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No Conspiracy in MAI Plans
The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) currently being negotiated amongst the OECD countries has the xenophobes--- on the right and...
Populate or Perish?
It is exactly two centuries since the English clergyman and economist, Reverend Thomas Malthus, first kindled fears about the catastrophic...
Paying Cultural Debts
Sixty years ago, an American anthropologist named Ralph Linton published a delightful response to the smug parochialism of his countrymen. 'One...
Black & White Pay for Land Title Plight
To most Victorians, Native Title is viewed as somebody else's problem and no big deal. They are, however, wrong. Currently 53% of the State is...
Native Title: Six Questions for Labor
also published as 'False assumptions: why Kim Beazley is wrong on Wik' in The Age, 23 March 1998 The Native Title Amendment Bill 1997 will return...
Stolen Children Report Unworthy
Letter to the Editor: Sir Ronald Wilson's defence of Bringing Them Home, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's (HREOC) report on the...
Flaws Remain in Bringing Them Home
also published as 'Genocide: Truth Stolen' in The Age, 5 March 1998 For much of Australia's history, the treatment of Aborigines has clashed with...
It's Time to Oust the 'Race-Power' Spectre
How do you decide in advance whether complex legislation is going to help or harm a particular group of people? It is a decision the High Court...
Manufacturing Jobs Lost to Imports, not Tariff Cuts
Have tariff cuts contributed significantly to our worsening employment situation? As the facts appear to be clear to most people, this is a...
Betraying the Victims of the 'Stolen Generations'
also published as 'Victims Deserve the Truth'in the Herald Sun, 26 February 1998 It will be a long time before we see an end to the shock waves...