Mark Aarons
The Nation Reviewed
Comment: The Greens and Fundamentalism
Mark Aarons
Despite the new reality in the Senate, there are ominous signs for centre-left politics. The bitter invective recently directed at the...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: NSW Labor
Mark Aarons
Since December, the Keneally government’s political ineptitude has been underscored by its incompetent handling of the unpopular...
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In Studio: Mark Aarons on the hollow men of the NSW Right
Mark Aarons
Mark Aarons, writer, journalist and former NSW Labour Government staffer, has been on intimate terms with the ALP over many years. In his...
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The Monthly Essays
The Hollowmen
Mark Aarons
Almost a quarter of a century separates the coup against Hawke from that of ‘Richo’s’ successor, NSW Right faction leader Mark Arbib. But...
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Mark Aarons on his Family File
Mark Aarons
For four generations the Aarons family were ‘subversive revolutionaries’, avowed communists who challenged the established constitutional...
More ...Comment: Water Policy
Mark Aarons
When Malcolm Turnbull announced his retirement from politics in April, he trumpeted his achievement of “a truly revolutionary reform of the...
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The Nation Reviewed
Hideout
Mark Aarons
Australians can for the most part be proud of our international reputation for promoting human rights and opposing and punishing those who...
More ...The Monthly Essays
Timor's Future: Xanana Gusmão and José Ramos-Horta
Mark Aarons
Young boys stand forlornly, holding phone cards for sale. Skinny men carry bamboo poles over their shoulders, dangling fruit. Others weave...
More ...Beloved Companheiros: What happened in East Timor
Mark Aarons
José Ramos Horta’s appointment as prime minister, on 8 July, has – for the time being, at least – brought a measure of stability to East...
More ...Truth, Death & Diplomacy in East Timor: A Commission’s Report Confirms Australian Duplicity & Cowardice
Mark Aarons
As the recent report of East Timor’s Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation demonstrates, his country got both.The 2500-page...
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