Old-school police culture strikes back
After the controversy surrounding the two past Victorian police commissioners, it seems that traditionalists are going to like Ken Lay just fine. One of his first acts as commissioner was a new dress code that bans officers from having ponytails, [...]
ACLU statement on Obama’s signing of NDAA
“Any hope that the Obama administration would roll back the constitutional excesses of George Bush in the war on terror was extinguished today.”
How to conduct the debate on same sex marriage
It’s inevitable that the debate on same sex marriage, which has reached a new level since the passage in Queensland last week of the Civil Partnerships Bill and the decisions of the ALP National Conference on the weekend, will be [...]
Same sex marriage, the ALP Conference and Tony Abbott
The ALP National conference yesterday amended the federal platform to support marriage equality being enshrined in statute, but on another motion, allowed members and Senators a conscience vote. This despite the force of the claim by Senator John Faulkner: It [...]
Privacy and you
Especially relevant given the infamous “Privacy is for Paedos” line spun by an ex-editor of the News of the World at the UK media inquiry.
Civil Unions vote in Queensland tomorrow night
Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser’s bill, the Civil Partnerships Bill 2011, will go before the Queensland Parliament tomorrow night at 7.30pm. A vote is expected some time early the next morning. As the Brisbane Times reports, numbers in the House are [...]
Qantas, Nurses, arbitration and the Fair Work Act
Perhaps predictably, the dispute between Qantas and unions representing its workforce is heading to arbitration, as management has refused to bargain over job security claims. The TWU is also considering a further legal challenge. Over the last couple of weeks, [...]
Pay rises and plain packages legislation
As with many things that one generally approves of, there’s a tendency to expend less energy writing on them than one does about those things which get one obstreperated, which is why LP has not yet posted on either of the two following pieces of legislation initiated by the Gillard government:
Andrew Fraser’s Civil Unions bill being considered by parliamentary committee
The Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee of the Queensland Parliament is holding public hearings today on a bill introduced by Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser to enshrine civil unions in state law. The text of the Civil Partnerships [...]
Robert Manne, the Finkelstein Media Inquiry and blog comments
The Media Inquiry, conducted by Justice Ray Finkelstein, started public hearings on Monday. Evidence so far has focused on the role of the Press Council as a regulator, the possibility of publicly funded support for independent journalism, the parameters of [...]
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