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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By Kevin Andrews - The Canberra Times; The Punch - Tuesday, 24 May 2011
On May 24, 1911, the Minister for Home Affairs, King O’Malley, announced an international competition for the design.
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