POLITICS
POLITICS
Divided We Fall: The Australian Greens Party
Sally Neighbour
*Nine days after the Christmas drinks in Canberra, a far more toxic atmosphere prevails as the NSW Greens assemble for their bi-monthly...
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WORLD
Comment: Address to the US President: Draft for a Prime Minister’s Address on the Occasion of Another Visit from the President of the United States
Don Watson
Mr President, Thank you for making room in your busy schedule to see me while you are in Darwin. In the short time I have at your disposal...
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SOCIETY
So Who the Bloody Hell Are You?: Scott Morrison
Nick Bryant
In a country that has always exhibited a fickle streak towards foreigners heading for its shores, Scott Morrison is especially well...
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POLITICS
The Second Rudd Government?
For better or for worse, unlike most commentators, my judgments about Australian politics are generally formed not by conversations with...
More ...Angry Boys: Republicans and the US Presidential Race
Julia Baird
The Family Table Restaurant is a small, dingy diner in Atlantic, Iowa, the state known as the Hawkeye State, that claims to be the corn...
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WORLD
The Elephant in the Room: Australia–India Relations
Michael Wesley
Great expectations attend the Australia–India relationship. The Labor Party’s agreement to sell uranium to India has removed a major...
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POLITICS
All About Cory: Cory Bernardi, Conservative Warrior
Sally Neighbour
“When you first come into this place, all the walls are blank, and after the first bonhomie’s done and people say hello, you’re left alone...
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WORLD
In the Picture: Burma
Sebastian Strangio
The woman they call the Lady is all over town, staring down from the walls of teashops, hanging on sun-dappled street corners, perched on...
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SOCIETY
Left Behind: Why the Right Keeps Winning
Peter Hartcher
It was Carnegie, son of the arch-establishment businessman Sir Rod Carnegie, who emerged as the media star of the Gillard government’s tax...
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WORLD
Long in the Tooth: Trixie Gardner
Paola Totaro
The Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Conservative member of the British House of Lords, waves me through the Peers’ Lobby and with an informal “...
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SOCIETY
CanDo? Campbell Newman’s Bid for Queensland
Nick Bryant
Crestfallen conservatives would have drawn little consolation from the potentially morale-boosting fact that Brisbane City Council is the...
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SOCIETY
Island Rising: Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour
Fiona McGregor
Is there any place more typical of Sydney’s protean nature than Cockatoo Island? A decade ago, it was a wasteland. One hundred and fifty...
More ...The Lady Killers: Women in the Military
Anne Summers
A few years later, that soldier asked the other three officers who had assisted her maiden fast-rope that day to be bridesmaids at her...
More ...The Book of Paul: Lessons in Leadership and Paul Keating
George Megalogenis
Comparisons between leaders can be unfair to the incumbent because the one with the job has yet to receive the clemency of political...
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New Teeth for Aunty: Reinvigorating the National Broadcaster
Robert Manne
This outline of my daily routine should at least make one thing clear: the ABC plays a very important part in my life. As it does for very...
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Club Rules: The Phoney War on Bikie Gangs
Adam Shand
The strength of that commitment will soon be tested. The South Australian premier, Mike Rann, has just enacted what he calls the toughest...
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POLITICS
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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POLITICS
Prime Minister, Interrupted: Why One Year After the Election Voters Still Don’t Know Who Gillard Is
Annabel Crabb
In return for this triennial exertion, Australian voters implicitly demand a few standards. We don’t have the American horror of big...
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SOCIETY
How To Stop the Boats. Khalid Koser
At this Lowy Lecture, global migration expert Dr Khalid Koser reviews and assesses the Australian government's efforts to reduce...
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7 February 2012
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