[This is my response to Brendan O’Neill’s yarn “Same-sex marriage just another nanny state safety net” in the Weekend Australian.] Brendan, you’ve got it all wrong: totally arse-about-face...
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If you guys in Canberra could just go ahead and pass a SSM Bill, that would be great
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So on Same Sex Marriage., you only have this mandate to seek another mandate, via a $200m Plebiscite, but after this Plebiscite, even if you get a mandate for Same Sex Marriage, it doesn’t bind you to pass a Bill on Same Sex Marriage.
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a pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble and administer the government in person.
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Parliament has managed to pass nearly 13,000 bills since Federation with only 3 Plebiscites… None of which had any effect! Surely the parliament can pass 1 Same Sex Marriage Bill without any help?
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“When you are persecuting minorities and .. making them the Other, you are destroying something in yourself, and the world goes into a tailspin”
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking
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I wanted to share this wonderful, clear, novel piece by Michael Kirby on the stupid plebiscite. It...
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Dear George Brandis, I’ve been listening very carefully to your nuanced conversations about...
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Scene: wide shot on an empty living room in a suburban house: retro stuffed couches,...
Read MoreThere’s a lot of discussion surrounding Plebiscites and the Same Sex Marriage issue. Although there have been only 3 plebiscites run by the Federal Government since 1901, a single one has passed in 1977 to select the new...
Read MoreThe Australian Government, over 45 federal parliaments, has achieved much. Often the initiatives that emanate from the parliamentary chambers in Canberra are evidence of advanced social, economic, financial and even scientific...
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