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Labour Pains Torment Tony Blair
'No other troubles?' was my mother's sarcastic response whenever I complained about something that she regarded as trivial. So perhaps the...
Internet and Health: Consumers taking charge
The Internet is set to transform many industries but arguably few as thoroughly as the healthcare industry. The Internet is giving rise to a vast...
The Great Australian Wickedness
In 1968 the distinguished anthropologist Bill Stanner complained about what he called 'the great Australian silence', the way that Aborigines and...
The Government Runs Foul of an Emotive Weapon
The Federal Government's submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Stolen Generation has aroused moral fury. Particular anger has been directed at...
Tobacco: Taxation Through Litigation
The Attorneys-Generals' proposal to use public money to sue tobacco companies for the health costs of those silly enough to indulge the habit of...
On Plagiarism and Media Watch
On 28 February 2000, the ABC's Media Watch caught me out on a comprehensive screw-up. I had published an article in The Age on 22 November 1999...
Missing the Message on Mandatory Sentencing
The continuing outcry over Western Australian and Northern Territory laws on mandatory imprisonment typifies the sad state of debate about public...
The Treaty Game
John Howard has a problem in the Northern Territory. Does he intervene to overrule the mandatory sentencing laws of the CLP government, a law which...
Danger from Trades Hall
The push for a 36-hour week in the construction industry has nothing to do with workers having more leisure. It is about having overtime pay kick...
China doesn't merit appeasement by us
Do you believe a vibrant democracy of about 20 million people on large island off the coast of Asia is worth defending? Good, then you accept that...