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At the beginning of 1972 I had a temporary job in the fees office at…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Editorial
Last week’s New Matilda editorial ‘The Left and Security’ provoked many interesting responses, some of…More
The Erosion of Free Speech
You’ve got to fight. It’s the only conclusion I can draw as I see the…More
Goodbye Greens & Death of the Dems?
Did last Super Saturday’s elections signal the death in their home States of the two…More
The False Face of Unity
The latest outbreak of internal bloodletting in the Labor Party might seem to many to…More
Post-Neoconservatism
The political stop-watch in the United States is picking up the pace with the mid-term…More
Korean Forced Labour & Japan's Foreign Minister
An embarrassing ghost from World War II was present in Sydney last weekend, when Japan’s…More
In Praise of the Ordinary
On the recent occasion of John Howard’s tenth anniversary as PM, there was a lot…More
Disaster in the Desert
Late September sees Darwin heading into the ‘build up’ a time of brutal humidity and…More
Pensioners on Ice
The Howard Government has no problem gouging the last dollar from Australia’s most needy and…More