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When Goodwill is a Worse Threat than Hatred
In the past year 284 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in Australia, the second-highest on record, according to an analysis just released by the...
Beyond Master and Servant
Million locked out of jobs
The union push for more labour market regulation will just make it harder for the unemployed to find work, says Michael Warby. The proof is in...
NGO's: Lazy Activism
The NGO show at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle last week reminds me of the Irishman who, ten minutes after hitching a ride, taps...
High Income Mobility in the US
Letter to the Editor: Antonia Feitz's claims (Letters 1/12) that the bottom 60 per cent of the US population have seen their incomes decline since...
And the People Spoke
The surprising thing about the referenda held on the first Saturday in November is that anyone was surprised by the results. Of the 13 proposed...
Conformity at the ABC
With the announcement of Jonathan Shier as the new managing director of the ABC, ABC staff have been active in the media arguing for three...
Power to the people controlling the people
A year after the Australian waterfront war the debate over industrial relations reform remains hot although not visibly violent. Three competitive...
Let's Make A Quid From Our Asylum
Should the government set aside a few thousand places in Australia's annual refugee intake to be sold to the highest bidders? Such a suggestion...
So sorry, my mythtake
There is nothing for it but to apologise. I got it wrong. I did not check my facts as well I should have and I relayed an urban myth as fact. The...