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War on terror

War on terror

Wise precautions or impunity for abuses?IntroductionAlthough there has been much concerned discussion in Australia about the events of September 11 and their aftermath, Australian society still has not fully engaged in rigorous debate about the implications of those...
ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day

Our mission for this new milleniumIt was 87 years ago this Anzac Day that our gallant forces landed on Gallipoli. Although our Federation of States was created by becoming the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, many believe our European nation was born on the cliffs...
Nationalism & globalisation

Nationalism & globalisation

When speaking about my book Seeking Social Justice Through Globalisation (Penn State Press, 2001), I always feel the need to begin by saying that it is not a book about Australia and globalisation, or about the impact of globalisation in Australia. But until I sat...
What’s happening in the suburbs?

What’s happening in the suburbs?

Federal responsibilities for cities Mark Latham In the Australian newspaper last month, Christopher Lloyd, a Professor of Economic History at the University of New England, lodged the following letter to the editor: What happens when Mark Latham’s suburban...
No more islands

No more islands

Human rights & industrial relations Early days There are three reasons why, despite my natural reticence, I agreed to give this lecture, the tenth in the series to honour the memory of Associate Professor Kingsley Laffer. The first reason may not be widely known....
‘Funny you should ask for that’

‘Funny you should ask for that’

Higher education as a market Patterns of loss In the early 1970s I went to the United Kingdom to pursue postgraduate studies. My time at Cambridge was happier than that of Manning Clark at Oxford in the 1930s, but there was one source of minor irritation. The local...