In defence of Dr Herbert Vere Evatt
by Arthur Gietzelt | Feb 1, 2005
A great AustralianIt is just fifty years, the October Labor Day weekend of 1954, since the Honourable Dr H V Evatt put the spotlight on an incubus, obnoxious and underground...
Broadband v. narrowband economics
by Edward Fullbrook | Feb 1, 2005
What's wrong with economics?Theories, scientific and otherwise, do not represent the world as it is but rather by highlighting certain aspects of it while leaving others in the...
Australia’s Kyoto paradox
by John Merson | Feb 1, 2005
It is ironic that Australia, for reasons of short-term economic interests, has refused to ratify the Kyoto protocols of the UN Convention on Climate Change. Australia, per head...
A mixed story
by Juan Cole | Feb 1, 2005
I'm just appalled by the cheerleading tone of US news coverage of the so-called elections in Iraq on Sunday. I said on television last week that this event is a "political...
Progressive punishment?
by Mark Findlay | Oct 24, 2004
In the early days of his third term as Premier of NSW, Bob Carr challenged his government to move away from current law and order politics and come up with a more progressive...
The FTA & the PBS
by David Henry, Martyn Goddard, Thomas Faunce, Peter Drahos | Jun 17, 2004
Executive summaryHigher drug pricesIn a number of statements, government ministers have claimed that the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement will not have the effect of increasing...
Ten devils in the detail
by Louise Southalan, Patricia Ranald | Jun 17, 2004
The AUSFTA was supposed to remove trade barriers between the US and Australia and lead to economic growth. Australian farmers were supposed to gain from removal of US...
Poverty & national security
by Andrew Hewitt | Jun 17, 2004
The forthcoming election campaign will be an unusual one. It'll be one of the few times in Australia's history that foreign policy debates will be central to a campaign. This...
Labor & the world
by Mark Latham | Jun 17, 2004
On guiding principlesAustralians are entitled to know how a party seeking to govern this country will protect Australia's security and advance the country's interests. This is...
John Howard’s short-termism
by Evatt Foundation | Jun 17, 2004
President's perspectiveWhen the history is written of this period of the Australian experience, I believe it will be seen as the climax of John Howard's opportunistic...