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Confused NASA's role lost in space
The recent landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars was a great success. But it ought to be a bittersweet one, too. Rather than giving NASA a new...
One-way conversation
On Monday the Gillard government's Business Tax Working Group released its report calling for the corporate tax rate to be cut from 30 per cent to...
Sent to prison for making an ebook
In 2003, a man made an ebook. It was not a complex task. Belal Khazaal downloaded some articles from the internet, excerpted his favourite bits,...
Memories of Hewson v Keating as Romney picks policy maverick for VP
The 2012 US presidential race is beginning to look a lot like Australia's federal poll in 1993: an ''unloseable election'' for the opposition party...
A proud nation should not be bashful of its past
Our Foreign Minister can be very emphatic. Bob Carr told an audience last month it was ''too risky'' for Australia ''even to glance in the...
Let us decide what we want to watch
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a tough sport. It's like a combination of boxing and wrestling and judo and taekwondo, and it's held in a...
Rise in electricity rates offers a chance to grasp nettle of privatisation
In an attempt to deflect blame for electricity price increases from the carbon tax, Julia Gillard has drawn attention to the high cost of...
Critics' silence adds to Walsh's cabinet of curiosities
David Walsh's Museum of Old and New Art is an extraordinary achievement. The art, distributed through an artificial cavern in a Hobart hillside, is...
A boomer with a view
Treasurer Wayne Swan was born in 1954. He's a typical baby boomer with typical baby boomer memories. In his John Button Lecture in Melbourne on...
Unleash water to boost growth
For the first time in 50 years, Asian income growth means Australian farmers are facing long-term demand for their products. Unfortunately, the...