Thursday, January 26, 2012
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When four young Aboriginal men, Anderson among them, erected a beach umbrella (and later a donated tent) and called it the Aboriginal Tent Embassy they got the national media's attention. Indigenous Affairs - Toni Hassan - 34 comments
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Online media should take more care to police anti-semitic comments on their sites. Media - Vic Alhadeff - 19 comments
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The key arguments that environmentalists are missing Environment - Kurt Cobb - 17 comments
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Women suffer a superannuation deficit compared to men, yet live 4 years longer. Society - Malcolm King - 53 comments
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Sexed-up 'media science' undermines academic credibility Environment - Mark Poynter - 5 comments
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Despite their party policies and pre-election positions the Tasmanian Greens are backing whatever policies give them power. Domestic Politics - Matthew Holloway - 1 comment
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A Georgist reviews a Libertarian classic - and has a higher opinion of it than some of its professed admirers. Economics - Gavin Putland - 1 comment
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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The US has SOPA and PIPA, and perhaps Australia has Finkelstein. Media - John Harrison - 2 comments
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The media's duty to report rather than simply relay is greater when wrong facts can lead to real harm. Media - Zachariah Matthews - 50 comments
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The economy does not need the number of university graduates it is getting. Education - Brian Holden - 50 comments
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'Asymptotic proliferation' could be the end product of the law of unintended consequences between Iran and the US. International - Marko Beljac - 2 comments
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How Australia's social inclusion policies are failing the long-term jobless and people with disabilities. Society - Bernadette Smith - 5 comments
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Hard-boiled detective straddles and denies ethnic and other cliches. Feature - Yvonne Perkins - 10 comments
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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Resolution 1325 affirms the importance of women's voices in the resolution of war and conflict. Law & Liberties - Jocelynne Scutt - 3 comments
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Howard may have won the culture wars but he was greatly helped by many in the Labor Party. Society - John Tomlinson - 8 comments
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Buying housing used to bestow multiple blessings, but their flow has now dried-up. Economics - Stuart Barnett - 5 comments
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A seductive approach to homemaking Humour & Satire - Michelle Balogh - 1 comment
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Rather than focusing on reported figures, we should prepare for a weak Chinese economy International - Derek Scissors - 3 comments
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Obama has given America's corrupt military officer class unprecedented powers of state and engagemen International - John Pilger - 8 comments
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Friday, January 20, 2012
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In over 200 years Iran has not declared war against any other country, so why would it do so now? International - Marjorie Cohn - 55 comments
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Mounted intellectual property actions will not need much scrutiny in terms of credibility. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
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Sitting as Chair or Director on a board can merely mean maintaining a privileged culture of insider game playing. Political Philosophy - Stuart Rees - 5 comments
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Some books have very limited circulation, but are worth reading more than most. Feature - Babette Francis - 14 comments
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Back to school, or back to learning tricks? Education - Phil Cullen - 11 comments
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The culture that leads to abuse of enemy combatants lies outside the US Army. International - Matthew Holloway - 4 comments
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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The poor and the outsider have always been accused of having a bad odour. Society - Richard King - 9 comments
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Why the left should be supporting Ron Paul's bid to become the Republican Presidential candidate. International - Daniel Kogoy - 57 comments
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It is not in the nature of things for men to be misogynistic, and even if it were, why accept nature? Society - Meghan Murphy - 35 comments
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Most research on the effects of violent video games is fatally flawed, because it ignores the importance of the contexts and the differences between players. Media - Valerie Yule - 7 comments
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The State Disability Plan has had little positive effect upon the way support services are delivered for people with severe physical disabilities. Health - Peter Gibilisco - 2 comments
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Prospects for localism in NSW looked promising at first after the change of government. Nation Building - Robert Gibbons
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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When they kill in our name we are morally complicit, even when they break the law. Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark - 6 comments
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Not many book titles make it into the common argot, but this one did. Feature - Malcolm King - 3 comments
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A factional account of the Reeds and the Nolans. Feature - Ian Keese - 2 comments
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The 'Canada Conundrum' shows why state based marriage laws are not enough. Law & Liberties - Melody Ayres-Griffiths - 6 comments
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Should politics take precedence over the law? That is the question UNESCO needs to face. International - David Singer - 31 comments
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Some spy books actually tell it like it is, but only some. Feature - Peter Coates - 4 comments
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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Before Iron Ladies and Men of Steel there was Malcolm Fraser, who dominated a neophyte British PM for a while. International - Malcolm Colless - 10 comments
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Practices taken for granted by many in the real estate industry can result in successful actions for damages. Law & Liberties - Tim O'Dwyer - 1 comment
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Some of the mentors that one has in life speak in volumes. Feature - Rafe Champion - 3 comments
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How Roman vices are undermining the US republicans and US society. International - Evaggelos Vallianatos - 8 comments
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Many of the things we do to reduce our environmental impact have little effect. Environment - Greg Donoghue - 36 comments
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It seems the USA have yet to hear that as far as South America is concerned the Monroe Doctrine is a dead letter. International - John Daly - 3 comments
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Monday, January 16, 2012
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The real problem in the restaurant industry is the number of exploited workers paid under the table less than award rates. Feature - Tanel Jan Palgi - 25 comments
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Gillard and Abbott have been in many ways a double act, each making the other look better than they are. Domestic Politics - Peter McMahon - 11 comments
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Why should Australia go it alone on free trade? Economics - Chris Lewis - 15 comments
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Tony Abbott has strengths, but is he strong enough in the right places? Domestic Politics - Richard Stanton - 8 comments
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Surgery that may be permissible when performed on an adult who has given informed consent is not necessarily permissible when imposed on an infant or child. Health - Robert Darby - 77 comments
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The Order of Merit is a British award most often awarded to those who help the British monarch maintain power. Domestic Politics - Bruce Haigh - 5 comments
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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To accuse the mining industry of murder may seem overly dramatic but... Feature - Helen Lobato - 25 comments
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One size fits all education fits no-one for anything. Education - Kevin Donnelly - 16 comments
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The inference is that the politicians are unable to stand up to the onslaught of media power, but why? Feature - Klaas Woldring - 11 comments
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The liberal class backed corporate state structure will be undermined if we rebel against it continually. Feature - Greg Barns - 11 comments
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Sometimes our 15 minutes of fame arrives posthumously and carries more weight. Feature - Jonathan J. Ariel - 3 comments
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Iran's terror of the 'age of orphans' still echoes in its present. Feature - Daphne Haneman - 7 comments
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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While it might get nothing else right, the Mayan calendar has happened on the year when world civilisation must choose a different path. Environment - Peter McMahon - 19 comments
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The strike threat system has never been about protecting the weakest but entrenching artisan power. Economics - Rafe Champion - 3 comments
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With a rising interest in neuroscience, we have an opportunity, which we must not squander, to sophisticate our understanding of ourselves. Feature - Simon Mundy
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When environmentalism wears the garment of middle class snobbishness it often repels others. Environment - Elizabeth Jakimow - 18 comments
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Wartime tale of an nearly anonymous hero. Feature - Warren Reed - 3 comments
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Still writing in his seventies he was a literary long distance runner. Feature - Len King - 2 comments
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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If we want to ensure that 33,000 Australians each year have a fair go when they are unlucky enough to suffer a cardiac arrest, we need to do two simple things. Health - Paul Middleton
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Factory farming, or the intensive large-scale production of livestock, is unavoidable if growing cities are to enjoy food security. Environment - David Leyonhjelm - 19 comments
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An effective refugee system must establish a legitimate and transparent queue for processing of refugee claims in our region with second, the ability to return failed asylum seekers. Law & Liberties - Sev Ozdowski - 23 comments
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Why does a sponge have most of the genes it needs to make a brain? And why has it not developed a brain in 600 million years? Feature - Roger Kalla - 11 comments
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The Australian gold rush was the making of the country but is lacking in good analysis. Feature - Helen Dehn - 1 comment
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The engagement of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds should be a priority for all political parties in Australia. Domestic Politics - Jieh-Yung Lo - 11 comments
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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A mafia story with a real life feel. Feature - Karen Treanor - 1 comment
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Are the dominant linear narrative forms of Hollywood inherently reactionary? Feature - Elizabeth Lhuede - 3 comments
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A high-tech approach to forest conservation brings Tasmania's tree tops to the world. Environment - Miranda Gibson - 14 comments
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Not only is Labor on trial in the next Queensland election, but so is the merged Liberal National model. Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser - 4 comments
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At some point in our lives, we might need to let go of experts and allow nature to take its course. Political Philosophy - Andrew Gunn
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If we want an Arts policy, then that is what we should call it and not confuse it with culture. The Arts - Donald Richardson - 11 comments
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Monday, January 9, 2012
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From Burke and Wills to the present, white Australians have never had a coherent understanding of the continent. Feature - Diane Bell - 29 comments
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Subjugation of women may be the staple of 'straight' porn, but in gay porn it is men who are the victims. Society - Matthew Holloway - 13 comments
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UNESCO's decision to admit Palestine as a member has consequences for UNESCO. International - David Singer - 37 comments
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It is often better to travel than to arrive, particularly with a good book in hand. Feature - Rafe Champion - 5 comments
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A beginner's guide to libertarianism. Economics - Melody Ayres-Griffiths - 10 comments
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Over the past two decades Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has cleverly alternated between warfare, diplomacy, and deniable support for allied militia groups in his campaigns against internal opponents and his international diplomatic manoeuvring. International - David Robinson
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Friday, January 6, 2012
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When a tablet is just the medicine for a sometime hi-tech recalcitrant. Science & Technology - Pamela Weatherill - 3 comments
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It's a six hundred year old system that keeps our civilisation running along. Economics - Bryan Kavanagh - 25 comments
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India might be democratic, but it is not fair. International - John Pilger - 4 comments
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With euthanasia there is no real choice for the patient. Law & Liberties - Paul Russell - 56 comments
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Miracles still happen, particularly in the face of bush fires. Feature - Roger Underwood - 5 comments
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Looking back at 2011, no single event more clearly revealed Australia's role in the world and its longstanding pathology than Barack Obama's whirlwind visit. International - Hamish Ford - 28 comments
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
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Life in Cuba is improving, but it is no thanks to the United States of America. International - Rodrigo Acuña - 5 comments
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How concerned should we be about Iranian threats to block the Strait of Hormuz? International - Gary Brown - 8 comments
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Mr God this is Anna challenges notions of God but is endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Feature - Charles Pragnell
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More economic refugees head for Oz. International - Duncan Graham - 9 comments
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Language, irrationality and limits - three books and three different but perhaps related lessons. Feature - John Töns - 2 comments
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'Born' in the 20s Tintin lives on today, and not just as caricatured by an Australian foreign minister. Feature - Sarah Joseph - 1 comment
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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John Howard's Order of Merit could only have been dreamed up by a malevolent Gilbert and Sullivan. Domestic Politics - Stuart Rees - 74 comments
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Christianity has been the great civilising influence in the face of barbarism, indifference to the sick and poor and in opposition to tyrants in the institutional church, nobility and state. Feature - Lyle Shelton - 23 comments
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Can a black writer say things about race that a European can't? Feature - Linda Atkins - 2 comments
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It is a radical misperception to assume that people with serious physiological and neurological disabilities have been disconnected from their personhood. Feature - Bruce Wearne - 2 comments
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Observations from Amazing Scenes: Adventures of a Reptile of the Press by its author. Feature - Evan Whitton - 2 comments
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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The banana is a staple fruit whose fragile biology doesn't attract enough research. Feature - Meryl Williams - 13 comments
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Is it possible to reconcile Aristotelianism, Austrian economics and Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Feature - Graham Dawson - 2 comments
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Oftentimes when a 'civil libertarian' champions a cause the sum misery of humanity increases. Political Philosophy - Mirko Bagaric - 20 comments
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Could 9/11 be the highwater mark of terrorist destruction? Political Philosophy - Marko Beljac - 4 comments
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Christianity has a 2000 year pedigree that cannot be easily dismissed by its critics. Feature - Bill Muehlenberg - 35 comments
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The movie and the book of Cameron Doomadgee's death are more interested in the truth than apportioning blame. Feature - Kevin Rennie - 3 comments
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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A few thoughts for New Year that might make housing better and more affordable. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 13 comments
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Children are being enlisted to be the advance guard of the climate crusade. Environment - Michael Kile - 101 comments
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Economic measures should be efficient and productive, but they should also be good. Economics - Toby O'Brien - 41 comments
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Is the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it? Education - Phil Cullen - 19 comments
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