Category Archives: Politics

A healthy democracy needs the freedom to disagree

Posted by Tim Malone on Tuesday 16th August, 2011 11 comments

The debate for gay marriage is raging in Australia – and this week marks seven years since the Marriage Amendment Act 2004 was passed. Equal marriage rallies were held around Australia over the weekend and today the National Marriage Day rally is being held at Parliament House. But this political debate, more than others, has been turning nasty.

Christian Voting for Dummies

Before I start, the title of this post is a bit of a misnomer, which I’ll explain soon. But it’s what I was asked to call it by two people who have asked me to write this post. Shan and …

Warning: be careful with some Christian voting literature

Posted by Tim Malone on Saturday 7th August, 2010 42 comments

I write to you today with a warning. I could simply point out that I don’t agree with the way this particular group does politics, and I could simply point that out with a quick comment rather than a whole …

When will the blame game stop?

Posted by Tim Malone on Tuesday 27th July, 2010 5 comments

I’m a public transport tragic (or, railfan), and I especially love studying several aspects of public transport: the operations, economics, signaling, communications, planning, history and equipment. And now living in a city with generally good public transport, I’m having a …

I can hardly believe it

Posted by Tim Malone on Thursday 24th June, 2010 7 comments

What a day. “Momentous” is the word people are using to describe it, which is apt given it means ‘significant’ and ‘important’. The holder of the highest office in our land (at least, that with any real power) changed – …