In reponse to Wendy Tuohy’s article in Nine media “Why Prince Harry would be a top GG” published on 23 April, WfaAR wrote to The Canberra Times saying that just because the Sussexes are fashionable, they are no particular use to…
Young women take the top three spots out of the ten essays shortlisted in ARM’s essay competition for high school students. The winner was Gihansa Samarawickrema from Victoria, with Orla Latawski (WA) second and Sophie Macdonald (NSW) third. The winning essay on the topic “Young Australians Deserve to Have a Say…
The second Brexit day comes and goes as calls – that started in earnest in January – for our Head of State to intervene get louder. This is considered unlikely given the Queen’s role as neutral constitutional monarch of the United…
The ABC releases the 2019 version of Vote Compass that attempts to align one’s views and opinions with the major party policy platforms: Greens, Labor, Coalition and One Nation. Responses in both 2013 and 2016 were 1.3 million making it a very large…
Social and market researcher Rebecca Huntley says that Australian voters are way ahead of their politicians when it comes to social change. She states that there is little evidence that the policy agenda of major parties has been shaped by opinion polls. She reveals a long…
ABC TV broadcasts as two-part documentary in the prime Sunday evening timeslot: “The Crown and Us” but really it should have been “The Republic and Us with seductive shots of the Royals since 1954”. This doco attempted to get to grips with…
WfaAR is visiting the 9th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial at QAGOMA in Brisbane. Three works stood out.The first two were by Australian artist Vincent Namatjira, born Alice Springs, lives and works South Australia. He has sprung to prominence since his…
In an interview given to Nine Media, Nova Peris speaks up about her confidence that Australia is ready to change. The first Aboriginal woman to be elected to federal parliament in the Senate; Olympic gold medallist in hockey as well as medal…
Meghan and Kate now officially don’t get on with each other and are actively feuding. Women are never depicted as cooperative, tolerant or professional, they are always calcuating rivals, over what it’s not clear. Nothing new here going back to Diana and Fergie and later Camilla and Kate as duelling consorts….
Nicholas Gruen nails it when he says that honours and awards mostly go to people for doing their (already well paid) day jobs. What his article also neatly underscores(click on link below) is that there is a class structure inherent in the Australian, imperially approved, honours…
