"My rational mind tells me that, when fantasising about the excitement generated by resurrection, I am deluding myself. Admittedly, those who fervently believe in an afterlife may well enhance their earthly life in the expectation that the day of resurrection will...
Prof Gabriël Moens
ESSAY | When is it lawful to disobey the law?
This important essay is co-authored by Professors Gabriël Moens and Augusto Zimmermann. Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. Augusto Zimmermann is a...
Geopolitical apathy can make foreign disasters dangerous for Australia
In 2015, in an address to the Harvard Divinity School, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Tibetan Karmapa prophetically said that:“The most dangerous thing in the world is apathy.”Karmapa’s comment is helpful in assessing the international response to catastrophic events....
NEW CONTRIBUTOR | Removing the influence of big money in politics: another attack on free speech?
On November 18, the Albanese Labor government introduced the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 into Parliament. In his second reading speech, Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister said that the proposed legislation...



