Relegating the Boys to the B-League
As German striker Birgit Prinz sunk Brazilian hopes in the Women’s World Cup final, it…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
How to Make Elections More Democratic
As Jane Caro shows, TV advertising makes Australian elections less democratic and more expensive. Caro…More
The Language of an Intervention
Image thanks to Fiona KatauskasAs the red dust settles on the legislation enabling Federal intervention…More
A Critical Audience with the Queen
Enter HRH Elizabeth II Thank you very much for your most kind welcome to the…More
Grasping the Nettle
The distinguishing features of the military regimes that have ruled Burma since 1962 have been…More
An Epistle to Saint Kev
MEMO To: St Kev, CanberraFrom: Mary, Coogee Dear St Kev, Word in the Vatican, Kev,…More
Pilger Goes Latino
In his first feature film The War on Democracy, journalist John Pilger aims to expose…More
All The News That's Fit to Free
Jay RosenI recommend Jeff Jarvis’s obituary for TimesSelect. The thing died at midnight last Wednesday,…More
Cultural Diversity and How to Make it Work
Multiculturalism was once known as the ‘m’ word that Prime Minister John Howard would not…More
The Sausage Migration
Some not very kind people at home called ours ‘the sausage migration’. The Russian Jews…More