Byron Bay Institute
We are a left wing think tank originally formed to see the end of John Howard. Mission accomplished. Obviously there were many punters out there who were thinking along the same lines. Congratulaions to Australia! We may now resume normal transmission.
Many people have contributed to these pages. They include Lynda and Mat for web-page advice and articles from Bruce Hammond, Gopaleen (Pseudonym of course), Alok O`brien, Giovanni Ebono, Sandra Heilpern, Neil McKenzie, Dawn Cohen, Ron Priestley, Mungo MacCallum and our yet to be named contributor of Notes from Sydney. Many others have made pithy suggestions, some of which we have accepted.
Any articles you wish to present to us will be considered. Please send them to us at
contribution@byronbayinstitute.net
The Institute was inspired by Gerard Henderson`s Sydney Institute, but any resemblance other than the name is completely erroneous. Gerard is in fact one of the journos we watch in Stoogewatch. Others include Piers Akerman, Miranda devine, Dennis Shanahan, Andrew Bolt, Janet Albrechtsen, Glen Milne. We check out their columns and often print some of their bloggers` comments in Favourite Blogs.
In speeches, we reproduce some of the more relevant speeches of our time, including Marion Scrymgour`s Charles Perkin`s Memorial Oration and Justice Michael Kirby`s 10th Annual Hawke Lecture. Jeff McMullen`s speech, Children of the Sunrise, sets the scene and asks pertinent questions about Howard`s government intervention. Also valedictory speeches by Kim Beazley and Carmen Lawrence.
In articles we produce different quirky thoughts of where our country is at. State of play keeps you up to date with current events and in Tidbits we often have amusing anecdotes. Also in articles you can read Notes from Sydney, from a well placed political insider and The Byron Voter where you may gain insight into the psyche of Byron. Quotes is a section where we show what some of the more credible journos are saying, and we often look at quarterly and monthly essays. Mungo`s section stands alone. His political insight and his(sometimes acerbic) wit make enjoyable reading. His article is also published in Byron Shire Echo and Crikey.
We look forward to hearing from you with any ideas or articles.
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