Bruce Wearne

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Pacta sunt servanda

Yes, well said former minister for foreign affairs. However the mention of ANZUS does raise an historical question. Since when has NZ been put back into that post-WWII agreement? If they are back, why haven't we been told? It was the ridiculous cooperative action of the Australian and US Governments to kick New Zealand out of ANZUS on the spurious flapdoodle that David Lange's Government had violated the agreement. No, and in fact New Zealand's ban of nuclear ship in response to the clear wish of the New Zealand electorate, actually anticipated the end of the Cold War. It'd...

Not listening?

When I got to the final sentences of Henry Reynolds' pertinent explanation, I felt a chill similar to what I experienced hearing the advice offered by Eyre-Crowe (PA to the British Foreign Secretary) to his boss as the THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS rolled on to the outbreak of WWI. Crowe confided something like the following to Grey: But Foreign Secretary, can we be sure Ambassador Prince Lichnowski is even being listened to in Berlin? It would be nice and reassuring to think that Richard Marles and Penny Wong would take note of this article by an eminent public intellectual who has...

Nurturing justice with a YES to the Uluru invitation

Nurturing justice with a YES to the Uluru invitation

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to the Australian people from First Nations Australians. It asks Australians to walk together to build a better future by establishing a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution, and the establishment of a Makarrata Commission for the purpose of treaty making and truth-telling. (from https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/)

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