Following on from the Prime Minister’s call for “a minority of Muslims” to learn English, the treasurer Peter Costello turns the rhetoric up a notch by calling on Muslims, yet again, to condemn terrorism. “This is where we really need the Islamic leadership of this country to stand up and contend unequivocally that terrorism, no...Read More

In a remarkable piece of attention seeking behaviour (even for a politician), Australian Democrats MP Sandra Kanck stood up in the South Australian parliament and described, in detail, methods for committing suicide. As it is illegal, under federal law, to publish such details, Ms Kanck took advantage of parliamentary privilege to make the statement. It...Read More