Editorial.
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Issue 1
The compassionate city
‘We shape our cities, and afterwards our cities shape us', to paraphrase Winston Churchill. In this he eloquently drew a line between the built characteristics of our surroundings and the social outcomes they point towards. Winston would no doubt feel vindicated...
Lionel Murphy, ASIO & Croatian fascism
Paul Lynch reviews a thriller by Tony Jones.
How to deal with the past?
The sins of a nation, the ritual of apology, the work of repentance National apologies are the ritual whereby we turn back to see ourselves through the eyes of the injured other, and from this place, step into a more ethical collective identity.The twentieth century...
It’s time for a Human Rights Act
Legislate now says John Menadue.
Keating & his caucus
An important reflection on making policy.
Inequality round-up
Research on inequality abounds.
Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right
Rising inequality & the changing structure of political conflict (Evidence from France, Britain and the US, 1948-2017) Income inequality has increased substantially in most world regions since the 1980s, albeit at different speeds (see Alvaredo et al, World...
Is Trump right about ‘free trade’?
No, explains Jim Stanford, but trade should be managed.
Change the rules
For more secure jobs and fair pay Australian workers are ruled by laws which have destroyed job security and left us struggling to pay the bills. Once the promise of living in Australia was that each generation would pass on something better to the next. Better...