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Airbrush Has no Place in History
'The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting', wrote the Czech dissident novelist Milan Kundera. One of the...
Black and White Corroboree
Many people will feel really good about themselves after walking across Sydney Harbour Bridge next Sunday, as part of the weekend's Corroboree 2000...
Urban Transport---the Ideologues are back in the driver seat
A mark of a good government is a willingness to jettison ideological baggage and silly ideas accumulated in opposition. Although the Bracks...
Budget Gets the Tick
Mr Court faced two challenges in this year's budget which go to the core of his credibility as a economic manager. First he had to produce a...
Apology is Not a Clear Black and White Case
Australians with an ironic appreciation of the folly that pervades much of our contemporary politics must be savouring the fact that reconciliation...
The Loyalty Trap
In most societies, loyalty has always been morally esteemed and deemed worthy of reward. Disloyalty has resulted in social banishment. But far from...
The Conceits of Conspicuous Correctness
Prior to the European invasion and settlement, there were around 300 Aboriginal language groups in Australia. They were extremely varied in...
Anger at Mugabe is Strangely Mute
Zimbabwe's tyrannical President Robert Mugabe made one big mistake. Instead of following the lead of his comrade and fellow tyrant, Cuba's Fidel...
Earth Day: Time to accent the positive
Today, Earth Day, should be a day of celebration rather than a day of gloom. Australia---along with most other countries---has come a long way...
Reconciliation
Co-written by Gary Johns and Ron Brunton In politics, some issues you manage, some you resolve. Clearly, the Prime Minister has chosen to manage...