by Carmen Lawrence | Jul 28, 2002 | Papers
Talented artist sells his subject shortThe reviews of Don Watson’s memoir of his life as Paul Keating’s speechwriter, Recollections of A Bleeding Heart, have all been very approving, even rapturous. Romana Koval has described it is an “intriguing...
by Will Hutton | Jul 19, 2002 | Papers
Bye bye American pieThe US faces a grave economic crisis. The confidence in the balance sheets and reported profitability of American companies has been shattered by an orgy of unprecedented corporate fraud, plunder and malfeasance that has demanded the connivance of...
by Ghassan Hage | Nov 29, 2001 | Papers
Ethics and hope in the era of global capitalismIntroductionThe majority of the polls published in the media are clear. At the very least, 50 per cent of all Australians support John Howard’s ‘tough’ stand on the refugee issue. While the Prime...
by Leo Smyth, Mike Maroney, Imelda Giblin, James Cunningham, Roy Green | Nov 29, 2001 | Papers
Information, communications & IrelandIntroductionAs an emerging knowledge-based economy, Ireland has one of the highest concentrations of information and communications technology (ICT) activity and employment in the OECD. This activity comprises primarily...
by Christopher Sheil | Nov 14, 2001 | Papers
Technocracy or democracy? This is a big question, and there are many ways of answering it. The most popular way is to simply say what you, yourself, expect of government, and attribute this to the population at large. We hear politicians and opinion-makers...
by John Ralston Saul | Nov 14, 2001 | Papers
Looking for the public goodOpening remarksWell thank you Bob [Ellis]. That was quite wonderful, and we did have a good talk. It was sober, and the ocean was good, and I haven’t won any prizes tonight but I nevertheless want to thank a few people: the Evatt...
