Much more than entertaining theatre, Black Diggers is a masterful exposition of the ANZAC spirit as well as telling an important part of Australian Aboriginal history. Originally from Sydney, it is appropriate that Black Diggers was staged in Melbourne on ANZAC day as it embodies all the elements we learn from the most noble of defeats at Gallipoli, including duty and sacrifice as well as the birth of national pride in Australia and mateship. More significantly, the play restores the forgotten history of the Aboriginal men who served their country despite being rejected as citizens.
Monday, 27 April 2015
Black Diggers | Arts Centre Melbourne
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Much more than entertaining theatre, Black Diggers is a masterful exposition of the ANZAC spirit as well as telling an important part of Australian Aboriginal history. Originally from Sydney, it is appropriate that Black Diggers was staged in Melbourne on ANZAC day as it embodies all the elements we learn from the most noble of defeats at Gallipoli, including duty and sacrifice as well as the birth of national pride in Australia and mateship. More significantly, the play restores the forgotten history of the Aboriginal men who served their country despite being rejected as citizens.
Much more than entertaining theatre, Black Diggers is a masterful exposition of the ANZAC spirit as well as telling an important part of Australian Aboriginal history. Originally from Sydney, it is appropriate that Black Diggers was staged in Melbourne on ANZAC day as it embodies all the elements we learn from the most noble of defeats at Gallipoli, including duty and sacrifice as well as the birth of national pride in Australia and mateship. More significantly, the play restores the forgotten history of the Aboriginal men who served their country despite being rejected as citizens.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
“. . the culture of the political Left has enabled terrorism.”
“.
. the culture of the political Left has enabled terrorism.” This
opinion piece by Jennifer Oriel is a well reasoned description of how
opposition to “any attempt to link jihadi terrorism with anything
remotely connected to Islam of any variety” leads to greater
radicalisation.” However, New Whig’s centrist view is like trying to
balance on a seesaw, where a move one way risks sliding into political
correctness that can ends with support for Hamas’s Jew-haters, while the
other way can lead to rejection of halal-certification because it might
finance terrorism and efforts to prevent Muslims from integrating.
Guilty
on all charges. When the Boston bombing trial jury handed down their
verdict against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last week, the courtroom was silent.
The…
theaustralian.com.au
Monday, 13 April 2015
Queen Camilla
What
a deceptive headline! It would be more accurate to say that opposition
to HRH becoming queen is falling, having dropped from 75% to 55%. As
Her Majesty is likely to reign another decade, by then opposition to
Queen Camilla will have dropped to insignificance. New Whig has always
supported the Australian Monarchy, admires the Prince of Wales and will
welcome Queen Camilla when the time eventually comes. In a few months
The Queen will become the longest reigning British Monarch, but it will
take another decade to equal France's Louis XIV, Europe's longest.
Most
Britons do not want the Duchess of Cornwall to become queen, a new poll
has found. Some 55% of people are against Camilla taking the title if
her husban...
dailymail.co.uk
Saturday, 14 March 2015
Israel praised for minimising civilian casualties
A
task force of several retired American military officials says Israel
“systemically applied established rules of conduct that adhered to or
exceeded the Law of Armed Conflict,"' But will this be enough to
counter the anti-Semitic propaganda aimed at de-legitimising Israel,
including from the UN?
JNS.org
– A new report on last summer’s Gaza war praises Israel’s efforts to
minimize civilian casualties. The report, titled “2014 Gaza War
Assessment:…
algemeiner.com
Friday, 6 March 2015
The Criminal Justice System is a growth industry,
The
forthcoming killing of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran continues to
horrify the Australian public, but the cause of this travesty of justice
escapes most people. It is the ever-failing “war on drugs” that is the
problem. The Criminal Justice System is a growth industry, as evident
in this latest splurge by the Victorian Government. It will not reduce
the “scourge”, but inevitably exacerbate the problem because of the
inevitable consequences of prohibition. Certainly,
the death penalty does deter some people, but it is clearly not a total
deterrent, because obviously there continue to be sufficient people who
think they will get away with it to keep the illegal drug trade
prospering. Every time a “drug lord” is caught, a gang war follows and
there are plenty of deputies ready to take over, each more ruthless than
their predecessor. While the Lawyers and crime bureaucrats prosper as
well as the untaxed, unregulated drug traders themselves, the situation
will continue to become more of a social problem. Meanwhile, these two
young men will die, along with the many others who suffer as a result of
this misplaced law. When will society put the wowsers in their place,
accept that recreational drugs will always be popular, and regulate them
instead of distorting the market with a failed prohibition that results
in far worse problems that are caused by the drugs themselves?
MORE
drug and booze buses, needle exchanges and police crackdowns on drug
labs will be the key strategies to tackle the scourge of ice use in
Victoria.
heraldsun.com.au
The
forthcoming killing of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran continues to
horrify the Australian public, but the cause of this travesty of justice
escapes most people. It is the ever-failing “war on drugs” that is the
problem. The Criminal Justice System is a growth industry, as evident
in this latest splurge by the Victorian Government. It will not reduce
the “scourge”, but inevitably exacerbate the problem because of the
inevitable consequences of prohibition. Certainly,
the death penalty does deter some people, but it is clearly not a total
deterrent, because obviously there continue to be sufficient people who
think they will get away with it to keep the illegal drug trade
prospering. Every time a “drug lord” is caught, a gang war follows and
there are plenty of deputies ready to take over, each more ruthless than
their predecessor. While the Lawyers and crime bureaucrats prosper as
well as the untaxed, unregulated drug traders themselves, the situation
will continue to become more of a social problem. Meanwhile, these two
young men will die, along with the many others who suffer as a result of
this misplaced law. When will society put the wowsers in their place,
accept that recreational drugs will always be popular, and regulate them
instead of distorting the market with a failed prohibition that results
in far worse problems that are caused by the drugs themselves?
MORE
drug and booze buses, needle exchanges and police crackdowns on drug
labs will be the key strategies to tackle the scourge of ice use in
Victoria.
heraldsun.com.au
Monday, 16 February 2015
Prince Philip's knighthood, a good thing at the wrong time in the wrong way.
The
timing, on Australia Day, that shocked me. It was bound to draw the
anti-British republicans. Already a Commander of the Order, it was
right and proper to elevate His Royal Highness to the Knighthood new it
is reintroduced. But it should have been done at a better time, like on
HRH's birthday in context of praise for his achievements. We now see
that Mr Abbott is not just out of touch with the Electorate, but does
not care. He now says he has changed and will listen, but even if he
can and does, it may be too late to save him.
Prime minister also says he was not aware of growing backbench dissent and appears to blame Philip Ruddock for not alerting him
theguardian.com|By Gabrielle Chan
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