The work/life collision
by Barbara Pocock | Aug 3, 2003
My new book is about the collision between work and care and its consequences for life in Australia. It is about the interactions between the spheres of work, gender relations,...
The ABC fades to black
by Tony Moore | Aug 3, 2003
Has John Howard won?So its come to this. Four Corners, one of the world's longest running television programs, is now under pressure from an ABC executive that is less cultural...
Speaking of media bias
by Evan Jones | Aug 3, 2003
Drip, drip, dripWhy was Australia in Iraq? Prime Minister John Howard joined the 'Coalition of the Willing' after George Dubya's phone call. There was no parliamentary debate or...
New Labour & Thatcherism
by Stuart Hall | Aug 3, 2003
The Labour election victory in 1997 took place at a moment of great political opportunity. Thatcherism had been rejected by the electorate. But 18 years of Thatcherite rule had...
Monitorial cyber-citizens?
by Ken Parish | Aug 3, 2003
The new fire alarmsTim Dunlop's recent Evatt Foundation paper on Australian political weblogs (or 'blogs') draws heavily on the long tradition of the 'informed citizen' as an...
Fighting for Australian social democracy
by Doug Cameron | Aug 3, 2003
A social democratic or postmodern agenda?Thank you for the opportunity to speak on priorities for the Left in the lead up to National Conference of the Australian Labor Party. We...
Let’s get to it!
by Sharan Burrow | Aug 1, 2003
Australians want a fair country backFairness, tolerance, 'a fair go' - these are the values Australia has always aspired to but they are now in contest. John Howard's government...
What chance a fair and decent country?
by Simon Crean | Jun 26, 2003
A new deal for Australia and Australian familiesTuesday's budget should have improved life for Australian families. That's the test any government budget should meet. Australian...
Wanted: social healing
by Fred Argy | Jun 26, 2003
A Budget commentaryThe 2003/4 Budget should help to sustain our strong economic performance - but it does nothing to stop the erosion in Australian egalitarian values.Fiscal and...
On ‘fabricating’ history
by Stuart Macintyre | Jun 26, 2003
History, politics and the philosophy of historyIntroductionIn 1994 Keith Windschuttle published a strident polemic about The Killing of History. He suggested that the discipline...