We Are Not Davos
Just metres from the track on which the Kenyan gods of distance running continue to…More
Tagged: australian politics
Why Spend More
Kevin Rudd’s call last week for an ‘education revolution’ has re-invigorated a debate about the…More
Chewin' the Gristle
Hello Gristlers! and welcome to Chewin’ the Gristle, the week’s political bits that we found…More
A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Aquarius People who painted their faces blue because the government’s full-page glossy advertisements told them…More
Let Your Freak Flag Fly!
‘Fly Your Flag’ a classic headline from the Daily Terror yesterday (23 January 2007). It…More
Shame and the Lucky Country
Donald Horne meant the title of his celebrated book, The Lucky Country, as irony. ‘Australia…More
Innocence and Security
A couple of weeks ago Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Professor of global environmental history at the University…More
Doing It the Queensland Way
When you examine the 20 most marginal Federal seats held by the Howard Government, only…More
Kevin Rudd, the Menzies for Our Generation?
John Howard likes to link himself to the Liberal Party’s founder, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies,…More
More Tragic Than Thou
There is more to sports than meets the eye. Governments have used sports to promote…More