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The Gaza Plan

The ONLY person in the world who can make this work is Donald Trump.

Man in woman’s jail for child above in Victoria  – because he said he is a woman.

This is a horrible outcome and a travesty that should never have been allowed. The Premier needs to confront the morality of this issue and not sidestep what has transpired.

The Isis Brides issue  and government bsurreptitiousness

I watched the ‘Q and A’ session that took place in the context of the Senate Inquiry on the subject yesterday. What a fiasco – and how hard those responsible in government worked to deflect the issue.  This was an appalling display, particularly by Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Wong. 

Top 100 Universities

For mine, the most outstanding Australian University is in my home city of Darwin . In my opinion, you would have to go a long way to top Charles Darwin University, its VC, Professor Scott Bowman, the University Council, the teams of teachers and researchers, and the CDU student council.   CDU got on with the job and was not connected with any of the conflicts and marches that were part of it. -and are still are – part of the carry on at some of our Sandstone Universities and other tertiary institutions. 

Albo and the brides

Is our PM being deliberately coy about the bride’s issue because he feels that their return will earn praise from pro-Palestinian groups and Muslim voters in key Labour seats?

Peace in the Middle East

I hope this initiative, akin to opening the door just a little into the place of peace, matures into an everlasting outcome, consigning this awful war and its sad consequences to history. 

Healing the relationships breach

We need Tony Burke, Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong, Chris Bowen, and other members of the Cabinet to lead the way in terms of moving Australia towards accord and unification between our Jewish and Palestinian cohorts. They must be the leaders in healing the breach.

Let them land in Gaza

Those on flotillas of vessels seeking to identify with those in Gaza should not be intercepted. They should be allowed to land and then left to their own devices. They might be somewhat surprised and dismayed at the reception they get and the treatment they receive from Hamas and like-minded persons when their proclivities become known.

Good for Queensland

WELL DONE, QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT!

Thank you for your reassuring and common-sense approach to the issue of energy needs and the fact that supply has to be regular and reliable,

Hopefully, your example and courage will be emulated by some of our other state and territory governments.

In contrast to Victoria, where huge underground gas reserves are being left untouched, the Victorian Government is considering building the facilities needed to offload and use imported gas to fuel its energy needs.

Upside down Australia

It used to be thought that because Australia was ‘down under’, it was ‘upside down’. It surely is upside down in terms of thinking and prioritising action these days.   

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Bowen harps at Queensland

It is beyond time for Energy Minister Bowen to wake up to the fact that his ‘impossible dream’ will never become a reality.  I am reaching the point of finding his constant harping on the subject of renewables to be unbearable. 

Australia’s cultural wars

Two years of hate speech and vitriol directed toward Jews in Australia will not cease. The war may be stoppable, but the bitterness welled up within far too many hearts toward our Jewish population will continue to overflow into our no longer harmonious Australian community.

Barnaby Joyce is jumping ship

I have the most profound respect for Mr Joyce and think the Nationals – and indeed the Coalition – have done a significant injury to themselves for the way he has been discounted and derided over time. Barnaby Joyce is and always has been a politician of conviction.  He epitomises genuineness and is a person who gets things done. He is an effective politican and above all, a good man.

The Everest

This race, with all its hoo-haa and pseudo-importance, is a lot of false and artificial ‘happiness’. It is a temporary escape from the sad realities of life and will cost a lot of remorse through squandered betting dollars and expenditure on the glamour and artificiality of dressing up.

The Whitlam Era

Read “East Arnhem People and Places” by Keith Cole and become aware of what became undone from the time Mr Whitlam became Prime Minister.  That will help historians and others develop a more complete picture and understanding of changes that began under his prime ministership.

Visit the UK – no way!

We visited the UK for seven weeks in 1996, and it was starting to become unlike the UK we had imagined from history, even then. And now, of course, anything that remotely resembles the way the country was is hugely frowned upon. The UK would be one of the last places I would want to go, 29 or 30 years on from our previous visit.

Indigenous responsibilities – Megan Davies

I would like to ask the following questions.

* Why are parents and primary caregivers not looking after their children? Why are parents and caregivers excused from the m looking after their children?

* Why are Elders now apparently powerless when it comes to the management of children and youth within communities?

* Why are non-Indigenous persons deemed wholly responsible for issues about the health and welfare of Indigenous youth and adults?

* Why don’t people take responsibility for their health; why do they blame the health department and other agencies for poor health and illness when a great deal comes from their chosen behaviours?

* Why are parents and caregivers not responsible for ensuring their children attend school?

* Why are teachers and the education department blamed when children leave school as functional illiterates when that has been and is the result of them not attending school?

* Why is it deemed racist when issues are raised, and the need for self-responsibility is pointed back to families from where the problems arise?

More questions

The following points also leave blanks in the answers box.

* What should happen in the many cases of children and young people roaming the streets and getting into trouble because they feel unsafe at home?

* If agencies take children from unsafe homes, are they not faced with ‘double jeopardy’ because of accusations of stealing children from parents?

* Are responsibilities that should belong to parents being passed to government instrumentalities, with parents and caregivers shrugging and inferring that various government agencies should pick up their commitment?

* Should ANY responsibility for the upbringing of children belong to parents?

* Why is the role parents should play in raising their children at best infrequently raised; are parents excused from any responsibility?

* Do many young people act disruptively because they feel a sense of entitlement because Australia is a country where its First Peoples were first? Do they feel ‘owed’ by being ‘first’?