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Dealing with the patchwork nature of the Australian economy, where some parts of Australia want to close the doors while others are crying out for population growth, is a tricky one.
Most of the media coverage of the royal commission seems to be written by women, about women, and for women. It deals mainly with the concerns of women. But what about those of men?
Is the threat of a ban the right approach? After all, huge numbers of people rely on these platforms, as gateways into news gathering and business opportunities.
Any time the censor steps in as defender of morality and safety citizens should be alarmed. Such attitudes are precisely the sorts of things that empty libraries and lead to the burning of books.
In reality, the ethical values enunciated by a given civilisation may do little to explain why the states in that civilisation engage in violent activities.
The gestures were repeated along the Western Front in pockets of small 'truces'. British, German and French soldiers, in open defiance of orders, went to No Man's Land.
