by Andrew Wilkie | Oct 20, 2003 | News
Trust is a priceless commodityWell what an extraordinary year this has been so far. For a start one of the most stupid and dangerous US Presidents in living memory has invaded, pre-emptively, a sovereign state, without UN endorsement, for reasons that have now been...
by Stuart Macintyre | Sep 29, 2003 | News
The history wars are not history but an argument for control of the past as a political resource. They are conducted as a polemical argument and rest on a misunderstanding of the nature of history and historical understanding.Hence, the Prime Minister’s attack...
by Andrew Scott | Sep 29, 2003 | News
Rediscovering comparative politicsThe Australian Labor Party is currently in opposition at the national level and has been for seven years. As such it is like most nominally left of centre parties in western nations. A ‘swing to the right’ has been...
by Rowanne Couch | Sep 29, 2003 | News
Opinion poll suggests changing moodAustralians no longer think refugees are a threat to Australia’s borders but they deserve a fair go, said national human rights group A Just Australia, at the launch of For Those Who Come Across the Seas, a new CD by leading...
by Julia Gillard | Sep 29, 2003 | News
Saving MedicareMedicare was born in 1984, a health system built by Labor and designed to give every Australian access to affordable health care. Throughout the 1980s, as Medicare gained strength and became the foundation for an equitable health system, John Howard was...
by Bruce Childs | Sep 29, 2003 | News, President's perspective
President’s perspectiveWe will long remember last week for all the contradictions that it raised, and for the challenge it presented for Australians to reject their political adolescence and adopt a more mature national identity.It all started last Thursday...
