by Greg Combet | Jun 15, 2002 | Papers
Contemporary union strategyPersonal backgroundThe ACTU commissioned some focus group work recently, from which I received some sobering news. After two years as ACTU Secretary I am recognised more by my spectacles than for the issues I have publicly argued. I can take...
by Julian Burnside | Jun 12, 2002 | Papers
Australia’s moral failureThe so-called refugee problem facing Australia is not a problem of national security; it is not a political or legal problem: it is overwhelmingly a moral problem.It is a moral problem that has been driven by party politics and...
by Neil Vickers, Jean Shaoul, Allyson M Pollock | Jun 10, 2002 | Papers
Private finance and ‘value for money’ in Britain’s public hospitals Summary The private finance initiative (PFI) brings no new capital investment into public services and is a debt which has to be serviced by future generations. The...
by Yanis Varoufakis | Jun 10, 2002 | Papers
Why critics of economics can ill-afford the ‘postmodern turn’The dissident’s nightmareIt is a sad irony when the activities of dissidents help shore up the establishment they set out to subvert. The point of this piece is to warn the...
by Edward Said | Jun 4, 2002 | Papers
Despite Israel’s effort to restrict coverage of its destructive invasion of the West Bank’s Palestinian towns and refugee camps, information and images have nevertheless seeped through. The Internet has provided hundreds of verbal as well as pictorial...
by Jim Spigelman | May 28, 2002 | Papers
Research library futuresThe contribution that is made by the administration of justice to the social and economic welfare of Australia is in large measure based on institutional traditions, such as the independence of the judiciary, the incidents of a fair trial and...
