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Author: Jack Waterford

AUSTRALIA

Labor complacent as Indigenous gap widens
- Jack Waterford
- 18 May 2010
5 Comments
Seven houses — not bad for three and a half years work and hundreds of millions of dollars. At that rate the gap will be closed in about 7000 years. Minster Macklin frequently redefines what she is pretending to be doing, or uses weasel words.
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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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AUSTRALIA

Opinion polls still point to a new Prime Minister
- Jack Waterford
- 25 October 2007
2 Comments
Jack Waterford writes that Australia is likely to have a new government by December 2007.
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AUSTRALIA

Will John Howard stay the course in Iraq?
- Jack Waterford
- 12 September 2007
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AUSTRALIA

When governments stop listening to advice
- Jack Waterford
- 08 August 2007
3 Comments
Interviewed a year ago for the biography John Winston Howard, Treasurer Peter Costello complained about the Government's binge spending. Since then, the PM has committed many billions more, and given every indication the pace of spending will increase enormously between now and the election.
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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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AUSTRALIA

Rabbit proof fence not Jigalong's only barrier
- Jack Waterford
- 13 June 2007
2 Comments
Jigalong is a remote community in WA, best known for its association with the Rabbit Proof Fence. Remote Aboriginal communities suffer greatly from undeveloped nature of their economies, and the institutional barriers created to prevent them developing.
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AUSTRALIA

Tough times ahead
- Jack Waterford
- 18 May 2007
It couldn’t make it as an issue in the federal election campaign, but the Howard Government is now embarked on radical change in Aboriginal affairs.
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AUSTRALIA

Howard's blowtorch applied to Rudd's belly
- Jack Waterford
- 08 March 2007
2 Comments
Much of the little the public know about Kevin Rudd is about his mind, and that they seem to like. But so far they have little feeling for his heart, his instincts, his character, and how he responds to pressure.
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AUSTRALIA

Grip eluding PM's legacy
- Jack Waterford
- 22 January 2007
3 Comments
With so many matters in John Howard's political calculus beyond his capacity to influence or control – Iraq, Afghanistan, the Pacific crises, wheat scandals and water reform – he must be thinking it would be nice to have a hold on something.
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AUSTRALIA

Opportunity passes over Beazley and Costello
- Jack Waterford
- 24 December 2006
The idea that neither Peter Costello nor Kim Beazley will ever be Prime Minister of Australia has been reinforced in recent months. From 25 July 2006.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Rudd and Gillard enjoy the bounce
- Jack Waterford
- 23 December 2006
Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard are enjoying their bounce, and their honeymoon, as John Howard predicted they would. Early polls suggest a marked upsurge in the Labor vote, in approval for the Labor leadership change, and in comparisons between the performance of Rudd and the Prime Minister. Were an election to be held now, one might think Labor would romp it in.
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