Is Democracy Making Us Stupid?
Elizabeth Farrelly’s Blubberland (UNSW Press, 2007). Democracy, despite having generated the most fertile cultures of…More
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Zoe's Ark – idealists or criminals?
On 25 October 2007, 16 European citizens were arrested in Chad for attempting to evacuate…More
The Truth about Gerard Henderson
In Tuesday’s Sydney Morning Herald, Gerard Henderson moved into wholly unexplored realms of stupidity. His…More
Lacking the Will to Integrate?
When he announced that he was slashing Australia’s annual intake of African refugees, Immigration Minister…More
The Bureaucratisation of Evil
In what may be the dying days of the Coalition Government, it is easy to…More
Winds of Change
Galarrwuy Yunupingu is nobody’s fool. For 23 years he was Chairman of the powerful Northern…More
Sixth Anniversary of a Tragedy
Six years ago today, at the height of John Howard’s successful 2001 re-election campaign, an…More
This Is Not a Theme Park
This is the last in a three-part series. To read the first two articles click…More
On Prejudice (Modern and Not So)
In October 1940 Lionel Lindsay, one of the angry old men of Australian art, stooped…More
Don't Mention the Riots
After the extraordinary bungling of the Dr Mohammed Haneef case you’d think the Australian Federal…More