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SBS
January 9, 2018
Mr Turnbull decided the panel would be led by Phillip Ruddock, a Liberal elder who served as a senior minister in the Howard government and is now the mayor of Hornsby in Sydney. Also on the panel are Jesuit prist Frank Brennan, former high-profile judge Dr Annabelle Bennett, Australian Human Rights CommissionÃÂ ...
Echonetdaily
January 7, 2018
And there are still skirmishes to be fought: the theocrats are lining up with their concealed demands for Christian advantage at Phillip Ruddock's secret inquiry, and Tony Abbott has foreshadowed yet another showdown over climate policy. And somehow the dual citizen fiasco has to be resolved. But the bigÃÂ ...
Religion Dispatches
January 2, 2018
The Greens will use Phillip Ruddock's review of religious freedoms to build momentum for an Australian bill of rights and with Labor's support it could be put before a Senate inquiry as early as next year. The Coalition, the Greens and the Opposition will clash over religious freedoms when ParliamentÃÂ ...
QNews
January 1, 2018
LGBTIQ advocacy group just.equal have called for a national bill of rights to protect the LGBTIQ community from discrimination. The group have launched a petition, to be delivered to Phillip Ruddock's review of religious freedom, that strongly opposes any weakening of Australian anti-discrimination lawsÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 26, 2017
The Greens will use Phillip Ruddock's review of religious freedoms to build momentum for an Australian bill of rights and with Labor's support it could be put before a Senate inquiry as early as next year. The Coalition, the Greens and the Opposition will clash over religious freedoms when ParliamentÃÂ ...
Echonetdaily
December 25, 2017
But there is an aftermath – the review from Phillip Ruddock and co into what is euphemistically called religious protection. This may be kept under cover for a while, but has the potential to be just as divisive and dirty as the lengthy debate it spawned. If there was any doubt, the Christian Lobby and the otherÃÂ ...
Eternity News
December 22, 2017
It has set up a panel to be headed by former conservative cabinet minister Phillip Ruddock inquiring into what extra protections religious freedom needs in our nation. Submissions have a deadline of Wednesday January 31. The panel will: Consider the intersections between the enjoyment of the freedomÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
December 10, 2017
An inquiry into Australia's religious freedom protections spearheaded by former Howard government minister Phillip Ruddock will be the new battleground for the gay community, the chair of the ACT's LGBTIQ Ministerial Advisory Council has warned. Anne-Marie Delahunt has called for a federal billÃÂ ...
SBS
November 21, 2017
The Turnbull cabinet has instructed Philip Ruddock, a former Liberal minister and the current mayor of Hornsby, to examine whether current Australian law does enough to protect religious freedoms. Updated Updated 21 November 2017. By James Elton-Pym. A statement from the prime minister's office said Mr RuddockÃÂ ...
Fairfield City Champion
December 31, 1999
Reflecting on the first intake of South Sudanese refugees to Australia with a sense of gratitude, he recalled the visit of then-immigration minister Phillip Ruddock to refugee camps in South Sudan in 1997. The Sudanese fondly call Mr Ruddock “the father of South Sudanese in Australia,” Mr Kondok said.
Toowoomba Chronicle
December 8, 2017
FEDERAL Member for Groom Dr John McVeigh has voted yes on the same-sex marriage bill, despite the Groom electorate voting "no" in the recent survey. Of the 80 per cent who voted in the same sex marriage survey in Groom, a slim majority - 50.8 per cent - supported the "no" campaign. After the results ...
Insights News
December 7, 2017
Former Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock will undertake an inquiry into religious freedoms in Australia in early 2018. The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 previously passed through the Senate on Wednesday, 29 November. The Bill was introduced by Senator ...
Central Coast Community News
December 7, 2017
The call comes after Hornsby Mayor, Mr Phillip Ruddock, ignited a heated debate between Central Coast commuters and Hornsby Shire residents after announcing that he was looking into new parking restrictions aimed at Coast commuters making the trip to Sydney's outskirts to park their car before ...
Daily Telegraph
November 29, 2017
The Plan for Pittwater Park south. At Tuesday night's Northern Beaches Council meeting, Cr Alex McTaggart labelled the commuters a “burden”. He pointed to concerns raised last week by Hornsby Mayor Phillip Ruddock that commuters from the coast were filling spaces around railway stations in his area.
Sky News Australia
November 26, 2017
Liberal senator Linda Reynolds backed Malcolm Turnbull's decision to appoint Phillip Ruddock to conduct a review of religious freedoms. 'I fully endorse what the prime minister has done in appointing Philip Ruddock to have a look at all these issues separately,' She told Sky News. 'I think that the Dean ...
Women's Agenda
November 23, 2017
This week the Turnbull Government's determination to bring a discussion of the right to free speech and the right to religious freedom into the same-sex marriage debate was made clear again when it appointed Phillip Ruddock to lead an inquiry into Australia's current legal protections for religious freedom.
SBS
November 21, 2017
Previous Next Hide Grid. Image. 1/. Video. Audio. The Turnbull cabinet has instructed Philip Ruddock, a former Liberal minister and the current mayor of Hornsby, to examine whether current Australian law does enough to protect religious freedoms. By. James Elton-Pym. 22 Nov - 7:32 AM UPDATED 22 Nov - 10:08 AMÂ ...
SBS
November 21, 2017
The Turnbull cabinet has instructed Philip Ruddock, a former Liberal minister and the current mayor of Hornsby, to examine whether current Australian law does enough to protect religious freedoms. By. James Elton-Pym. 6 DAYS AGOÂ ...
9news.com.au
November 21, 2017
Former Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock will lead a panel examining religious freedoms following the same-sex marriage vote. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the new role this morning after he took the proposal to Cabinet yesterday. The Mayor of Hornsby, who was involved in Australia's ...
Insights News
November 13, 2017
Phillip Ruddock was interrupted by protesters while delivering the Gordon Moyes Memorial Lecture on Monday 13 November. Mr. Ruddock, former Attorney General and Special Envoy for Human Rights, was delivering the address at Wesley Mission to honour its long term superintendent, the late ...
Daily Telegraph
September 14, 2017
1 Wednesday presented the NSW Rural Fire service with its first test of the forthcoming bushfire season. They handled it very, very well. Yet we have a claim someone deliberately started fires around Berowra. As well, dashcam footage from my listeners shows a series of halfwit motorists discarding lit ...
ABC Local
August 15, 2017
A dumped Liberal party mayor has opened up on the faction bosses he believes are wrecking the Liberals. Steve Russell was Mayor of Hornsby Council in northern Sydney for four and a half years and was expecting to stay on as Mayor after elections next month. But he'd fallen out with powerbrokers in the ...
The Australian Financial Review
December 31, 1999
They said the issue of more broader religious protections should be dealt with by the inquiry headed by former attorney-general Phillip Ruddock, who was appointed last week. The inquiry will report next year. In a passionate speech touching on past civil rights fights in Australia, Senator Brandis said Mr ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 31, 1999
Chiu died in 2015, with former NSW premier Barry O'Farrell and former immigration minister Phillip Ruddock among the high-profile politicians attending his funeral.
The Sydney Morning Herald
September 16, 2017
Phillip Ruddock, elected mayor, will lead a council featuring at least two Greens, ending a nine-year dry spell for the minor party in Hornsby.
Daily Telegraph
September 15, 2017
2 The incoming mayor of Hornsby, Phillip Ruddock, has faced many challenges during his decades in politics. Now he faces another difficultÃÂ ...
NEWS.com.au
September 10, 2017
Then Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock, now newly-elected mayor of Hornsby, said the amendment was needed because there was “significantÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
August 26, 2017
Mr Junus' now-abandoned Pitt Street Office was adorned with photos of him with Kevin Rudd, Phillip Ruddock and the Buddhist religion masterÃÂ ...
ABC Local
August 15, 2017
A dumped Liberal party mayor has opened up on the faction bosses he believes are wrecking the Liberals. Steve Russell was Mayor ofÃÂ ...
dailytelegraph.com.au
August 1, 2017
THE Ruddock political dynasty that has represented Hornsby since 1954 may be revived if Philip Ruddock, who retired in 2016, is electedÃÂ ...
ABC Online
May 19, 2017
The former Liberal minister is Australia's Special Envoy for Human Rights. He has been charged with spearheading the Government's push toÃÂ ...
Sydney Morning Herald
May 9, 2016
We will no longer see his familiar face in Parliament, but long may Philip Ruddock gaze over children at a playground in western Sydney.
Sydney Morning Herald
May 3, 2016
After 43 years in Parliament, Philip Ruddock – the Howard government's controversial immigration minister who gained notoriety for theÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
December 31, 1999
In the Hornsby election, former federal immigration minister and Berowra MP Phillip Ruddock easily claimed the mayoralty. In C Ward, LiberalÃÂ ...
The Australian
February 23, 2017
At the same time, then attorney-general Phillip Ruddock confirmed some details of ASIO's investigation. "He was not then, and is not now, a security concern,'' the spokesman said on March 12, 2004.
Daily Advertiser
February 17, 2017
It was not until until Phillip Ruddock introduced an amendment in 2004 that marriage was stated as being between a man and a woman and excluded same sex marriage.
The Sydney Morning Herald
January 10, 2017
As for parliamentarians who take an unreasonably long time to certify, Senator Xenophon said "there ought to be penalties".
Forbes Advocate
January 9, 2017
Other former politicians listed as not having certified expenses include Joe Hockey, Phillip Ruddock, Andrew Robb, Bob Carr, Bob Brown, Craig Thomson and Clive Palmer.
Brisbane Times
September 24, 2016
The widespread acceptance of marriage equality is a barometer of just how far we have come. In 2004, John Howard amended the Marriage Act to prevent same-sex marriage.
The Australian
September 14, 2016
... who has taken over former deputy PM Warren Truss's seat of Wide Bay north of the Sunshine Coast; solicitor, former Tony Abbott and Phillip Ruddock staffer and Menzies Research Centre executive director Julian Leeser who has Ruddock's old upper ...
The Australian
September 8, 2016
Mr Pyne admitted he had been photographed with the head of Top Education, Minshen Zhu, with Tony Abbott at a celebration of Phillip Ruddock's 40 years in parliament. Asked why Dr Zhu had been present, Mr Pyne said he was probably there to support MrÃÂ ...
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
August 23, 2016
... and present, business leaders and representatives from a wide cross-section of the community including Dame Marie Bashir, former Governor of NSW and Phillip Ruddock, ex Federal MP, gathered to honour Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin of Our Big Kitchen (OBK).
9news.com.au
August 14, 2016
JULIAN LEESER (Berowra, NSW): The company director and government relations adviser steps in to fill the shoes of Phillip Ruddock, who retired after more than 40 years in federal parliament. DAVID LITTLEPROUD (Maranoa, QLD): The bank manager andÃÂ ...
BuzzFeed News
August 13, 2016
"This bill is necessary because there is significant community concern about the possible erosion of the institution of marriage," said then attorney general Phillip Ruddock as he introduced it on May 27. Shadow attorney general Nicola Roxon said theÃÂ ...
Radio Radicale
June 23, 2016
... Palestine), Christophe Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga (deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Phillip Ruddock (special Envoy for Human Rights, Australia), Jacques Bilodeau (special Advisor to the Secretary-General ofÃÂ ...
Huffington Post Australia
June 21, 2016
Fairfax Media via Getty Images Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy, right with MP Phillip Ruddock, wants Aussie tech leaders based in Silicon Valley to come home (and maybe bring a few talented friends along too).
gulfnews.com
May 30, 2016
Recall Phillip Ruddock as immigration minister in the late 1990s unleashing draconian conditions for asylum seekers. Today he's cute clickbait for Buzzfeed.
The Guardian
May 26, 2016
Recall Phillip Ruddock as immigration minister in the late 1990s unleashing draconian conditions for asylum seekers. Today he's cute clickbait for Buzzfeed.
Junkee
May 24, 2016
The most chilling part is perhaps the story of then-Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock, visiting the detention centre (which Hitt refers to as a "concentration camp").
Echonetdaily
May 23, 2016
It was straight out of the old Phillip Ruddock play book, and it caused all the old outrage from the left and indignant approval from the right.
