Monday, February 8, 2010
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Victoria faces another February with many of the same underlying bleak fire tragedy conditions faced on Black Saturday. Environment - Max Rheese - 4 comments
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The assaults on Indians: both India and Australia need to come together to work out a solution. Law & Liberties - Malcolm King - 5 comments
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Industry and product convergence are creating new opportunities and challenges for manufacturers. Economics - Leon Gettler
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Why are countries these days breaking up quicker than a Hollywood marriage? International - Andrew Leigh - 3 comments
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Traditional Chinese is characterised as one of the oldest and most beautiful written languages in the world. International - Jerry Chuang - 1 comment
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Mary MacKillop's prospective sainthood has brought miracles into public discussion. Religion & Spirituality - Andrew Hamilton - 16 comments
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Friday, February 5, 2010
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The 2010 election won’t be particularly meaningful; there is no viable alternative to the Rudd Government. Domestic Politics - Michael Giannopoulos - 41 comments
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Politicians loathe being asked about population policy; in Copenhagen the impact of human numbers was officially invisible. Environment - Melvin Bolton - 33 comments
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China is flaunting its new found strength and rubbing it in our faces. The West's past arrogance is coming back home to bite. Feature - Brian Hennessy - 14 comments
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Flags are currently essential for a nation’s identity, and what we have on our flag requires serious thought. Political Philosophy - Brian Holden - 9 comments
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The government's always coming up with ways to spend our money: it won't get out of our pockets so we can look after ourselves. Economics - Bryan Kavanagh - 18 comments
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Rupert Murdoch: The untold story. That’s the promise of 'Inside Rupert’s Brain' by Paul R. La Monica. And it’s also the lie. Media - Jonathan J. Ariel - 4 comments
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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'The Biggest Loser' doesn’t inspire health. It's a representation of torture, cultural ideals and placing self worth and value in being thin. Health - Noelle Graham - 8 comments
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Despite the recommendations, A-G Robert McClelland has flagged that he is reluctant to change the shared parenting laws. Law & Liberties - Barbara Biggs - 50 comments
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Mention art and p*rnography together and people immediately position themselves at opposite ends of the room. Law & Liberties - Kathy Keele - 13 comments
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The challenge of Christian art is to get both the theology and the art right. Religion & Spirituality - Peter Sellick - 8 comments
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With a new TV ratings season dawning there is no doubt there has been a search for the Holy Grail: that is to find the next Jana Wendt. Media - Sasha Uzunov - 3 comments
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Did the National Health and Medical Research Council learn anything from the Marshall and Warren experience? Science & Technology - Peter Baume - 2 comments
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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China generates trade surpluses and foreign exchange reserves at the expense of trading partners’ exports, trade imbalances and employment opportunities. Feature - Arthur Thomas - 2 comments
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The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. International - John Pilger - 22 comments
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The question must be asked: why, if Haiti matters so much to us now, did it matter so little before the earthquake? International - Bronwyn Winter - 3 comments
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Why the dogged misreading of Tony Abbott’s remark? It's important to criticise people for what they've said, not for what they haven’t said. Domestic Politics - Helen Pringle - 50 comments
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Country Australia has a long way to go to overcome racist attitudes towards Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Affairs - Joshua Lloyd - 55 comments
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Viewing China as an inevitable convert to the religion of democracy is blind and deterministic. International - Thom Woodroofe - 3 comments
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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When the movie 'Avatar' was mysteriously pulled from the cinemas in China, bloggers and pundits suspected censorship. International - Mary Kay Magistad - 2 comments
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Labor must either adapt its climate policy to the political realities, or face a third rejection of its CPRS in an election year. Domestic Politics - Leigh Ewbank - 10 comments
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Welfare resources that do get to Indigenous communities are often subject to a variety of deductions. Indigenous Affairs - Ernest Hunter - 5 comments
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Some people take the Bible as literal truth. They believe that Eve was actually taken from Adam's rib. Religion & Spirituality - David Fisher - 46 comments
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Why did a Chinese company buy Swedish brand, Volvo, from an American-owned mother company? Feature - Roger Kalla - 6 comments
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The reality facing the Reserve Bank is that inflation is too high for comfort as economic recovery gathers strength. Economics - Henry Thornton - 1 comment
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Monday, February 1, 2010
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When you get into the business of comparing schools, with all this entails, there can be little margin for error - too much is at stake. Education - Chris Bonnor - 21 comments
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There are no limits on China's mercantilist policies because they are appropriate, effective and flexible. Feature - Peter Coates - 5 comments
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There is simply no good argument for Australia maintaining a flag which excludes Indigenous Australians. Political Philosophy - Greg Barns - 28 comments
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Australia will talk the talk, but fail to walk the walk, as its reliance upon coal exports alone quashes any environmental bid at the domestic level. Environment - Chris Lewis - 18 comments
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Labor needs to build an ecosystem for entrepreneurs - an Institute on Entrepreneurship. Economics - Chris Golis - 11 comments
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Boronia Pre-Release Centre is an experiment gone right and ignores the crowd-pleasing rhetoric about 'toughness on crime'. Law & Liberties - Susie Byers - 2 comments
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Friday, January 29, 2010
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The Global Atheist Convention: why won't Richard Dawkins, outspoken atheist, publically debate Carl Weiland, creationist? Religion & Spirituality - Michael Viljoen - 75 comments
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We should shame Tony Abbott for his hypocrisy every time he sounds off on moral behaviour. Society - Helen Dale - 40 comments
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What exactly did Tony Abbott, father of three beautiful teenage girls, say to get him into so much trouble? Society - Warwick Marsh - 50 comments
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Liberalism today has been forced to become the defender of the status quo. January Feature - Andrew Carr - 12 comments
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As a disabled person living on welfare you are politically dead, silenced by the conviction that your source of income is somehow a sign of moral damage. January Feature - DeusEx Macintosh - 6 comments
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There is a sense that increasingly the modern Australian nation is coming to terms with its past. Society - Tristan Ewins - 18 comments
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Racist attacks in Melbourne: time for some deeper thought. Law & Liberties - Brad Ruting - 13 comments
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It's clear Julia Gillard believes 'underperformance' by teachers and schools is the biggest obstacle to getting a world class education. Education - Mike Williss - 27 comments
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Google: advantage China for now, but it can’t stop the march of globalisation. International - Jeffrey Garten - 5 comments
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Major car companies and well-funded startups are now producing electric vehicles that will soon be in showrooms. Science & Technology - Jim Motavalli - 15 comments
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Negotiations between Israel, Jordan and Egypt remain the only way to resolve sovereignty in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. International - David Singer - 17 comments
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'Lost' and its relatives are part of a broader transformation of television drama. January Feature - James Bradley
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Our teenagers are becoming increasingly alienated: youth culture is not one of belonging anymore. Society - Kirsten Oakley - 8 comments
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Oil palm is substantially more sustainable compared with other oils: it needs less land and less resources to produce more. Environment - Tim Wilson - 9 comments
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Copenhagen: the end point in a long cycle of top-down, bureaucratic, multilateralism launched at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Environment - Jeremy Gilling and John Muscat - 21 comments
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The Government has introduced a Bill into Parliament offering greater protection to refugees fleeing human rights violations. Law & Liberties - Jane McAdam - 5 comments
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Having seen the brilliant work that is 'The War of the Roses', dropping the company that made it seems like a terrible failure of imagination. January Feature - Alison Croggon
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This post is a creative, experimental mash-up of personal experience plus one of the poems Bernhard Schlink. January Feature - Angela Meyer
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Conservative politicians don't seem to notice that the institutions promoting a liberal/left wing agenda are the police and the army. January Feature - Andrew Carr - 5 comments
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Monday, January 25, 2010
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Australia Day 2010: learn something new about Australia and then tell someone you know or meet. Society - Rosie Williams - 22 comments
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Just a year after the 'change you can believe in' election of Barack Obama things have turned out to be a lot more complicated. International - Brendon O'Connor - 7 comments
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Are Australians finally about to get the protection of a national human rights act? Law & Liberties - Susan Ryan - 42 comments
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Inflation is a hidden tax, an insidious crime against the public. Economics - Puru Saxena - 13 comments
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The more we can help poor governments provide basic services to their citizens, the less space we allow for radical rebels to fill the void. Society - Andrew Leigh - 5 comments
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The Indigenous representative body, the Ethics Council, should be 'a new dawn', but instead seems reminiscent of ATSIC’s final days. Indigenous Affairs - Stephen Hagan - 6 comments
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Friday, January 22, 2010
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As the Obama administration responds to this crisis in Haiti, it should learn from past experience. International - Roger Noriega - 19 comments
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The closure of iconic rock venue The Tote provoked a groundswell of opposition to Victoria’s draconian liquor licensing laws. Law & Liberties - Chris Doig - 6 comments
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However unhappy, no one can divorce China now. Law & Liberties - Jonathan Fenby - 11 comments
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A good law has to set up a system of incentives to make people keep it along with disincentives to stop them breaking it. Law & Liberties - Legal Eagle - 32 comments
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The NTEU's implied suggestion that research activity is necessary for effective teaching at university is a red herring. January Feature - Lucy Tartan - 16 comments
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It is in the West that Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans mix with ease. It is here that the artifice of partition is most evident. Society - Tanveer Ahmed - 2 comments
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Australians would be astonished to learn how little the Japanese public knows about whaling. Environment - Junichi Sato - 8 comments
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Western Australia remains a state firmly wedded to market principles; the mining industry occupies particular pride of place. Society - Sarah Burnside - 6 comments
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When writing first drafts you look for the rhythm and the energy. But mostly it’s a matter of feeling a way forward. January Feature - James Bradley - 1 comment
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A little look around tells us what a difference humans have made to the world in the past 150 years. Society - Valerie Yule - 6 comments
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The vast majority of people, including every national government in the world, accepts the scientific explanation for global warming. Environment - Mike Pope - 40 comments
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Celebrating her 51st birthday in 2010, no other doll has influenced popular culture as widely and enduringly as Barbie. Society - Katie Ellis - 3 comments
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Copenhagen was an historical watershed that marked the beginning of the end of climate hysteria and symbolised the loss of Western dominance. Environment - Benny Peiser - 15 comments
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A botanical story that questions scientific integrity and the trust we put in our scientists and the scientific process. Science & Technology - Roger Underwood - 5 comments
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The sudden closure of an English language school in Shanghai has left the expat teachers marooned and broke, unable to move on. International - Cireena Simcox - 5 comments
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Governments, businesses, and homeowners should assume that the world’s oceans will rise by at least two metres. Environment - Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young - 33 comments
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By revegetating the countryside and retaining moisture in the environment we can minimise the effects of drought. Environment - Ian Read - 13 comments
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THe United States' housing plan response to the GFC is a long-term policy disaster. January Feature - Christopher Joye - 2 comments
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Can one be both European and Muslim? International - Shada Islam - 80 comments
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China’s international profile continues to expand in line with its global economic interests and burgeoning military capability. International - Dean Cheng - 1 comment
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There is hypocrisy in Australia's decisions on who is let into the country. Media - Greg Barns - 23 comments
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There are only a few groups of Aboriginals left in the world, Australia should be proud of those who live here. Indigenous Affairs - Don Allan - 10 comments
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The NSW Government is developing mineral resources which require the huge consumption of natural resources like water. Domestic Politics - Kellie Tranter
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Three experiments were undertaken to gauge racial and ethnic discrimination in Australia. January Feature - Andrew Leigh - 23 comments
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Monday, January 18, 2010
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There is no basis for claims that the case for human-caused global warming has collapsed, nor that any climate scientists have been discredited. Science & Technology - Geoff Davies - 50 comments
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A letter to the 'NT News' raises questions about equality between the sexes and how the military perceive women. Society - Mark Chou - 29 comments
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Nations won't compromise economic growth by losing industry competitiveness in the name of mitigating climate change. Environment - Geoff Carmody - 4 comments
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The shift from salaries to performance incentives for executives has been cited as a contributing factor in the GFC. Economics - David Baker - 2 comments
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Coptic Christians are the indigenous people of Egypt: their coexistence with the Muslim majority is a tense one. International - Farid Farid - 5 comments
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The Australian response to the climate challenge should be direct public investment in renewable energy and sustainability. Environment - Tristan Ewins - 15 comments
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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The Productivity Commission's Report has shied away from dealing with the huge gap between executive packages and the average wage. Domestic Politics - Klaas Woldring - 1 comment
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The Labor Left likes to pretend that it is the conscience of the Party, yet in reality it has become a self serving faction. Political Philosophy - Marko Beljac - 39 comments
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Only the terminally gormless remain true to the Obama brand of 'world peace'. International - John Pilger - 14 comments
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Tony Abbott: political leaders become interesting when they show us who they really are. Domestic Politics - Martin Stewart-Weeks - 7 comments
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Tony Abbott’s leadership of the Coalition will fully test the Rudd Labor government prior to the next federal election. Domestic Politics - Chris Lewis - 12 comments
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To rely on a government warning system during bushfires is to rely on something that is inherently unreliable. January Feature - Roger Underwood - 4 comments
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Summernats: where women become decorations and objects adorning the trays of souped-up holden utes. Society - Beth Doherty - 23 comments
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Al Qaeda recruits terrorists online, turning the democratic space on its head. International - Gabriel Weimann - 4 comments
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The ideal of sustainability is a dream of stasis; a utopian fantasy of paradise. Environment - Justin Jefferson - 25 comments
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Is the highly flammable eucalypt the right tree for rural dwellings, the urban fringes and semi-settled areas? Environment - Robert Darby and Nick Brown - 14 comments
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When the Egyptian government closed the crossing into Gaza, it ironically provided more opportunities for the Gaza Freedom Marchers. International - Ron Witton - 2 comments
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Towns such as Fushun can be found in their thousands across the length and breadth of China. But dig a little deeper ... International - Brian Hennessy - 4 comments
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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Nuclear reactor sales to Arab countries are drawing little criticism because they benefit the West. International - Peter Coates - 17 comments
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Tiger Woods has given the gossip magazines heaps of material over the usually-dull Christmas period. Society - Peter West - 19 comments
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A child is defined by age, which is not always consistent with the age of consent, or age of majority. Law & Liberties - Bob Ryan - 26 comments
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We tax people who are doers, yet reward those who live off the citizens’ rent. November Feature - Bryan Kavanagh - 42 comments
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The Gazan people are being collectively punished to pressure the democratically elected Hamas Government. International - Antony Loewenstein - 6 comments
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Israel: the EU needs to recognise Jewish rights to sovereignty in the West Bank and understand its current legal status. International - David Singer - 5 comments
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Victorians need to send a message of aggressive intolerance towards the racist and prejudiced bottom crawlers in our society. Law & Liberties - Tim Watts - 39 comments
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Yemen is a vital battlefield in the war against Al Qaeda but the epicentre is still in Pakistan. International - Bruce Riedel - 1 comment
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How many books come with a warning? The 'Guinness World Records 2010' trips out some more amazing facts and figures. Society - Ben-Peter Terpstra
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A rampant Tony Abbott is no good to anyone, inside the Liberal Party or out. January Feature - Andrew Elder - 7 comments
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Local government needs clear strategic direction and guidance to incorporate affordable housing into their policy frameworks. Society - Jieh-Yung Lo - 6 comments
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From fruit farms to travel agencies, experiments represent a powerful challenge to business as usual. Economics - Andrew Leigh - 3 comments
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Monday, January 11, 2010
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The big lie peddled by the UN is the notion that a doubling of CO2 concentration will cause as much as 2-4.5C of 'global warming'. Environment - Christopher Monckton - 245 comments
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'Banking' is a necessary public good that all Australians require access to in order to make their way in life. Economics - Christopher Joye - 5 comments
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Three new diseases have decimated populations of amphibians, honeybees and, most recently, bats. Environment - Sonia Shah - 5 comments
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Asylum seekers: a regional problem has become very much Australia’s problem alone. Society - Helen Dehn - 24 comments
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The next decade risks seeing an acceleration of the European decline and its increasing global irrelevance. International - Jean-Pierre Lehmann - 2 comments
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The Chinese paradox: a grassroots counter-argument to why China has no soft power. International - Ming Hwa Ting - 7 comments
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