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Open Thread- Mon 11 Oct 2021
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Guest Post: Cassie of Sydney – War declared in Victoria
One of reasons why Victoria is in such a parlous state is because of the Victorian Liberal Party. For decades now the Victorian Liberals have failed to provide any credible opposition to the Bracks, Brumby and Andrews’ Labor governments. In the Westminster system ineffectual oppositions enable corrupt and inept
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Fisking the debunkers
This has to be one of the best fiskings I’ve seen in a long time and the half of it is because it is delivered without rancour. It is a straightforward critique of a hit piece by the BBC that attempted to debunk numerous studies that have
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Guest post: Vikki Campion – New Premier should not be criticised for his faith
When you visit a St Vincent de Paul charity outlet, you don’t feel like you’ve entered an evil clandestine cabal of corruption. The older ladies sorting donations out of the chipped blue donation bin don’t fanatically launch at customers reciting the bible. Yet, some of the same people who love hunting for vintage Prada at…
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Open Thread – Weekend 9 Oct 2021
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Guest Post: Lysander – Anti-Pell: A Faction Too Much Fiction!
I don’t know many Cats who had as much interaction with the Pell case that I had. Many of my dear personal friends are noted in his prison diaries, visited him, I had family members attend the court on the days that were open to the public and I personally liaised with Richter and got…
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Guest Post: mem – Getting Ready for Glasgow
The overview schedule for the COP26 which is to be held in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November 2021 has been released so participants can prepare for the various workshops. ‘COP’ refers to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCCC’), which is the peak decision-making…
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The baker/ vax problem
The problem before us is whether someone that supports a baker’s refusal to make a ‘wedding’ cake for a gay couple could then oppose the same baker inquiring about their customer’s/ employee’s vaccination status and refusing
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Guest Post: Mem – Extrapolating Backwards or the Case of the Missing Dam
During the millennial drought (2006 -2010) there was great concern that Melbourne might run out of water. The Labor government in Victoria pushed for the construction of a desalination plant. Graphs and statistics were presented showing historical records of Melbourne’s water supply and usage, as well as projections for the future. All emphasized the
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Kimber v Sapphire Coast – Part 1
I’ve been reading the first half of Commissioner Dean’s dissent in the Kimber decision relating to Ms Kimber’s refusal to take the flu vaccine in 2020 in purported contravention of a Public Health Order (PHO). The first thing that struck me is that previous to this PHO, taking the flu vax in aged care was…