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  • AUSTRALIA

    The trouble with alcoholic Australia

    • Barbara Chapman
    • 10 June 2008
    13 Comments

    Brendan Nelson told Kevin Rudd to direct his war on binge drinking at his own backyard after Young Labor delegates hosted a drunken party in a Canberra hotel. But Australia's addiction to the bottle runs deeper than mere substance abuse.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Kangaroo cull echoes colonial shame

    • Tony Smith
    • 23 May 2008
    14 Comments

    One of the most devastating effects of European settlement upon Aboriginal people was caused by fencing. Fences have also disrupted normal behaviour of kangaroos, which have come to be regarded as enemies by landowners.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Luke Fraser

    • Luke Fraser
    • 14 November 2007

    Luke Fraser is an industry executive with an interest in sound public policy who has worked as a chief of staff in a previous Federal Government. He lives and works in Canberra.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Canberra letter

    • James Massola
    • 07 November 2007
    2 Comments

    With two and a bit weeks to go until the election, there is still plenty of time for a knock-out blow to be landed by either side. Two local issues emerging above all others in the nation's capital. Both will have implications for the rest of the country.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Maurice Rickard

    • Maurice Rickard
    • 19 September 2007

    Dr Maurice Rickard is a Canberra researcher and former Australian Parliamentary Fellow. Further elaboration of the issues mentioned here can be found in the paper "Is it medically legitimate to provide assisted reproductive treatments to fertile lesbians and single women?" Australian Parliamentary Library.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Australia's fickle leadership transition process

    • John Warhurst
    • 19 September 2007

    The Coalition leadership controversy shows how easy it is to change leaders in a Westminster parliamentary system. A number of senior Canadian journalists were in Canberra. They were staggered at the power vested in the hands of so few.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Christine Kearney

    • Christine Kearney
    • 17 May 2007

    Christine Kearney is a freelance writer who has worked in East Timor and Indonesia. She is currently based in Canberra.  

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Robert Hefner

    • Robert Hefner
    • 17 May 2007

    Robert Hefner is a former Acting Editor and Assistant Editor of Eureka Street. He was Literary Editor of The Canberra Times from 1988 to 2000 and currently works as a freelance writer and sub-editor at The Age newspaper.  

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Brian Toohey

    • Brian Toohey
    • 17 May 2007
    10 Comments

    Brian Toohey is a columnist and feature writer for The Australian Financial Review, and columnist for The West Australian and The Canberra Times.    

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Jack Waterford AO

    • Jack Waterford
    • 17 May 2007

    Jack Waterford has been an editor of the Canberra Times since 1995. He contributes to Eureka Street regularly.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    James Massola

    • James Massola
    • 17 May 2007

    James Massola is National Affairs editor for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, based in Canberra. He has previously been South-East Asia Correspondent, based in Jakarta, and Chief Political Correspondent in Canberra. He has also worked for The Canberra Times, The Australian, the Australian Financial Review, as assistant editor of Eureka Street and is a regular commentator on ABC radio and TV. He is also the author ofThe Great Cave Rescue about the Thai boys football team.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Paul Osborne

    • Paul Osborne
    • 17 May 2007

    Paul Osborne is a journalist with AAP in the Canberra Press Gallery.

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