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News & views

Progressive punishment?
This year’s report on The state of the states has been beefed-up. Published in a quality paperback form, in addition to the annual League Table, the report features substantive analysis of state government policies in corrective services, by Mark Findlay, education, by Tony Vinson, health, by Paul Fitzgerald & Graham Larcombe, and child protection, by Stephen Rix. Read this piece based on the corrective services chapter by Mark Findlay, who argues that the present psychological prison may be counter-productive. More

News & views

Latham’s stand
The full ‘troops home by Christmas’ speech. More

Australia’s foreign policy

National security has more than one-dimension, says Andrew Hewitt. More
Embrace multilateralism, argues Brendan Lim. More
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Labour movement
Ditch anti-union laws, argues Geoffrey Beckman. More
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FEATURE

John Howard’s short-termism
President’s perspective, by Bruce Childs. More

The Australia-US free trade agreement

Patricia Ranald & Louise Southalan detail the finer points. More
This is not ‘free trade’, explains John Quiggin. More
Australian TV’s an endangered species, says Greg Duffy. More
John Merson warns of corrupting pharmaceutical policy. More
Drug prices will rise, argue Peter Drahos & his colleagues. More

News & views

The truth about WMD in Iraq
Read a summary of the Carnegie report. More
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The world’s fig-leaf democracies
Democracy means more than periodic voting, argues Daniel Baldino. More
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Where have all the women gone?
It’s the end of equality, warns Anne Summers. More

Howard ignores our children
Carmel Tebbutt reckons the states can’t do everything. More

Recognising Mary Alice Evatt
Melissa Boyde wins an award to study Mas. More

Feature

Propaganda, performance and privatisation
President’s perspective, by Bruce Childs. More

Paying for private profit

Greg Combet questions public private partnerships (PPPs). More
PPPs are inappropriate and expensive, explain Graham Larcombe & Paul Fitzgerald. More