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Don Aitkin

Don Aitkin has been an academic and vice-chancellor. His latest book, What Was It All For? The Reshaping of Australia was published by Allen & Unwin.


'Climate change' gets the heave-ho in the Budget
Environment - 17/05/2013 - 55 comments
Should local government be in the Australian constitution?
Domestic Politics - 14/05/2013 - 23 comments
An unusual election budget awaits us
Economics - 3/05/2013 - 14 comments
What does it mean to be 'Australian'?
Society - 29/04/2013 - 9 comments
What price carbon?
Environment - 19/04/2013 - 20 comments
Education: robbing Peter to pay Paul
Education - 16/04/2013 - 31 comments
The complex Margaret Thatcher
Political Philosophy - 12/04/2013 - 26 comments
Pride and Prejudice is 200 - well, sort of
Society - 5/04/2013 - 4 comments
The 'radical scholar' in today's universities
Education - 27/03/2013 - 9 comments
Why is Paul Ehrlich so extraordinarily sure about everything?
Economics - 19/03/2013 - 37 comments
The Greens/Labor divorce
Domestic Politics - 25/02/2013 - 5 comments
Of mice and men: when peer review fails
Science & Technology - 18/02/2013 - 54 comments
On 'excellence' in research
Education - 13/02/2013 - 18 comments
The longest election campaign ever?
Domestic Politics - 1/02/2013 - 32 comments
The cry for ‘jobs’, and where it led us
January 2013 Feature - 21/01/2013 - 1 comment
On ‘belief’ and ‘denial’
Environment - 27/12/2012 - 277 comments
Perhaps more CO2 is good for us
Environment - 12/12/2012 - 59 comments
Is solar power the answer?
Environment - 7/12/2012 - 56 comments
Economic growth: is it worth having?
Economics - 22/11/2012 - 32 comments
(Why) (Do) Politicians Lie (?)
Political Philosophy - 14/11/2012 - 13 comments
Voting for the king
International - 7/11/2012 - 14 comments
Language and the Asian century
International - 1/11/2012 - 13 comments
Natural disasters: be careful when predicting them!
Law & Liberties - 29/10/2012 - 44 comments
Extreme weather in Australia
Environment - 19/10/2012 - 37 comments
Mr Abbott and women voters
Domestic Politics - 11/10/2012 - 14 comments
Team Australia
February 2012 Feature - 14/02/2012 - 10 comments
The endemic problems of the Gillard Government
Domestic Politics - 19/12/2011 - 10 comments
The Arts, and Government
November 2010 Feature - 15/11/2010 - 12 comments
An initial reaction to Garnaut
Environment - 15/07/2008 - 76 comments
Much needed due diligence on climate change
Environment - 10/04/2008 - 24 comments
Rethinking Education - Part 2
Education - 4/05/2005 - 15 comments
Rethinking education - Part one
Education - 15/04/2005 - 13 comments
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