World watch

 Australia has reacted to a single case of covid escaping from quarantine in Western Australia by suspending all incoming flights from India. This is a grossly disproportionate response that fails to respect the right of Australians to return to their own country. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the new draft Australian Curriculum is such a radical departure from the former curriculum that it endangers democracy and excludes almost all references to Christianity and removes the values of Western civilisation. The Daily Telegraph describes Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' as discredited when noting that its version of Aboriginal pre-settlement culture has been incorporated into the new curriculum.

It seems that some of the States have decided to build their own COVID quarantine facilities and to seek Commonwealth funding, which seems to be the approach that should have been taken from the beginning rather than engaging in the political turf wars over constitutional responsibility. A new political party to watch in the next round of elections will be The New Liberals who are currently in a fight with the Austarlian Electoral Commission AEC) as to the legitimacy of their name which is allegedly being opposed by the Liberal Party. The New Liberals seem to be anything but liberal with one of the founders making it quite clear on Twitter that their intention is to get rid of the current Liberal/National government. They apparently are only going to run candidates in Liberal or National held seats and will not compete against the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Their policy statements, available on their website, seem very much on the left side of politics. Australia has cancelled the V...