So anti-discrimination laws do not apply if the discrimination comes from a faith based group?
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
That’s right, the leader of Australia’s’ Christian Democratic Party, Rev Hon (sic) Fred Niles computer log in was used to access pornographic websites, with over 200,000 hits recorded!
In this opinion piece, published in The Age on March 9, 2010, Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam asserts that “Nuclear (energy) does not have the answers we need”. There’s quite a bit in this piece that I don’t consider to be well informed, accurate and unbiased — so I thought I would take a bit of a […]
Cross posted from Divisible By Pi. Well, isn’t this fun: Andrew Bolt, chronic sufferer of cranial rectal inversion has decided to write an article on the Greens. Don’t get me wrong — I don’t for a minute think the Greens are above reproach as a party. Their stance on nuclear power, for example, irks me to no end. […]
For those of you who don’t already know, the beautiful TAM Australia site went live yesterday, with all your information on TAM goodness, registration and the like. The Amazing Meeting is the biggest get-together in the Skeptical universe, and in November 2010, TAM comes to Australia. TAM features the best and most interesting, humorous and controversial […]
Cross-posted from The Carapace I have written about the planned internet censorship in Australia in the Young Australian Skeptics already. If this weren’t enough cause for concern it has now come to light that in an attempt to prop up Senator Conroy’s failing internet filter Australian customs have been given the power to search travellers lap tops and phones […]
It’s coming up on the end of semester, which means a great deal of study needs to be done, assignments need to be finished up, and chocolate likely needs to be eaten. Luckily, there’s still time for one more of the highly successful UMSS discussion sessions — if you’re free tomorrow lunchtime mosey on down to come see […]
Cross posted from Divisible By Pi. I’ll never really understand the rampant paranoia that seems to accompany the gun-loving subculture of the USA that clings to the Second Amendment like a needy ex-girlfriend. It’s not just that they hold as a basic right the idea that people should be free to own guns — bizarre though that […]
