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A message from Bali

The war on terror isn't workingThe world has every right to feel angry. Not just with the perpetrators of the Saturday night massacre in Bali, but with the governments who vowed...

Uncle oSAMa says

Go ahead. Send me a new generation of recruits. Your bombs will fuel their hatred of America and their desire for revenge. Americans and their allies won't be safe anywhere....

Just a distraction

PPPs & public schoolsIntroductionThe Teachers Federation is opposed to the NSW government's proposal to build nine schools using a private consortium to finance the...

Interesting times

The autobiography of Eric Hobsbawm, arguably the world's most accomplished living historian, and certainly the most accomplished historian within the Marxist tradition, was...

How to cure war fever

Facts are best for this outbreakIt may come as a surprise to George Bush but the war over Iraq has already begun - in Britain. Among the warrior class that favours bashing...

War with Iraq?

Iraq: the Final Storm"I will reserve whatever options I have. I'll keep them close to my vest. Saddam Hussein needs to understand that I'm serious about defending our country."-...

It’s done

The blueprint for Labor Party reformToday we handed down the report of the ALP national committee of review to the party's national executive.The recommendations are geared...

Union slams ALP super policy

A superannuation trapThe ALP has again been drawn into a trap set by their political opponents in supporting so-called 'genuine choice' in superannuation, one of Australia's...

Telstra

The case for renationalisation and divestitureRos Eason has criticised proposals for the divestiture of peripheral parts of Telstra's operation which have been made, among...