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The Liberal Party has received a blunt and dramatic message from voters in the election of 2022. Those voters did not like the product. They did not like the message.

They limit personal autonomy but protect third parties. The justification for what is done rests on the ethical principle of consequentialism.

MICHAEL MOORE. THERE are a series of self-serving indicators that Prime Minister Scott Morrison will go to an early election. They all serve as a reminder of the need for fixed-term elections for the federal government. The middle ground is where elections are won and lost. Over the last few decades the Liberal Party has been deserting this ground in favour of a more and more conservative approach to politics. Michael Moore. During that time the conservative elements of the party pejoratively labelled the liberal elements as “wets”. These “wets” included former NSW Senator Peter Baume...

  In the past 50 years, Australia has had 23 health ministers. But who is the worst? Two of them, Lance Barnard and Arthur Sinodinos get passes, because Barnard and Whitlam were Ministers for everything in 1972 and Sinodinos merely filled in temporarily.   Neal Blewett, Brian Howe and Nicola Roxon would be among the best mainly because they focused on major policy reform; expanded preventative medical programs; and tried to integrate health policy into broader policy perspectives. The idea that it is better to keep people well rather than dealing with them after they get sick is widely acc...

New support for convicted child killer Folbigg Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the NSW Coroners Court, Sydney, in May, 2019. Crime by Quentin McDermott Premium Content Subscriber only Sixty-six fellows and distinguished fellows of the Royal Society of NSW have joined a growing body of scientists calling for the pardon and release of convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg. Folbigg is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for the murder of three of her children, and the manslaughter of a fourth. The fell...