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In this episode of Talking Freely, we interview Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law at The University of Queensland. Professor Aroney has held visiting positions at Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Edinburgh, Durham, Sydney, Emory and Tilburg universities. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters and books in the fields of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory. In 2017 he was appointed by the Australian Prime Minister to an Expert Panel to advise on whether Australian law adequately protects the human right to freedom of religion – this is now known as the Ruddock Review.
This year is already shaping up to be a big one for religion and politics. In response to the passage of same-sex marriage, the Ruddock Review into religious freedom concluded Australia needs a religious discrimination act. So is it the missing piece in the Australian human rights puzzle, or would it enable discrimination in the name of religion?
Rodney Croome discusses the Ruddock Review, the politics of Religious Freedom in Australia after the Wentworth by-election and reflects on Australia's Marriage Equality campaign. Simon Ruth from Thorne Harbour Health discusses Living with HIV policies during Victoria's state election campaign.
00:01:00 Summary00:04:20 Liberals' special week as incompetent boobs: voting for Hanson's white power motion an "administrative error"; new environment minister mocks Pacific Islands; Scummo thinks science is a lot more Faith-y than it is; Nats trying to bring back Barnaby00:18:03 the Libs' weird decision to invite a war with the arab world in an attempt to win Wentworth00:27:12 more leaks of the Ruddock Review confirming that it really is solely about LGBTI-bashing and not "religious freedom"00:36:20 Australia vs Humanity - Nauru kicks out senior Australian doctor; Morrison floats sending refugee children to NZ, but only if Labor signs off on another power grab for the xenophobes00:42:07 positive things: Ellis Defence removed; abortion decriminalised in Queensland; ACL very unhappy.If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon, to help us to continue. Link is at http://www.wellmaywesay.com/support-our-patreon/
Links:To support marriage equality in Taiwan against an effort to ban it - https://donorbox.org/chip-in-defend-marriage-equality-in-taiwanTo assist poor women with access to menstrual products -https://www.sharethedignity.com.auOmelas - http://www.mccc.edu/pdf/eng102/Week%209/Text_LeGuin%20Ursula_Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20From%20Omelas.pdf00:01:09 Flogging off the Sydney Opera House - Alan Jones, Gladys Berejiklian, and Scott Morrison vs the Opera House and the people of NSW;00:09:58 The safe space after Alan Jones bullies Louise Herron00:13:51 The safe space after Alan Jones' fauxpology00:18:24 The safe space after the last excerpt where you might hear Alan Jones's voice00:22:55 The Ruddock Review leak - step too far for Hinch, then Bolt, then a backdown from Morrison and even the ACL; Morrison contradicts Cormann claiming Cabinet was considering the report; possibility that the conservatives' plot may backfire and result in fixing long-standing discrimination against LGBTI kids and staff in schools00:32:21 Kristin O'Connell tells us what's stuck in her craw - American conservative cash promoting right-wing causes here00:35:00 Australia's idiotic response to the IPCC report; Morrison thinks what happens on Earth doesn't affect Australia; Australia to definitely miss Paris targets; JR Hennessy suggests we stop listening on climate change to people who know they won't be around to see the worst00:41:44 Cheeky Scamp Watch - LNP schemes of the week. You've got to keep your eyes on those naughty little chappies! $3.2bn in corporate tax cuts for LNP supporters, and the fiction of trickle-down vs trickle up; remember the reverse ratchet00:46:48 Australia vs Humanity: Aboriginal woman fined $500 for stealing $6 box of tampons;00:52:04 Australia vs Humanity: CDP cruelty to expand;00:56:20 Australia vs Humanity: Medecins sans Frontieres exiled from Nauru; Omelas00:59:58 Victoria to stop forcing trans married people to divorce
Schooling should be PUBLIC IN ACCESS. The essence of the private schooling 'choice' argument is DISCRIMINATION- private schools discriminate against children using YOUR tax dollars and are expecting their 'right to discriminate' to be legislated- they want to be above the law. Response to the Ruddock Review, Andrews' government pre-election promise of 400 million to catholic schools, facts and figures concerning religious schools and the mult8inational corporations that are churches. NSW Education minister stokes rejects special 4.5 billion dollar deal for Catholic and independent schools that contradict Gonskiu 2.0, Mr Shorten pretends to come to the public schools party..www.adogs.info
Weand're updating what we know about the challenge to Religious Freedom that will likely come from the recommendations in the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Weand're updating what we know about the challenge to Religious Freedom that will likely come from the recommendations in the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Last Friday, In Ya Face presenters James and Yvette speak with Morgan Carpenter, founder of Intersex Day, co-executive director of Oll Australia and consultant at GATEOrg, about his MNC submission into religion freedom (unpublished) the Ruddock Review, ending human rights violations against intersex persons and that intersex is not LGBTMark Donaddu director of world Vegan day, and President of Vegetarian Victoria. Mark is due to speak at the upcoming Community council meeting Bayside Climate Change Action Group, April 25th, a Public Forum.John Safran - John's Melbourne International Comedy Festival show is John Safran, Jew Detective< Snooping on Extremists and draws on the research he did for his book Depends What You Mean By Extremist. https://johnsafran.squarespace.com/StolenWealthGames updates.
Rob Stott, the editor of Junkee Media, discusses the Ruddock Review into Religious Discrimination in Australia, chaired by former Attorney General and Howard Government Minister Philip Ruddock. Robyn Kennedy, a 78'er from the first Mardi Gras in Sydney, gives a wonderful historical interview about the first Mardi Gras in 1978 and the activism that arose from it. She discusses the exhibition that celebrates its anniversary, 40 Years of Queer Art: Subversion and Rebellion.