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AUSTRALIA

The provocative folly of Poland missile defence
- Tony Kevin
- 26 August 2008
9 Comments
The US Polish-Czech missile defence system will be both futile, and provocative to Russia - an irresponsible initiative typical of the outgoing Bush administration. This is dangerous baggage that Obama or McCain will now have to deal with.
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AUSTRALIA

Tips for a more discerning budget night
- John Warhurst
- 13 May 2008
1 Comment
This evening's Budget may be the most significant political event of the year. A budget is a particular challenge for a Labor government, given popular skepticism about the party's economic credentials. If Labor wins general acclaim it will have cemented its hold on government.
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AUSTRALIA

Time running out for Khmer Rouge justice
- Sebastian Strangio
- 09 April 2008
After nearly three decades of legal impunity, justice is finally catching up with the surviving Khmer Rouge leadership. But there's every chance the defendants will be dead before the courts have a chance to bring them to trial.
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AUSTRALIA

What a progressive economic policy looks like
- Andrew Thackrah
- 11 March 2008
3 Comments
One of our biggest challenges – tackling climate change – has resulted from the failures of free markets. But Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other Australian policy makers remain uncertain about how, and to what extent, governments should intervene in the operations of the capitalist system.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Confessions of a rogue library book buyer
- Malcolm King
- 04 February 2008
11 Comments
In October 1998, the writer raided departmental library budgets in order to place in his university library, $27,000 worth of books he believed it should own. Before leaving his job, he inspected the books in the library and was convinced he had "done good by doing bad".
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AUSTRALIA

Smart hospitals need good policy more than clever politics
- Francis Sullivan
- 03 October 2007
Political leaders attribute hospital crises to administrative bungles rather than a lack of political oversight or investment. But they can't continue to put off dealing with the rising public frustration at the inadequacy of the system's capacity to meet the demand of an ageing population.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Sermon on the Institution
- Paul Mitchell
- 16 October 2006
I came to bring you church / and church in abundance. / Come to me all who are / heavy laden and I will give you church.
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AUSTRALIA

Discourse without dialogue in Australian politics
- Tony Smith
- 07 August 2006
1 Comment
Former Labor minister John Button anticipated the current low point in political discourse, with defenders and critics of government policy having lost the capacity to engage in dialogue, particularly in the field of public morality.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Examining the remains
- Deborah Gare
- 10 July 2006
Geoffrey Blainey’s Black Kettle and Full Moon: Daily life in a vanished Australia is a welcome discovery for Deborah Gare.
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INFORMATION

Peace drums in Europe
- Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
- 03 July 2006
Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square
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AUSTRALIA

Cut price care
- Francis Sullivan
- 26 June 2006
The Howard government wants a different Medicare: one where people who can, pay more to visit a doctor. The government is grappling with a complex economic issue, but should not dismiss the social benefits that Medicare delivers to the very sick and less well off.
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AUSTRALIA

Taking responsibility
- Francis Sullivan
- 16 June 2006
It is time for government leaders to stage a ‘walk in’ and recommit the country’s resources for the health of everyone.
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