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By Kim on August 17, 2011
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech to the House of Commons in the aftermath of the English riots set the tone for a bizarre crackdown: Responsibility for crime always lies with the criminal. But crime has a context. And we [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Crime, Europe, Featured, International, Law, Media, Politics, Race | Tagged Axel bruns, benefits, Blackberry, Boris Johnson, civil disorder, Conservative Party, crackdown, criminal justice, David Cameron, evictions, facebook, Guy Rundle, law and order, London, london burning, Noel Pearson, Owen Hatherley, Race, riots, riots aftermath, sentencing, social exclusion, social housing, social media, social theory, Sociology, Tories, twitter, welfare policy |
By Brian on June 30, 2010
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Of course, that’s the famous quatrain [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Government, Health, Politics, Water | Tagged education revolution, emissions trading system, G20, Henry Tax review, homelessness, Kevin Rudd, kyoto protocol, Murray Basin Authority, national curriculum, National Organ Transplant Authority, pacific solution, paid parental leave, regional cancer centres, renewable energy target, school libraries, social housing, stolen generations, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, trade centres, WorkChoices |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 22, 2010
On Q&A tonight, the defence from John Roskam of Tony Abbott’s remarks on homelessness and the government’s social housing strategy at the Catholic Social Service Association’s national conference appeared to be that it wasn’t clear what he’d said. [It's worth [...]
Posted in Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged Catholic Social Service Association, choice, Christopher Pearson, conference, homeless, homelessness, John Roskam, poor will always be with us, Q&A, Qanda, remarks, Rudd government, social housing, strategy, text, The Australian, Tony Abbott, Tony Jones, transcript |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 16, 2010
It must be ‘write an op/ed for Fairfax about something a political leader said to me’ week. First, Nina Funnell, and now Michael Perusco: I was in Canberra last week and had the opportunity to ask Opposition Leader Tony Abbott [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged communitarianism, community, fairfax, George Brandis, homelessness, housing policy, ideology, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, liberalism, Malcolm Turnbull, mark latham, Michael Perusco, neo-liberalism, Nina Funnell, political philosophy, political theory, Sacred Heart Mission, social housing, social inclusion, Sociology, Third Way, Tony Abbott, Tony Blair |
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