Should public drinking be outlawed?

7–11 minutes to read

Is public consumption of alcohol a fashion or an unacceptable menace? Should we outlaw it? What do you think?

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How should we choose our top civil servants?

10–15 minutes to read

How should we choose our civil servants? Who chooses them? What are the criteria to be employed? How should they be fired?  Should not civil society and Parliament have a role to play? Should not ...

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The MACC quandary: Should stakeholders be consulted before public officials are appointed?

7–10 minutes to read

A great public uproar accompanied the sudden appointment of the MACC Chief. Behind the clamour lurks a Kraken of colossal importance: Should all national stakeholders have a say in the appointment of senior public servants? ...

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Which is supreme: the Constitution, the monarchy or some other power?

7–11 minutes to read

A Ruler's power to appoint a Chief Minister is all the rage. A blogger once wrote that the monarch could appoint his gardener as prime minister. Was he right? This minor question begets larger ones. ...

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When is a person ‘in contempt of court’?

11–16 minutes to read

Recently, the courts granted permission for the Attorney General to bring contempt proceedings against two practising lawyers. When can a person be 'cited for contempt of court'? How does the law of contempt work?

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Will a Royal Commission guarantee a squeaky-clean, independent judiciary?

10–15 minutes to read

Will the formation of a Royal Commission heal the Judiciary's deathly fever?

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