OK, I don’t get it. The issue of an apology being offered by the Federal Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to Indigenous Australians is in the news again and all I seem to see are people arguing either that we do have a personal responsibility to the past or that we don’t. You have [...]
One of the most disappointing things in watching the Australian federal election campaign (and indeed the past two Australian federal elections) has been the almost complete disappearance of altruism from the platform of either party. Everything seems to be phrased in terms of what the individual can expect to get out of it. There’s little [...]