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Maintaining commercial ties with China
In dealing with an authoritarian foreign power like China, Australia needs to balance commercial interests with both our national security and democratic ethos.
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Terror we can avoid
Last month one of Australia’s leading National Security experts from the Canberra think tank ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Anthony Bergin raised concerns that are of vital importance to many in Southbank.
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Marriage equality – Let’s get it done
The Bureau of Statistics (ABS) postal opinion survey on marriage equality is not what Australians wanted, envisaged or expected. It was not even part of the Coalitions policy last election. Even 80 per cent of the ABS staff think they are not up to it.
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Defending human rights
I’ve served in Federal Parliament for 20 years and have always been at the forefront supporting international human rights. The petition I organised for the release of Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim drew 62 Australian MP’s signatures.
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Explanation of NBN card mailout
With vast amounts of money being spent on television advertising for “Gen NBN” it is little wonder my office has been receiving many queries regarding the promised service, which we have been promised but have not been delivered.
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Turnbull cuts to Catholic education
“… now Education Minister Simon Birmingham, sounding like an Australian Teachers Federation official from the early 1970s, is aligned with the green-left activists of The Age to demomise the Catholic education authorities.Oyvey!”
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Victoria In the 12 months leading up to June 2016, the Bureau of Statistics has estimated that close to a third of Australia’s population growth has settled in Melbourne.
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Parliament, not a plebiscite, for marriage equality
Marriage equality is a right whose time has come.
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