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AUSTRALIA

Why public servants leak
- Tony Kevin
- 05 June 2008
3 Comments
All is not well between the Prime Minister and the Public Service, as evidenced by the leak of Cabinet documents related to Fuelwatch. Such a leak may have been avoided had Rudd removed notoriously Howard-compliant departmental heads upon taking office.
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ENVIRONMENT

Garnaut shows climate change bigger than politics
- Charles Rue
- 26 February 2008
10 Comments
The Garnaut Report underplays Australia's position as a wealthy country that can act now to safeguard its future. This month's bipartisan apology to the Stolen Generations has laid the ground for a multi-party agreement on the climate crisis.
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INTERNATIONAL

Boots on the ground cannot replace faces in a community
- Jack Waterford
- 09 January 2008
Three decades ago, a task force was commissioned by the Commonwealth to tackle a national disaster among Aborigines. Today's is much more problematic, with cops, then with army officers, then some doctors not yet consulted or organised, and no sense of engagement with the service providers on the ground, let alone the objects of the attention. From 27 June 2007.
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Val Yule
- Val Yule
- 28 October 2007
Val Yule is a writer on social issues and researcher on imagination and literacy. In the 1970s she was schools psychologist for disadvantaged Catholic schools with the Commonwealth Disadvantaged Schools Program.
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AUSTRALIA

Bad Character the Second Part
- Kerry Murphy
- 12 September 2007
2 Comments
In Dr Haneef's case, it appears that no attempt was made to provide this 'natural justice' process as recommended by Commonwealth Ombudsman in February 2007.
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AUSTRALIA

Mersey Hospital fix sets scene for wider turmoil
- Francis Sullivan
- 08 August 2007
The Prime Minister's decision to take over funding of Devonport's Mersey Hospital seems to fly in the face of rational analysis of service delivery capacity of the area. It does not set a promising precedent for the health planning prowess on the part of the Commonwealth.
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AUSTRALIA

Boots on the ground cannot replace faces in a community
- Jack Waterford
- 27 June 2007
5 Comments
Three decades ago, a task force was commissioned by the Commonwealth to tackle a national disaster among Aborigines. Today's is much more problematic, with cops, then with army officers, then some doctors not yet consulted or organised, and no sense of engagement with the service providers on the ground, let alone the objects of the attention.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Sarah Kanowski
- Sarah Kanowski
- 17 May 2007
Sarah Kanowski is a writer, and a producer and broadcaster with ABC Radio National. She held a Commonwealth Scholarship at Oxford University between 2000 and 2002, and won the inaugural Margaret Dooley Young Writers' Award in 2005
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AUSTRALIA

How to eat simply and well at the same time
- David Sutherland
- 07 August 2006
1 Comment
In the First World, wealthy people tend to be slim, while many of the poor are obese. This is in stark contrast to poorer countries, where body fat can be seen as a sign of prosperity and good health, and is often considered attractive.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The wild cliff’s brink
- Mark Carkeet
- 26 June 2006
5 Comments
June Saunders was a little-known Queensland poet with a wealth of potential
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AUSTRALIA

Family ties
- Greg Barns
- 23 June 2006
Commonwealth cousins Australia and Canada are headed toward distinctly different futures
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AUSTRALIA

John Howard rewards excellence: what kind?
- Andrew Hamilton
- 29 May 2006
1 Comment
Before the Budget, Mr Howard defended tax cuts for wealthy Australians. He said that excellence should be rewarded. Where does excellence begin, and what kind should be rewarded.
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