by Chris Merritt | Sep 21, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, The Voice: Uluru Statement
In 1965, when the late Charles Perkins led the anti-racist Freedom Ride, the goal was clear. Perkins and those who accompanied him on that bus tour, visited a string of country towns where racial separatism was blighting the lives of Aborigines. The Freedom Riders,...
by Chris Merritt | Sep 14, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
This week’s warning about the decline in the nation’s educational standards could not be more timely. It might encourage authorities in NSW to abandon an approach that, while fashionable, is dumbing down our students. Brian Schmidt, the outgoing vice-chancellor of the...
by Chris Merritt | Sep 12, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue, The Voice: Uluru Statement
The most regrettable aspect of this week’s report by Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission is its biased attempt to rewrite Indigenous history and portray it as “truth-telling”. The fact that this commission found that Aborigines had been subjected to injustice was...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 31, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
With the benefit of hindsight, future generations might be best equipped to nominate the most fundamental change to the nation in modern times. The Voice referendum is clearly a contender. But there is another horse in this race – the resurrection of the...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 25, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Freedom of Speech, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Thanks to the government of Bob Hawke, there can no longer be any debate about whether this country is entirely sovereign, legally independent and completely decolonised. This reality is difficult to reconcile with a plan by one of the nation’s leading law schools to...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 24, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When Robert Beech-Jones was president of the Judicial Conference of Australia, he was sometimes required to defend the judiciary against its critics even if this meant alienating powerful figures in society. But in the light of his elevation to the High Court,...
