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Bin Laden's unpaid media push

Terrorists get high on the oxygen of publicity, so how do we go about suffocating them?

by Judy Cannon - 9/02/2010 - 3 comments

Indian student attacks: fledgling democracies can do better

The assaults on Indians: both India and Australia need to come together to work out a solution.

by Malcolm King - 8/02/2010 - 5 comments

Rupert Murdoch: The untold story

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.

by Jonathan J. Ariel - 5/02/2010 - 4 comments

Big girls do cry

'The Biggest Loser' doesn’t inspire health. It's a representation of torture, cultural ideals and placing self worth and value in being thin.

by Noelle Graham - 4/02/2010 - 8 comments

Reporting on the reporters

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.

by Sasha Uzunov - 4/02/2010 - 3 comments

China, the fragile 21st century mercantilist state

China generates trade surpluses and foreign exchange reserves at the expense of trading partners’ exports, trade imbalances and employment opportunities.

by Arthur Thomas - 3/02/2010 - 2 comments

The kidnapping of Haiti

The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude.

by John Pilger - 3/02/2010 - 22 comments

The V word

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.

by Helen Pringle - 3/02/2010 - 50 comments

Ray Martin is right

There is simply no good argument for Australia maintaining a flag which excludes Indigenous Australians.

by Greg Barns - 1/02/2010 - 28 comments

Hyperbole, hypothesis and hysteria

Racist attacks in Melbourne: time for some deeper thought.