By Denis Bright Paul Keating assisted with the launch of Fair Share: Competing…
When one takes a close look at the just-released MYEFO, one can…
Great news, folks! The budget is back in surplus! Or at least…
By Denis Bright Paul Keating assisted with the launch of Fair Share: Competing Claims and Australia’s Economic Future by Professor Stephen Bell from UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies and Dr Michael Keating AC, former Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1991-96). The authors are long-standing…
By John Haly The battle for climate change mitigation is euphemistically referred to as a “debate” amidst ideologically restrained political advocates that still think there are legitimate oppositional interpretations about it, to respect.When opinions replace facts in a “post-truth” world, the result may be that confusion and ideology reign inappropriately in society. The increasing occurrence…
It was a gathering of activists masquerading as deep thinkers. Ostensibly, it was to celebrate seven decades of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one devised in the aftermath of a traumatised world and easier to do so for that fact. But this gathering on Lonsdale Street, Melbourne which featured irritatingly…
Great news, folks! The budget is back in surplus! Or at least it will be... After the next election.Now, I…
Be aware of the titty. Or pudenda. Or anything else suggesting a copulative angle familiar to most adults with a…
When one takes a close look at the just-released MYEFO, one can rightly shudder with trepidation for the future of…
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By Ad astra As we enter the Festive Season, we reflect on the year past and the one ahead. It’s a…
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Great news, folks! The budget is back in surplus! Or at least it will be... After the next election.Now, I…
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Continuing my Italian Story theme ... I heard this tale from my sister when I once visited her in Italy…
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It is hard to envisage sympathy for a person who made a name as a home secretary (prisons, detentions, security…
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Australians are spoilt for choice this week in politics. On the far right is Scott John Morrison who is determined…
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Richard Horton’s note in an October 2015 issue of The Lancet was cautiously optimistic. It described the launch of Doctors…
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By John Haly “Recalcitrant” is what Prime minister Keating once described Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir over economic considerations with APEC.…
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By Keith Antonysen Already when the Paris COP21 was being negotiated some scientists were stating that reaching a 1.5C increase in temperature…
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In June 2018, when the world broke into uniform outrage over the forced separation and detention of illegal migrant children…
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Twenty-five minutes into last Monday night's QandA, a question was asked about the refugees and specifically the children, stuck in…
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It is an organisation not without its problems. Conceived in the heat of idealism, and promoted as the vanguard of…
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Be aware of the titty. Or pudenda. Or anything else suggesting a copulative angle familiar to most adults with a…
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There never is a time not to worry in the Balkans. The next conflict always seems to be peering around…
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It has been an ordinary year for universities in Australia. While the National Tertiary Education Union pats itself on the…
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I don’t know about you lot, but this year is the first time I’ve had to offer ‘rain cheques’ for…
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By 1PeterMCC Interfering in religious unrest (by recognising West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital) and to the disadvantage of Australia’s trade agreements…
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