Australians and asylum seekers: not in my backyard

Tony Abbott managed to get a great deal of mileage out of the asylum seeker debate during the 2013 election campaign and during his time in opposition.

I often wondered if his nasty inhuman stance was just him being contrary, in order to differentiate himself from the Gillard/Rudd government and attract the heartless Australian heartlanders.

Well, I no longer need to wonder.

abortion: "human rights" v "right to life"

For the last few days my tram has passed a small, tired looking event outside of the Victorian Parliament building that I initially thought was an uninspired art installation. Today I just happened to be looking out of the window at the right time to see someone holding a small placard that stated the number of infants killed in Victoria due to our Abortion laws.