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I evidently touched a nerve with my article on the reversal of Australia’s modest efforts…More
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Was There Ever A Green-Black Alliance?
Native title is again in the news in Western Australia. The wrangling over Woodside’s proposed…More
Why Is Big Reform So Hard?
This is the second of two articles on tariff reform and a carbon price by…More
NSW Labor Has Done A Great Job
"The NSW Labor Government is incompetent and corrupt. Discuss." This statement, although widely accepted, is…More
Showtime In Canberra
Let’s begin with the obvious. The controversy, the imbroglio, the white-hot media circus that has…More
Let's Really Remember These Disasters
In Parliament today, a teary Julia Gillard expressed her "profound regret" at the impact of…More
Toeing The Lobby Line
A little-noticed casualty of the leadership coup which saw Julia Gillard installed as Prime Minister…More
This Government Needs Disaster Relief
Parliament returns tomorrow after a summer recess that has been dominated by natural disasters in…More
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
When it was announced in June last year that asylum seekers from Christmas Island would…More
The Justice Gulf In The Centre
Over the summer, the issue of customary law and its survival in Central Australia came…More