Police intimidation

April 30, 2008, 8:34pm, 311 views,  5 Comments

All Australians should be concerned with today’s WA police raid on the Sunday Times office in Perth. Read more

Are we reverting to barbarism?

April 25, 2008, 5:31pm, 139 views,  1 Comment

BarbariansAre we reverting to barbarism? I’ve read and heard enough recently to suggest this is a serious question.

On the plane to Perth yesterday I overheard another passenger lamenting the increased amount of road rage.

He said he drives a truck regularly between Perth and Mandurah. On each trip he sees an average of two road rage incidents where there used to be none.

Through my role as a newspaper editor I’ve published more reports than I can count about unprovoked assaults. Read more