Monthly Archives: November 2016
Whither Australian Politics?
Posted on November 23, 2016 Leave a Comment
Why did Peter Dutton make such an obviously irrational, ridiculous statement blaming Malcolm Fraser’s 35 year old immigration policies for allowing thousands of Lebanese refugees to settle in Australia and produce children and grandchildren, of whom a miniscule number has been involved in current conflicts in the middle east? It is the sort of statement that would appeal […]
Chopin
Posted on November 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
Chopin’s music comes on and my world changes. When it finishes, my world returns to what it was before, but the music stays with me.
Populism
Posted on November 19, 2016 Leave a Comment
We are seeing, in many Western democracies, the rising tide of right-wing, homespun populism, of the sort championed by the likes of Donald Trump and Pauline Hanson. Their rhetoric is made up of illogical, bigoted accusations and cruel, extreme, largely unachievable solutions, all delivered in simplistic slogans. For instance, Hanson says that Islam is incompatible with Australia’s Christian culture. When challenged she […]
Gerry Roberts 
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