By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Monday, 7 May 2012
At the same time, many social scientists have observed that most young adults wish to marry, ‘but not just yet.’ This attitude is reflected in demographic trends. The median age of marriage has increased significantly over the past few decades.
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By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Wednesday, 11 January 2012
The news that a municipal council in Melbourne has banned local cricketers from playing the popular, fast-paced Twenty20 in more than 40 parks raises questions about the increasingly litigious and risk-averse culture in which we live today.
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By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Wednesday, 28 December 2011
In a democratic polity like Australia, there is a compact between the governing party and the governed people.
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By Kevin Andrews - Quadrant - Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Four years into the Rudd–Gillard Labor government, it is judged by the majority of the Australian people as a failure.
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By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Wednesday, 17 August 2011
The real test, when the riots subside, properties are restored and a semblance of order returns to the streets, is whether society has the courage to tackle the real causes.
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By Kevin Andrews - Thursday, 21 July 2011
In a paper that I wrote last year, I noted that the Greens had been treated as a political curiosity for many years, but, “as a political party, they should be treated like any other political party and subjected to the same scrutiny.”
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By Kevin Andrews - Agitate - Thursday, 7 July 2011
Edmund Burke once lamented that “the days of sophists, calculators and economists are upon us.”
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By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Thursday, 30 June 2011
According to Confucius, the three things necessary for government are weapons, food and trust.
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By Kevin Andrews - The Punch - Saturday, 11 June 2011
One of the justifications that the government uses for the roll-out of the $43 billion National Broadband Network [NBN] is the desire by Australian householders to have access to better and faster landline services.
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By Kevin Andrews - Monday, 30 May 2011
In 1883, the Irish nationalist, John Redmond MP, together with his brother William, toured the Australian colonies, urging support for Irish home rule.
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