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Low tactics mar towering opinions
Noel Pearson has the courage and political maturity to speak out against the deleterious effects of welfare on indigenous Australians and what is...
Less Fuss, but Few Gains, as Goose is Plucked
At the Australian Unlimited dinner, the Prime Minister has reminded us, that the GST debate was ignited just before his election to Parliament with...
Nuggets of Misinformation
None of us can independently verify everything we read or hear, so we must take on trust nearly all the information we receive. This makes us...
Lucky Bill marches on, all the way to Kosovo
In the spirit of Rousseau, the President goes to war Bill Clinton is a lucky man. He came to office with the Cold War won and the United States the...
Saving Budgets
What has the Coalition Government been up to in its Budgets in the last three years? Reading them again it is clear that the single most important...
Policy vs Politics
Letter to the Editor: To update Dr Peetz's history of the IPA (AFR April 16), of which there are various good studies, the IPA was indeed founded...
A Preamble for all People? Let's Forget It
Ever wondered what sort of prose might be produced by a gifted poet working through a committee? It would probably be an melange of worthy flashes...
IPA Is Alive and Well and Proud of its Independence
Letter to the Editor: It would appear that David J Dick (AFR, Letters, April 14) has been living a sheltered life up there in Canberra. He asks...
Hard truths not welcome
Last year, the ABC received $560 million of our taxes to keep it going. What value do we get for our funds? Well, the ABC brings us a lot of...
How the MUA won the propaganda war, with a little media help
Propaganda, like the news, is a complex and multifaceted concept. During World War II, for example, British propaganda, both domestically and in...