What is the definition of genocide? A quick online search will take you to un.org where, in bold, sharp, unmissable script this is spelt out: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Article II In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in…
Post-election: relief, a little bit of elation, and restrained hope
For months, some of us have had recurring nightmares that a bald-headed former Defense Minister would become the Prime Minister of this sun-kissed country and lead us all into an historic chapter of darkness not seen since the White Australia policy. This man who, despite his good fortune and privilege, seem to have a truck…
The right to an adequate standard of living, and the rise of the right wing in Australia
The US of A has once again unleashed upon an already suffering world a narcissistic egomaniac, version 2.0, only more repugnant, more sinister, less of everything that makes the US of A, once the envy of the developed and developing world, actually great. In the much eulogised and mythologised Oval Office, this man sits at…