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AUSTRALIA
- Rodrigo AcuÑa
- 24 March 2009
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US Republicans lobbied President Obama to impose hardships on Salvadorians livingin the US should the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front win last week's election. When the left did triumph, he did the opposite and congratulated the new leader.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 March 2009
17 Comments
A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction
scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must
take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Garry Kinnane
- 04 March 2009
6 Comments
In 1972 Auden abandoned New York to live at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was given a cottage in the grounds, and was expected to give occasional talks and be available to
students. It turned out not to be the success everyone had hoped for.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 09 February 2009
3 Comments
Cardinal George Pell told the Australian Workers' Union National
Conference last week why quick action to avoid mass unemployment in the
looming recession is crucial to protect the wellbeing of many
Australians.
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ECONOMICS
- Brownyn Lay
- 05 January 2009
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On the day the markets bled we rushed to hear Stiglitz's diagnosis. The Nobel Laureate used to be Chief Economist of the World Bank, ending his term in fisty cuffs with the IMF and the US over their financial bullying of developing nations. Stiglitz had schadenfreude written all over his face. (October 2008)
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AUSTRALIA
- Kirsty Ruddock
- 25 November 2008
16 Comments
Local Moree sportspeople and indigenous community members have a fight on their hands if they're to prevent the construction of a Big W retail store on a culturally significant site. It seems history and culture have no place in the pursuit of economic growth.
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AUSTRALIA
The decision to allow Nepalese Gurkha war veterans to settle in Britain is to be commended. The problems that have caused Nepal's young men to leave their homeland to seek employment elsewhere remain to be solved.
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ECONOMICS
- Bronwyn Lay
- 13 October 2008
16 Comments
On the day the markets bled we rushed to hear Stiglitz's diagnosis. The Nobel Laureate used to be Chief Economist of the World Bank, ending his term in fisty cuffs with the IMF and the US over
their financial bullying of developing nations. Stiglitz had schadenfreude written all over his face.
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ECONOMICS
- Robin Bowerman
- 19 September 2008
The problems
besetting Wall Street investment banks seem a long way from life
in downtown Australia. The need to know the context of the economic crisis, and to keep a clear head, has never been more important.
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AUSTRALIA
- Robert Salter
- 02 September 2008
4 Comments
Many low-paid workers experience stress and illness due to jobs that are dangerous, arduous or powerless. Perhaps it is they who should be compensated with higher pay, rather than those who perform interesting, high-status work.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jonathan Ritchie
- 29 August 2008
5 Comments
Papua New Guineans have an abiding regard for Australia, and know far more about Australia than we do about their country. The introduction of the guest worker scheme sends a message to the Pacific of trust and respect.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Jeff Waters relates the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island and the acquittal of the police officer involved. Mulrunji's death reflects a nationwide context where cherished institutions of western democracy are unavailable to many Indigenous people.
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