Sunday 30 June 2013
Australia picks Professor Hilary Charlesworth as ad hoc judge in ICJ Whaling in the Antarctic case (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening)
BA (Hons), LlB (Hons) (Melb), SJD (Harvard)
Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice,
Professor & ARC Laureate Fellow ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
and ANU College of Law
Court President on the first day of the International Court of Justice hearings in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening): I note that, since the Court does not include upon the Bench a judge of Australian nationality, Australia exercised its right under Article 31, paragraph 2, of the Statute to choose a judge ad hoc to sit in the case: it chose Ms Hilary Charlesworth.
MEMORIAL OF AUSTRALIA May 2011
COUNTER-MEMORIAL OF JAPAN March 2012
Declaration of Intervention by New Zealand November 2012
Written Observations of New Zealand April 2013
26 June 2013 hearing:
27 June 2013 hearing:
Labels:
Australia-Japan relations,
law,
whales
Public perception begins to run against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott again?
Essential Vision Poll 24 June 2013:
Tony Abbott is regarded by more respondents to be arrogant (59%), intolerant (48%), narrow-minded (55%) and aggressive (51%).
Full poll results here.
Galaxy Poll released 30 June 2013:
Full poll results here.
The weirdness and hate that is inside the Palmer United Party
A letter to the editor in the Hervey Bay Independent from former LNP MP and current PUP candidate Rob Messenger……..
There will come a time when Islamic terrorists will not only be armed with meat cleavers, knives, home-made bombs and guns.
In the not to distant future, terrorists (who now live among us, sustained by our welfare payments) could be armed with modern weapons – capable of killing many innocents, with the flick of a switch.
One of the greatest risks our children face is that meat cleavers, knives, home-made bombs and guns will be replaced with sophisticated modern weapons of mass destruction – poisonous chemicals, nuclear bombs and deadly viruses.
Just as the Islamic terrorists show no hesitation, shame or remorse butchering individuals and small groups in cold blood – so too will they have no hesitation, shame or remorse, destroying our cities or suburbs with the press of a button.
How do we stop these people and protect future generations? We remember the lessons of WW2, which showed that a policy of appeasement in the face of this kind of extremist evil, will always fail.
These terrorists will never stop. Dialogue and peaceful reason has no effect on them. They kill and terrorize because we will not bow to their god and live a life ruled by their extreme religious leaders’ demands and beliefs.
The terrorists cleverly hide amongst, us. They exploit our western, Christian democratic freedoms; compassion, generosity and love of a fair go for all – to escape public condemnation.
We are now too scared of being reported to our anti-discrimination councils or branded a racist for speaking out against the terrorists’ religious and world-views.
There was a time in the 1930’s in Germany when the Nazi’s were hounded from villages in a shower of rocks and curses. There was a time when the German people could have emphatically said “No” to the Nazi’s special message of hate and crazy.
We are living in similar times and face a similar evil. And the world will suffer a similar fate as the generation of 1930’s & 40’s, if we do not loudly condemn the leaders and followers of the extremist Islamic religious ideology driving this current world madness.
Rob Messenger
Palmer United Party
Candidate for Hinkler
Palmer United Party
Candidate for Hinkler
Hilarious quote from the North Coast's very own right-wing 'political fibber extraordinaire'
“Bruce, there
is one thing I am very particular about and that is making sure I get my facts
right.” {Fred Perring
in a Daily Examiner letter to the editor on 24th June 2013}
Labels:
propaganda,
right wing politics
Saturday 29 June 2013
Quotes of the week
“On top of that, I’m entirely ready
to take a shovel, dig up the press gallery and turn it into a garden for
ornamental cacti. Their lack of self awareness is staggering. Who, on one hand,
lectures politicians for focusing on leadership instability, while at the same
time, reporting on nothing else?” {Corrine Grant over at The Hoopla on 25th
June 2013}
“Since when has disrespecting a
parliament, rather than respecting a parliament, been an act of loyalty? Since
when is disrespecting the office of prime minister, rather than respecting the
office of prime minister, seen as an act of loyalty? Since when is verballing
and patronising electors, that they somehow got it wrong in 2010 rather than
respecting the result, seen as an act of loyalty?” he said.
“Of course, none of these are acts
of loyalty at any level. They are the acts and views of radicals. And many, too
many, have fallen into this lazy world of spit and venom at the expense of
nation-building and investing respectfully in our institutions that are the
foundation of our democracy.” {Rob Oakeshott in The
Guardian UK on 25th June 2013}
“Who would want to be a woman in the sexist snake-pit that is Australian politics?” {Araminta Wordsworth in National Post on 28th June 2013}
“Who would want to be a woman in the sexist snake-pit that is Australian politics?” {Araminta Wordsworth in National Post on 28th June 2013}
"It's
a very strong team ... but there is one person who I particularly want to
mention.
"We have a strong and credible broadband policy because
the man who’s devised it, the man who will implement it virtually invented the
internet in this country. Thank you so much, Malcolm Turnbull."
{Tony Abbott in http://youtu.be/oQbm6InGeUg 27th June 2013}
"Tony Abbott should avoid further embarrassment
by not opening his mouth ever again on anything related to telecommunications.
He’s had years to get it right, and he still has no clue."{Robert Merkel in LarvatusProdeo on 28 July 2013}
“Van Onselen was voicing the concerns of more than a few of Abbott’s colleagues, who fear being handed power with no mandate and no agenda.”
{Waleed Aly in The
Monthly in July 2013}
Labels:
Federal Election 2013,
media,
politics
Friday 28 June 2013
Two women an ocean apart on a momentous Wednesday 26 June 2013
Crikey.com.au Editorial, 27 June 2013:
Yesterday, a lone woman stood up to her (overwhelmingly male) colleagues who were trying to take away her rights and silence her voice. She stood in the legislature and spoke for women everywhere, and when she could stand no more her colleagues and the people who elected her stood with her. And at least yesterday, she was triumphant.
She is Wendy Davis, a Texas state Senator, who filibustered a bill that would effectively outlaw abortion in Texas. When her 13-hour filibuster ended 11 minutes before the crucial midnight deadline, others took up the torch, shouting down a vote, and preserving women's right to choose -- until Texas Governor Rick Perry called for another special legislative session to pass the bill.
Yesterday, in Australia, our first female prime minister stood up to her male colleagues who were trying to silence her voice. She stood and called their bluff, and she said she was not going down without a fight. But then, when she could stand no more, her colleagues and her friends spoke for a man with a blue tie instead. And while a few remained loyal to her, it wasn't enough. In her final speech as prime minister, she took to the podium alone.
"What I am absolutely confident of is it will be easier for the next woman and the woman after that and the woman after that, and I am proud of that," she said. And no one stood with her at all.
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