Defence and Foreign Affairs are special cases in government, which means the rewards of the job are uncertain, writes Norman Abjorensen
27 Feb 09 Comments (0)The sound of a paradigm shifting
John Howard continues to defend an increasingly outmoded view of the role of government, writes Geoffrey Barker
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Secret history
The South Australian government is denying access to key documents about the illegal removal of Aboriginal children, writes Cameron Raynes
25 Feb 09 Comments (4)An idea whose time never came
The federal government’s emissions trading scheme is in trouble. Richard Denniss looks at the alternative
Comments (4)New name, old animosities?
The Queensland election is the first test for the new Liberal National Party, writes Brian Costar, and it has quite a fight on its hands
24 Feb 09 Comments (1)Lost in translation
Despite the importance of relations with Indonesia, the government is not backing up its Asia-literacy rhetoric with funds, writes Edward Aspinall
20 Feb 09 Comments (6)A short term hit
Malcolm Turnbull is playing the long game, writes Peter Brent, but he mightn’t be leader when it counts
19 Feb 09 Comments (0)They say they want a revolution
There’s plenty of scope for the federal government’s “revolution” in schooling but few signs of the ideas and resources it would require, writes Dean Ashenden
Comments (3)We have still not lived long enough
Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires suggests there is one thing we never seem to learn from history, writes Tom Griffiths
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