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Misguided Views from Defenders of the Clever Country
How are distinguished dissident scholars treated by the defenders of 'Knowledge Nation', the 'Clever Country', or whatever other slogan marketing...
Rejoice, For the Choice is Yours
In recent days, Tony Abbot has drawn down the predictable, intemperate responses for his startling revelation that even poor people exercise...
Alienation Laws Next in Line for Overhaul
This week the High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson made comment on the nature of parliamentary democracy that has particular relevance to the...
Think Twice Before Adopting European Labour Relations
Amongst union leaders, Europe is the preferred benchmark for labour laws. Whether it be a protected role for unions, collective bargaining, minimum...
Assimilation Offers New Hope
Supporters of Aboriginal rights are worried that the current round of revelations about the culture of violence that afflicts many Aboriginal...
The IT shortage and the Universities
The nation is facing a growing shortage of IT specialists. While there are numerous causes and solutions, the key lies with the universities. Over...
Raw Deal for Contractors
When doing their tax returns over the next few weeks, up to 1.4 million Australians are likely to discover that they may be denied tax deductions...
Workers' compensation: is the slide beginning again?
Are we in for a repeat of the 1990s with Workcover? The debauchery of Victoria's workers' compensation scheme was one of the worst scandals of the...
Ignoring Sins of the Father
Last week, New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal moved to redress a dreadful injustice that occurred in the nineteenth century, an injustice which led to...
Knowledge can't be bought
In Paris last Wednesday, the OECD's 2001 survey comparing education expenditure across nearly 40 countries, Education at a glance, was released. In...