by Evatt Foundation | Nov 14, 2006 | News
President’s perspectiveThe United States electoral earthquake and aftershocks are loosening the grip on power of Bush, Blair and Howard. The three Anglo leaders have broken every legal and moral value in the name of ‘democracy in Iraq’ and democracy...
by Peter Primrose | Nov 14, 2006 | News
The New South Wales Government has opposed the federal government’s industrial relations agenda by:Rejecting formal requests by the federal government that NSW hand over its industrial powers; and challenging the constitutional validity of the new federal laws...
by Evatt Foundation | Nov 14, 2006 | News
‘The inherent tendency’, wrote J K Galbraith in his classic work, The Affluent Society, ‘will always be for public services to fall behind private production.’ The State of the States 2006 is dedicated to the memory of the late great American...
by John Dwyer | Nov 14, 2006 | News
Australians are only too well aware that their health care system is increasingly unreliable, indeed dysfunctional.Public hospitals have major problems because of ever-increasing demand, under-funding and shortages of health professionals. The continuum of care that...
by Fred Argy | Nov 14, 2006 | News
For over a decade, the conventional wisdom in Australia’s official circles has been that governments should avoid borrowing, and should even strive to become debt-free over the long-term. Economists have vigorously questioned the rationale for this fiscal...
by Richard Woolcott | Nov 14, 2006 | News
I feel honoured to be with you today to give the prestigious University of Newcastle Human Rights and Social Justice lecture. I know I am following a number of distinguished speakers and I hope to say something worthwhile and meaningful.Given my background in advising...
