Criminals & pimps
by Shayne Breen | Aug 5, 2003
Keith Windschuttle & Tasmanian AboriginesRecent comment on Keith Windschuttle's The fabrication of Aboriginal history concentrates on the book's claims that both Henry...
Understanding religious fundamentalism
by Randa Abdel-Fattah | Aug 3, 2003
Bringing out the worstA bomb goes off in the world: there are three choice labels: Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic terrorist, Islamic extremist. Handy and interchangeable labels...
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 to the Heart
by Michael Kirby | Aug 3, 2003
Mary Alice EvattLong suffering spousesHave you noticed a subtle change that has come over the Australian political scene? Not so long ago the spouses and partners of our...
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...
Future of work: work and family
by ACTU | Aug 3, 2003
Policy background paper.Quick FactMothers are returning to work after parental leave with younger babies and infants. In 1976 only 16.6 per cent of mothers with children under...
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...