Joe Kelly -- The Australian -- 6 July, 2017 The Turnbull government empowered by an angry backbench has rejected a Human Rights Commission-led campaign for racial and cultural diversity targets to be pushed on corporate Australia. The commission’s July 2016 reform blueprint, Leading for Change,recommended that organisations consider...
James Paterson - Australian Jewish News - 6 July 2017 Superhero movies have become a staple of Hollywood, but few have garnered as much political attention as Wonder Woman. It’s the latest target of the ugly anti-Israel Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The film has already...
James Paterson -- The Australian -- 2 June, 2017 Indigenous Australians should be properly consulted on policies that affect them. But that can be achieved without radical constitutional change. The full implications of the Uluru Statement from the Heart will be clear only when the Referendum Council’s...
Tom Minear and Anthony Galloway -- Herald Sun -- 31 May, 2017 CLAIMS by the Andrews Government that it is being forced to dismantle the CFA because of a ”completely unworkable” federal law have been thrown into doubt by documents filed at the Fair Work Commission. Premier...
Primrose Riordan -- The Australian -- 4 May, 2017 An Australian government senator has called for closer relations with Taiwan and met with the country’s president Tsai Ing-wen amid a diplomatic spat between Australia and China. A group of MPs and Senators — Senator James Paterson, Stuart...