Losing Medicare: The Jewel in the Crown
There’s a great moment in Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, where he explains…More
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A Progressive Manifesto, Part 2
Writing about the need for the renewal of social democratic politics and the revitalisation of…More
The True Face of the Global War on Terror
Friday, or Jumma as it is known to Muslims, is the holiest day of the…More
The Essential Al Jazeera
The Arabic television station Al Jazeera recently hosted its 3rd annual forum in Doha, Qatar.…More
Sego, Sarko, François and (Somehow) Jean-Marie
Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy’s supporters have both been handing out presidential election flyers in…More
Dob In a Pensioner
Centrelink received 118,491 tip-offs from the public during the financial year 2005-6. This was an…More
Tertiary Booming
I have seen the best minds of our younger generations flee from teaching and research…More
The Down to Earth Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Aries A new beginning, probably involving travel, will be obsessing you this week. Try and…More
No Rate Rise; David Hicks Repatriated
So, Prime Minister John Howard, Treasurer Peter Costello and the nervous nellies on the Government…More
The Long Tail of Politics
When Chris Anderson’s ‘Long Tail’ theory took off as a way of explaining internet commerce,…More