Keywords: Industrial Relations
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AUSTRALIA
Mr Howard is a master of talking over people he doesn’t want to hear from. By going on talkback, politicians can appear to be available in an open and unstructured forum, reaching out over the heads of the media to constituents.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Button
- 16 April 2007
4 Comments
The social policies of the Australia's past worked reasonably well in protecting people from serious poverty. But now we require new policies providing a similar sense of security and contemporary relevance.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
9 Comments
When Australians have spoken about national providence, they associate it with a sense of mission. Mission and providence belong together. A God who played favourites would be subdivine. So God’s blessing must be given for all.
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RELIGION
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RELIGION
- Daniel Gilbert
- 27 February 2007
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
22 Comments
Questions of why Christianity has a personal and social morality of a particular shape demand a more complex account of Christian faith than that provided in Mr Rudd’s emphasis on Jesus’ practice or in Mr Abbott’s emphasis on moral law.
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AUSTRALIA
- 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
- 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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AUSTRALIA
- Brendan Byrne
- 30 October 2006
3 Comments
Union officials and ministers of religion have much in common. No-one rings a union to tell them that they’re being treated well and paid decently. People only ring the union when they’re in trouble, and usually, by the time they get around to doing so, they’re in lots of trouble.
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AUSTRALIA
- 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
- Michael Ashby
- 07 August 2006
Denis Altman's 51st State aims to undermine the clichés associated with Australian-US Relatons, without underestimating the remorseless destruction of Australian identity, and political and business life, as well as many local norms and icons.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 24 July 2006
1 Comment
The idea that neither Peter Costello nor Kim Beazley will ever be Prime Minister of Australia has been reinforced in recent months
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