Australia’s Prime Minister Eliminates Arts Ministry
“The Arts, already an addendum to the Department of Communications and the Arts, will be merged along with the rest of the department into a new one with the unwieldy title of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.” What’s more, Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not consult department head Mike Mrdak — and only notified him the afternoon before the announcement. – Limelight (Australia)
Former High Court judge Michael Kirby has lashed the nation's students for their failure to adequately protest misdeeds by government and demand justice for Indigenous Australians.
He told The Sun-Herald there was a "big contrast" between protest movements led by his contemporaries and the "utter silence of university students on the big ethical questions facing their country and its future today"
What's wrong with kids today? They're not radical enough, says Michael Kirby
Mr Kirby, 80, condemned students for their failure to protest en masse against the Morrison government's repeal of the "medevac" laws last week, as well on issues of poverty, "incipient Australian racism", homelessness and an Indigenous voice to Parliament.
"Students today appear disengaged from, and even indifferent to, most current social and political controversies," he said. "The student politicians of the past were super bright and idealistic. If one is not idealistic at 23 the hope of progress in our world is lost."
Mr Kirby made the remarks following a speech at Sydney University last week in which he declared he was "rather disappointed" with the current generation of student leaders.
"Where are the students? Where are they speaking out? Where are they protesting? Where are they in the streets? Where are they able to voice concerns of the coming generation?" he asked. "They're not visible, they're not audible, and it is not good."
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