by Marcia Langton | Aug 9, 2007 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Dancing on our gravesI do not want to go back to the past. I am looking forward to the 40th anniversary of the referendum hosted by Reconciliation Australia. Jackie Huggins has already told you something about the preparations for that event and the...
by Glenn Withers., Anne Twomey | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Within Australia, federalism has been under attack. The Commonwealth has been using its financial powers and increased legislative power to intervene in areas of State responsibility. Centralism appears to be the order of the day.In the rest of the world, the...
by Andrew Gamble | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Howard vs RuddNeo-liberalism became the ruling orthodoxy in many countries in the 1980s, reshaping policy agendas, and transforming all parties, social democratic, conservative and liberal alike. Neo-liberalism was not just the product of ideas but was a practical...
by George Williams | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
It is widely acknowledged that Australia’s federal system is broken. What we did not know is how much this is costing us. The price tag has now been estimated at $9 billion each year in wasted taxes. This amounts to $1,100 per family.This is the conservative...
by Evan Jones | Sep 26, 2006 | Papers
More than a magnificent stylist John Kenneth Galbraith died on 29 April (born 15 October 1908), only a few years short of a century innings. And compus mentis almost right to the last. Galbraith was a phenomenon in his own right, an author of prodigious output,...
by William Merrin | Sep 26, 2006 | Papers
Baudrillard & new media”We are no longer the actors of the real but the double agents of the virtual.” – Baudrillard, Fragments: Cool Memories IIIEARLY in the Wachowski brother’s 1999 cult film, The Matrix, Keanu Reeves’ character...
