Embracing multilateralism
by Brendan Lim | Jun 17, 2004
A commitmentIn an interconnected global community, Australia cannot afford to be cutting her connections. Can we be selective in when and how we choose to embrace...
Declining trade union membership
by Geoffrey Beckman | Jun 17, 2004
Trade union rightsTrade unions rights are restricted by an array of anti-union laws that limit trade union power. It is self evident that trade union power and membership numbers...
Australian television content
by Greg Duffy | Jun 17, 2004
The new culture vulturesOverviewThe provisions of the Australia - United States of America Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) that apply to the cultural and audiovisual sectors of the...
A Trojan horse?
by John Merson | Jun 17, 2004
The US pharmaceutical industry's trade 'breakthrough'Why does US trade representative Bob Zoellick believe the free trade deal with Australia is a 'breakthrough' for the US...
A completely misleading description
by John Quiggin | Jun 17, 2004
The US-Australia free trade agreementThe main points of this submission are:1. The most important distortions of agricultural trade practised by the US are unaffected by the FTA...
World democracy is on a roll … or is it?
by Daniel Baldino. | Jan 25, 2004
The flowering of fig-leaf democracyIn terms of neo-liberal ideology, the end of the Cold War produced a flurry of expectations for a more peaceful and prosperous world order. The...
The truth about WMD in Iraq
by Evatt Foundation | Jan 25, 2004
WMD in Iraq: Evidence and ImplicationsIn a new report, WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications, Carnegie authors Jessica Mathews, George Perkovich, and Joseph Cirincione outline...
The myths of PPPs
by Paul Fitzgerald, Graham Larcombe | Jan 25, 2004
Paying for private profitA large body of government and private sector reports has been generated by the emergence of PPPs. Little of it is objective and it depends on the vested...
Recognising Mary Alice Evatt
by Evatt Foundation | Jan 25, 2004
2003 NSW History Fellowship Winner: Dr Melissa BoydeDr Melissa Boyde has been awarded the New South Wales 2003 History Fellowship to enable her to research the life and work of...
Propaganda, performance & privatisation
by Evatt Foundation | Jan 25, 2004
President's PerspectiveMy New Year's resolution is to try to make sure that Bush, Blair and Howard face judgement for misleading their people. President Bush and Prime Minister...