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Let's just hope the people of NSW don't succumb to this whole 'new face, new government' idea...

I see the argument about the exorbitant costs that will result from sustained public ownership. But, why should we lose our public utilities all because the government mismanaged infrastructure investment and revenue over the past 12 years?

It seems the only argument for privatisation is efficiency and competition. What about the idea of public goods? The quest for efficiency often results in services being diminished and public goods sold. Once sold, they're generally gone forever.

Not unexpected. A divided Coalition would look worse.

Agreed. Turnbull. The next Prime Minister of Australia..

In Royall v R, Mason CJ at 21: Forseeability might also be an issue, to which Mason stated: I might be completely off track..

Rubbish. If our best athletes chose to play soccer we'd be up there with the best in the world. The sheer number of sports in which Australia competes is a disadvantage in itself. We minimise an already small pool of talent.

Because university and academic life is the only way to succeed...

Ethnicity is pertinent here, regardless of what some believe. The very fact that persons of Lebanese descent barely make up 3% of the Australian population yet represent such an extraordinary percentage of organised crime highlights the relevance of the issue. I implore anyone who questions...

You left out a little element called investigation. Although arrest and charge are often synonomous, it is indeed the investigation which forms the foundation (particularly for SIO such as sexual assault). Unfortunately, without investigation, there certainly would be no brief to be forwarded to...

Again, missed the point. I never denied discrimination on the part of the church. I see discrimination as a natural consequence of the right to free speech and freedom of belief. What get's me though, is that some of these left wing 'professional protesters' will protest against discriminatory...

However the difference I see is that the 'religious people' have not whined and complained that the comments are derogatory and have instead continued with their own business. What irritates me is that these 'protesters' will often go out of their way to complain they are being discriminated...

That's your and their opinion. Is it biological or psychological? Are they one and the same? Is the psychological a product of external factors? In which instances can that be disproven to support the biological debate?

Alcohol and tobacco cause the greatest harm in both a social and financial sense, and are both legal. Legalising these' recreational' drugs would increase distribution, use and addiction. The inadvertent costs would be abominable. The legalisation debate is not as simple as 'we shouldn't...

I worked at various points of the event from Tuesday to Sunday, and despite various traffic inconveniences, anything that promoted happiness, togetherness and harmony as WYD did, isn't necessarily a bad thing. The pilgrims were so friendly and although responsible for crowding streets etc, there...

After the finale, to be aired on July 21.

It's the old morality vs law debate. Although intertwined in many ways, this circumstance really highlights how our moral beliefs often ignore the functioning of the legal system. The legal system operates as it does, not to protect those with perverted minds, but to ensure that each...

I'm not disagreeing with you, just posing those questions. He has served 14 years in gaol to date, and his notoriety is derived from his past crimes.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23992824-421,00.html Is this just? Having served his time for his offences, is it fair and just that the punishment continue outside the walls of gaol? Does he now not have the right to go on with his life, uninterrupted? Would anyone want him living...

I'm curious as to whether these 'protesters' would do the same if it were an Islamic gathering, or would they toe the 'respect their belief' line? Of course it's not as politically incorrect to vilify the Catholic Church is it?