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Medibank Private should be sold. It no longer justifies government ownership.
Perhaps the slick advocacy of Al Gore’s pop environmentalism is a way of baptising lives that are already excessive, self-seeking and idolatrous with a sickly green tinge. Rather than change our consumption habits, it makes us feel better about them (like drinking Diet Coke).
John Howard seems to have pulled off the three-card trick, on both the National Party and the public, with changes to the media laws. His spin was that the small concessions were worth it in its efforts to "free up'' Australia's media.
Manipulating narrowly conceived notions of national values simply triggers a storm of prejudice, while undercutting efforts to improve conceptions of the nation’s Muslim community.
Geoffrey Blainey’s Black Kettle and Full Moon: Daily life in a vanished Australia is a welcome discovery for Deborah Gare.
Summertime, and the livin’s less easy—at least in southern Australia.
Theatre critic Geoffrey Milne took time off this summer to write two books on Australian theatre. What has drawn him into theatres more than 100 times a year over the past three decades—as a journalist and as a theatre historian? His excuse is that his university teaching demands close acquaintance with actual performances. But that’s not the whole story.
Strange times, Cooling off in Tasmania, Where now for reconciliation?, Tides of history, Being scared of GM
Peter Pierce goes to the races.
Community Development projects can make a difference
It is time for government leaders to stage a ‘walk in’ and recommit the country’s resources for the health of everyone.
The draft Charities Bill 2003
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