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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
Protests may resume once it's safe to do so
A pregnant woman was handcuffed and charged with incitement for a Facebook post protesting about lockdown regulations.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Do Lockdowns Work?
Is there any correlation between the lockdown measures and the death rate?
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
Hygienic Quarantine is Not Their Top Priority
The Victorian Government put finding jobs for a few unskilled workers as a higher priority than creating hygienic, well-controlled...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jul 22, 2020
- 6 min
How to Bolster Youth Employment
We need to ensure our kids are not priced out of the labour market. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many jobs have been lost, some...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
Hotel Quarantine Fiasco
For three months, we have given up our liberties and our livelihoods to comply with the directives of our leaders - all for the common good.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jun 18, 2020
- 3 min
Universities: Bailout or Restructure?
A spokeswoman for the Vice Chancellors of our major Universities said that they had advised the Minister, Dan Tehan, that unless they got...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
Black Lives Matter
In a well-written advocacy in The Saturday Paper supporting the Black Lives Matter protests on Saturday 6th June 2020, Amy McQuire wrote...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
Return to Work and Play and Socialising
Our politicians and their advisors get no kudos for taking risks. They err on the side of caution. The risk of deaths from COVID-19 is...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Nothing Unprecedented has Happened
One of the delights of the English language is that its extensive vocabulary facilitates nuance. The recent overuse of the word...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Apr 25, 2020
- 1 min
How Dare You Close My School
Our schools should never have been closed. The expert advice was consistent about this. Officials of the teacher unions should hang their...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
When Nattering in the Park is a Crime
Last Saturday, I experienced what it would be like living under authoritarian rule. My friend and neighbour, Winston Smith (not his real...
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