States cave on tax abolition?
The States look like caving in to Federal Treasurer Peter Costello's demands that they abolish seven taxes that they agreed to "review" in 2005 as...
Gay marriage and the Constitution
A Tasmanian Greens bill to legalise gay marriage is attracting significant attention in the national media. UNSW constitutional lawyer George Williams is being touted by...
The Consolation of Kevin Donnelly
Sometimes events happen in our lives that are so horrible that they scar us permanently. Educationalist Kevin Donnelly, a sometime guest blogger here at Troppo,...