Salting the earth
by Quentin Beresford | Mar 1, 2002
The environmental crisis of salinity in AustraliaThe Prime Minister, John Howard, has set the goal of dealing with Australia's salinity problem as one of the top priorities on...
My better nature
by Peter Singer | Mar 1, 2002
Alone with DarwinMaking it aloneHow selfish are human beings, really? It's a perennially fascinating question. In ancient Athens, if Plato is to be believed, Socrates debated it...
Financing international development
by John Langmore | Mar 1, 2002
What is the forthcoming international conference about?In this paper, I want, firstly, to tell the story of the International Conference on Finance for Development to be held in...
Debauching Ministerial responsibility
by Allan Patience | Mar 1, 2002
The searching for scapegoats for the lies about children being thrown into the sea by asylum seekers is as morally repugnant as the lies themselves.Equally disgusting is the way...
Another shocking thing about September 11
by Hans Engelberts | Mar 1, 2002
Korean heroes of workers' rightsThe Public Services International (PSI) Executive Board meeting and Asian and Pacific Regional Conference were held in Korea last November to show...
“Temper democratic: Bias Australian”
by Stuart Macintyre | Feb 1, 2002
100 years of the Australian Labor PartyAn advanced democracy was expectedJust over a hundred years ago Joseph Furphy wrote to the editor of the Bulletin, to which he had been...
Relaxed & dumbing down
by Elizabeth Evatt | Feb 1, 2002
Australia's reputation in human rightsIf we truly wanted to stem the flow of asylum seekers, says Elizabeth Evatt in this article, should we not think globally? Should we not...
Patrick Troy looks into water’s future
by Evatt Foundation | Feb 1, 2002
Patrick Troy looks into water's futureReview articlePatrick Troy looks deeply into the future of our water in the summer 2001-2002 issue of Dissent. He finds that the 'big...
Managing the new social risks
by Deborah Mitchell | Feb 1, 2002
Welfare"Globalisation … is creating deep social pain and political costs as sensitive sectors are opened up to outside competition and go through difficult adjustments. The human...
2001: Annus Horribilis
by Frank Stilwell | Feb 1, 2002
The Queen of England once used the phrase "annus horribilis" to describe a year in which her family had been beset by a series of traumatic events. "Queen's Bum Year" headlined...