What I’m Wondering this Wednesday.

What I’m wondering this Wednesday is precisely how does our state and federal government have the unmitigated gall to call for a boycott of an ‘ice-cream‘ company by saying they are bad for the Reef related Tourism.  This company, Ben & Jerry, are protesting the proposed dumping and dredging on the reef and offering free …

Oscar Wilde and Freedom of Expression

On this day in 1895, Oscar Wilde was arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. Considering the current state of affairs in regards to censorship and the suppression of  civil liberties that is currently being played out on the Australian stage I thought it was fitting to acknowledge a man most consider …