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The truth about WMD in Iraq

WMD in Iraq: Evidence and ImplicationsIn a new report, WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications, Carnegie authors Jessica Mathews, George Perkovich, and Joseph Cirincione outline...

The myths of PPPs

Paying for private profitA large body of government and private sector reports has been generated by the emergence of PPPs. Little of it is objective and it depends on the vested...

Recognising Mary Alice Evatt

2003 NSW History Fellowship Winner: Dr Melissa BoydeDr Melissa Boyde has been awarded the New South Wales 2003 History Fellowship to enable her to research the life and work of...

Paying for private profit

Needed: A robust policy frameworkThe Australian community has a rightful expectation that in a developed and modern economy like ours, governments both state and federal, will...

Howard ignores the children

The federal cutsRecently the prime minister made one of his rare forays into child and family policy to urge "parents to take more responsibility for their children rather than...

Michael Moore’s big ask

Michael Moore's Stupid white men is publishing phenomenon. The largest selling non-fiction hardcover book of the year in the US; now in its 53rd US printing, and over 4 million...

Bushwacked

Trust is a priceless commodityWell what an extraordinary year this has been so far. For a start one of the most stupid and dangerous US Presidents in living memory has invaded,...

The history wars

The history wars are not history but an argument for control of the past as a political resource. They are conducted as a polemical argument and rest on a misunderstanding of the...