Opinion poll suggests changing moodAustralians no longer think refugees are a threat to Australia's borders but they deserve a fair go, said national human rights group A Just...
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Howard lines up the big one
by Julia Gillard | Sep 29, 2003
Saving MedicareMedicare was born in 1984, a health system built by Labor and designed to give every Australian access to affordable health care. Throughout the 1980s, as Medicare...
America and the week that was
by Bruce Childs | Sep 29, 2003
President's perspectiveWe will long remember last week for all the contradictions that it raised, and for the challenge it presented for Australians to reject their political...
Fighting for our values
by Greg Combet | Aug 18, 2003
Rebuilding union powerI am very angry about what's happening in this country. Australia is becoming less fair, and less equal. We now have an army of two million low paid,...
Speaking to the Heart
by Michael Kirby | Aug 3, 2003
Mary Alice EvattLong suffering spousesHave you noticed a subtle change that has come over the Australian political scene? Not so long ago the spouses and partners of our...
Future of work: work and family
by ACTU | Aug 3, 2003
Policy background paper.Quick FactMothers are returning to work after parental leave with younger babies and infants. In 1976 only 16.6 per cent of mothers with children under...
Collisions: prospective, present & past
by Bruce Childs | Aug 3, 2003
President's perspectiveThis month people marched through the streets of Sydney in the traditional Hiroshima day demonstration under the banner: 'Hiroshima, Never Again'. There...
Wanted: accountability & equality
by Bruce Childs | Jun 26, 2003
President's perspectivePresident Bush and his chutzpah team want to rule the world. Chutzpah is a word applied to people who radiate belief in themselves without any apparent...
PPPs are rotting to the core
by Colin Crouch | Jun 26, 2003
PPPs in perspectiveIf public-private partnerships are meant to make public services more like businesses, why do they force public sector providers to contract out core...
One last time along the Hungry Mile
by Rowan Cahill | Jun 26, 2003
Tas Bull: 1932-2003Tas Bull, union leader, internationalist, socialist, seafarer, waterside worker and writer, died in his Sydney home on Thursday, May 29, aged 71.Five days...