Professor Barry Spurr Is The Smoking Gun Of Institutional Racism
Yesterday, The Weekend Australian published a story written by media editor Sharri Markson suggesting that…More
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Fallout From Barry Spurr's Racist Emails Gathers Pace
The fall out from the suspension late yesterday of leading University of Sydney Professor Barry…More
The Poor Will Always Be With Us: So Says The Book Of Matthew (and Tony)
This week is national Anti-Poverty week. You would barely know it, from the desultory media…More
Welfare Group Brands Twiggy Reforms As 'Cruel, Harsh And Inhumane'
A major welfare rights organisation has criticized a review into Indigenous employment parity for going…More
A New Twist In Australia's 'On Again Off Again' Constitutional Reform Agenda
Only a month after signalling he would delay a referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in…More
The Burqa, Colonial Feminism And The Politics Of Dog Whistling
What is the significance of the comments of Tony Abbott and Cory Bernardi on the…More
From Pol Pot To ISIS: Anything that flies on everything that moves
In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry…More
Critical Thinking And Contemporary Politics: The Tony And Co Conundrum
Critical thinking is quite a buzz term. It’s so popular that it has been stretched…More
Prime Minister Tony Abbott: Scholar or Sciolist?
To many of us, Tony Abbott presents as a simple-minded man, one easily satirised as…More
The War On Spending: Hockey And Abbott Beat A Hasty Budget Retreat
The Abbott government is backing down on some of its welfare changes. Employment Minister Eric…More