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Australia in the Great War: Myths and ambitions
29th July, 2014, 8:54pm
In commemorating the Great War, which broke out 100 years ago next month, we recall one of history’s greatest crimes w... more
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40 job applications no big deal
29th July, 2014, 8:47am
When I worked as a finance consultant I was supposed to make 10 approaches a day, and attend at least two appointments... more
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Ask your local and federal Parliamentarians to sign this statement from Australian MPs in support of Gaza
28th July, 2014, 11:54pm
Ask your local and federal Parliamentarians to sign this statement from Australian MPs in support of Gaza.... more
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Jonathan Cook: A legal and moral case for Hamas rocket fire
28th July, 2014, 9:32pm
On his page, the blog from Nazareth, Jonathan Cook summarises the case Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges make for Hama... more
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Open Thread
28th July, 2014, 2:36pm
This cartoon has been purchased for your enjoyment. In return I would appreciate a thoughtful comment and/or a link to s... more
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Professor Noura Erakat: debunking Israel’s lies
26th July, 2014, 11:14pm
Israel's propaganda machine, however, insists that these Palestinians wanted to die ("culture of martyrdom"), staged the... more
The Blogs
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Ambit Gambit
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40 job applications no big deal
29th July, 2014, 8:47am
When I worked as a finance consultant I was supposed to make 10 approaches a day, and attend at least two appointments... more
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Questions for Premier Palasczcuk?
20th July, 2014, 12:06am
On the basis of today’s Stafford by-election, you would have to put your money on Anastacia Palasczcuk being the n... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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Open Thread
28th July, 2014, 2:36pm
This cartoon has been purchased for your enjoyment. In return I would appreciate a thoughtful comment and/or a link to s... more
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Three Facts Most Sceptics Don’t Seem to Understand
26th July, 2014, 8:48pm
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC9) in La... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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The Liberal’s compulsion to turn public assets into priv
9th June, 2014, 11:11pm
The LNP in Queensland have been softening up the public for a privatisation binge pretty much from the day they got elec... more
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Political donations: buying influence and outcomes.
15th May, 2014, 11:44pm
The furore in New South Wales over developers and resource companies seeking to buy influence through political donation... more
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Club Troppo
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A recent Grattan panel on superannuation.
29th July, 2014, 2:52pm
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Don’t isolate Russia | Tom Switzer
29th July, 2014, 2:35pm
Putin currently graces the cover of Time, Newsweek, Der Spiegel and The Economist, together with a host of lesser public... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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Equalising consumption => lowering vulnerability
20th July, 2014, 2:29pm
A comment on a previous post expresses a common set of views among conservatives: Darwin has the final word on sillyne... more
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Marriage is about …
18th July, 2014, 12:09pm
A common argument against same-sex marriage is that marriage is “about” children. Or that the purpose of mar... more
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En Passant
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Australia in the Great War: Myths and ambitions
29th July, 2014, 8:54pm
In commemorating the Great War, which broke out 100 years ago next month, we recall one of history’s greatest crimes w... more
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Ask your local and federal Parliamentarians to sign this s
28th July, 2014, 11:54pm
Ask your local and federal Parliamentarians to sign this statement from Australian MPs in support of Gaza. ... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
1st January, 1970, 11:00am
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
1st January, 1970, 11:00am
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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Leaders and the qual
9th June, 2014, 7:03pm
The qualitative results on the approvals for Abbott and Shorten, as well as preferred prime minister undercut the result... more
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May polling - the quants
25th May, 2014, 8:09pm
After weighting our sample for likely voting intentions there are some strong messages for both Tony Abbott and Bill Sho... more
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