Author Archives: Chris Sidoti

Chris Sidoti

About Chris Sidoti

Chris Sidoti is a lawyer and international human rights consultant. He served as Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner and is a former member of now dismantled Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace.

Crown Sydney casino opening delayed

By Chris Sidoti | On 19 November 2020

Crown Resorts’ board sat on its hands and so the NSW regulator has intervened and ordered the new Sydney casino’s opening to be delayed.

Posted in Politics | 2 Comments

Where to now for Myanmar?

By Chris Sidoti | On 18 November 2020

Two dysfunctional semi-democracies held national elections in the first week of November. The USA and Myanmar.

Posted in Asia, Politics | 1 Comment

Uneasy lies the head: Crown casinos is falling

By Chris Sidoti | On 12 November 2020

 Shakespeare recognised centuries ago that ‘uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’. Certainly, the individual and collective heads of the members of the board of Crown Resorts Ltd should be very very uneasy. Their Crown is falling, almost fallen.

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged | 3 Comments

Chris Sidoti. Will I go back to Mass?

By Chris Sidoti | On 1 November 2020

Now that the lockdown has eased and public worship is resuming, a prominent Catholic in Australia wonders if it’s really worth going back to church.

Posted in Immigration, refugees | 8 Comments