Today in The Australian
Greed is a deadly sin perhaps, but it helps drive our economy
Anyone who has followed the evidence being given in the financial services royal commission will not be surprised that Kenneth Hayne refers to “greed” more than 50 times in the interim report.
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Today in The Australian
It is hard not to feel uneasy about the treatment being meted out to Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s nominee for the US Supreme Court.
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Today in The Australian
Perhaps the royal commission is the new form of the Last Judgment. As the wicked are exposed and the innocent — should there be any — exonerated, the commissioner, observing the proceedings from an elevated podium, impassably records their fate.
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Today in The Australian
After repeated rampages in Melbourne by African gangs, Australians are hardly likely to find the election results in Sweden surprising. With a sharp rise in violent crime, including a wave of attacks using hand grenades, since the country received an influx of refugees, the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats emerged this week as the kingmakers in what is certain to be a hung parliament.
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| Like Sweden, we’re ripe for the anti-immigration vote_Fri 14 Sep 2018.pdf | [ ] | 264 Kb |
| History of regicide can shed light on Turnbull’s downfall_Fri 31 August 2018.pdf | [ ] | 400 Kb |
Today in The Australian
Exactly 50 years ago, I spent my birthday protesting against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. At a co-ordinated time, I believe it was Prague’s midnight, a minute of silence was observed in places that circled the globe.
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