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Brian Walters in Melbourne: June 2012

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Tuesday, 26 June 2012. Address at the Greens dinner. To thank Bob Brown on the occasion of his retirement from the Australian Senate. My fellow Greens,. A few years ago, Bob and I spoke at an event in Orange in New South Wales. We drove around the settlement, Bob sharing warm memories of what was a pretty normal rural upbringing. Bob’s background is completely ordinary. I say – thanks to Bob, but Bob has always eschewed the role of hero over...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: January 2012

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Thursday, 19 January 2012. We Greens in Victoria are now in the process of choosing our lead senate candidate for the next federal election. It is an important step for our party, and for the values we uphold. I am standing for preselection and voting will commence at the end of this month. All Victorian Greens members are entitled to vote. As you make your decision, please take into account these endorsements from people who know me. Brian Walter...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: November 2014

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Friday, 21 November 2014. Did the Libs win the 2010 election because they preferenced the Greens last? Many psephologists continue to assert that the Liberals won the Victorian state election in 2010 when they made the bombshell announcement. That they would preference the Greens last on their How-to-Vote cards. This decision is seen as 'decisive' and as turning the election in their favour. Website, put it this way in a Guardian article. In 2010 ...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: September 2011

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Monday, 19 September 2011. 8220;Enlarging our Vision of Rights”. It’s a great honour to deliver the Costello lecture. As Tim has mentioned, we go back a long way. I think what has marked Tim out over the years has been his willingness to take the hard choices – being prepared to be challenged but making a difference and inspiring us in the process. 1988 we spent over six months in Guatemala. Last week the UN’s Human Rights Committee found. Which i...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: An Inclusive Australia

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Sunday, 12 April 2015. Keynote Address to the Law Council of Australia’s Immigration Law Conference. On 20 March 2015 I delivered the keynote address to the Law Council of Australia's Immigration Law Conference. Earlier that day Malcolm Fraser died. This is an appropriate forum in which to pay tribute to Malcolm Fraser, as I’m sure many have before me today. He showed great dignity and moral compass in dealing with the slide to the right of the Li...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: July 2012

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Sunday, 8 July 2012. When I was a young boy, our family stayed in Tarra Valley in Gippsland. Tarra (rhymes with 'Yarra' - it is not pronounced like Scarlet O'Hara's home) Valley is a remnant of the magnificent forests which once covered the Strzlecki Ranges. We stayed with Karamoana Healey. She had no electricity, and the walls were lined with newspapers. I slept in a room made by closing in one end of the verandah - a room which boasted the e...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: October 2011

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Thursday, 20 October 2011. Address to Graduating Law Students - La Trobe University. Graduation Ceremony for Graduates of the Faculty of Law and Management. Wednesday 19 October 2011. Deputy Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Dean and staff of the Faculty of Law and Management, distinguished guests, parents, family, friends, and especially graduands -. Some of you will be going through the uncertainty of looking for employment in your chosen field. ...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: October 2014

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Friday, 31 October 2014. Axel von dem Bussche-Streithorst. Major Axel Baron von dem Bussche-Streithorst. On 5 October 1942, when he was 23 years old, Axel von dem Bussche-Streithorst found himself at Dubno airfield in the Ukraine. By chance, he witnessed the mass shooting of five thousand Jews. He later thought he should have stripped off his own clothes and joined the Jews by lying down in the death pit. In October 1943, Claus von Stauffenberg as...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: January 2015

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Friday, 16 January 2015. Hans-Bernd August Gustav von Haeften. Born 18 December 1905. Werner Karl von Haeften. Born 9 October 1908. Claus von Stauffenberg’s aide. The Haeften brothers were nephews of Walther von Brauchitsch. The commander-in-chief of the German army from 4 February 1938 to 10 December 1941. Hans-Bernd was a lawyer and worked for the Foreign Office. He was deeply religious, belonging to the Confessing Church. The effect of this dis...

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Brian Walters in Melbourne: March 2015

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Brian Walters in Melbourne. Brian Walters' personal blog. Monday, 9 March 2015. In 1938, threatened with a Nazi takeover, and without international support, Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg. Called for a national plebiscite on the nation’s future. It was to be held on Sunday 13 March. He expected a vote to keep Austria independent, and there can be little doubt he would have received overwhelming support. Kurt von Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria. The German radio delivered a stream of hysteric...