Sing Along To The Budget Blues
All of a sudden, fiscal reality has dawned on Australia. After a decade of fat…More
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Labor Turns Gonski Gold Into Lead
Last week I wrote about finally being able to enjoy a real policy debate on…More
NBN Brings Policy Back Into Politics
There are a number of ways of looking at the Coalition's NBN policy announcement this…More
Thatcher's Dead But Thatcherism Thrives
On the day that news reached us of the death of Margaret Thatcher, it's appropriate…More
The Poverty Of Class War Rhetoric
If there is a single phrase that reveals the poverty of our national conversation in…More
Can Defence Fight Climate Change?
Planning for dangerous contingencies is the stock in trade of generals and militaries. So you'd…More
Gillard Rallies The Loyalists
The Gillard Government has a new cabinet, the fifth in only three years (some say…More
The End Of Kevin Rudd
The word “implosion” only barely covers yesterday's events in Canberra. Every time you think it…More
Conroy's Crash Through Tactics
This is the last week the federal Parliament will sit until the May budget. In…More
The Media And The Arts Both Need Diversity
This week, the Gillard Government released two major policies governing the dissemination of symbols and…More