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MEDIA
- Tony Kevin
- 14 February 2011
24 Comments
Rudd's cold rebuttal of Assange's mother's appeal to him is most unworthy. To say Assange has been offered consular assistance does not answer her. David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib received similarly worthless consular access.
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AUSTRALIA
- Martin Laverty
- 07 February 2011
8 Comments
One of our most daunting challenges is how to look after the baby boomers, who are fast approaching old age. The cost of aged care, and the number needing it, is skyrocketing. Funding has not been committed, and there's a train wreck in sight. Doing nothing is not an option.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Jan Forrester
- 22 October 2010
11 Comments
The situation in Afghanistan is far more complex than the Australian parliamentary debate seems to credit. The international community and the Afghan government should be starting a bigger conversation about how a more transparent and accountable political culture can be encouraged.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 30 August 2010
10 Comments
Though the Independents are raising
expectations about a 'new politics', the forces behind the status quo are strong and the public is fickle. If
they fail to deliver they might eventually suffer a
backlash, like Kevin Rudd and the Democrats before them.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 30 July 2010
1 Comment
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- Peter Kirkwood
- 30 July 2010
When it comes to asylum seekers, both Labor and Liberal leaders spruik policy that taps into negative community feelings toward 'the other'. Fr Francis D'Sa offers an alternative vision embracing multiculturalism and religious pluralism.
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AUSTRALIA
As a child of migrant parents, I was taught to respect
my elders, to view each wrinkle as the mark of wisdom and a full head of silvery hair as the ultimate badge of honour. I wonder how those in their twilight years feel about young celebrities dying their hair grey in the name of fashion?
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Toohey
- 03 June 2010
8 Comments
An earlier generation of politicians feared impoverished Asian hordes would pour down and eat our lunch.
Current PM Kevin Rudd worries their offspring can now afford to come armed with the latest weapons and steal it. His fretting comes at great cost to the nation.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Falzon
- 18 February 2010
22 Comments
Everyone has a story, and they don't happen in limbo. Tony Abbott's comments about homelessness mimic the paternalistic attitude pushed by Margaret Thatcher, where the focus is on supposed individual deficits rather than structural deficits.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Ayoub
- 18 December 2009
5 Comments
Men of dark hair and olive skin travelling in packs, bound by an unbreakable tradition. They have found a niche for themselves in South-West Sydney, and no matter how they are stereotyped, they continue to
meet, greet and roar as they beat, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum, on their drums.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Paul Collins
- 17 December 2009
22 Comments
It's hard not to sound misanthropic when discussing population.
Conservatives accuse you of favouring abortion, contraception and sterilisation in developing countries. Progressives say
you're a cultural imperialist diverting attention from social justice.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Bronwyn Lay
- 23 November 2009
14 Comments
As Copenhagen looms on the horizon like a giant apocalyptic festival, Ican’t get Michelangelo and my kids out of my mind. The image of the Pietá, the mother holding her dead son, keeps appearing.
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