a government possibly function? Isn’t instability inevitable? While it’s true that minority...Continue reading→

News Headlines a little while back about the situation in Gaza understood it as 'a ceasefire' rather than as 'peace'. That is a useful distinction for peace is not simply the absence of conflict. Peace...Continue reading→

Like many of us, the feeling is that this debate has been going on for a while with lack lustre arguments all around. My general position in terms of any referendum is to vote no,...Continue reading→

Oversimplification Does Not Help. We have the Referendum sometime before Christmas, presumably in October or November. Whilst we don't know, as yet when it will be, we do know what the question is, and what...Continue reading→

I write from a place that has been Awabakal Country since a time before and I pay my respects to the First Peoples of our nation and their elders. At the start of his period...Continue reading→

Sometimes when you mention that you hold a different view from someone else on an issue, they will look at you like you have two heads. The difficulty I face here of course is not...Continue reading→

We have an Assistant Minister for the Republic in Australia, Matt Thistlethwaite MP. He also serves as the Member for Kingsford Smith, Assistant Minister for Defence (Minister: Richard Marles MP), And the Assistant Minister for...Continue reading→