Archived publication for October 2008
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Volume 60 Number 5
Greg Barns on what we miss about Paul Keating, the financial crisis: what does it mean for the Emissions Trading Scheme? Is Capitalism dead? Richard Allsop on how New South Wales fell apart, Tony Parkinson on Obama's Iraq trap, Louise Staley on...
The Iraq Factor
Stripped to the rawest of logic, Barack Obama's gameplan was to win the White House on the back of defeat in Iraq. Heading into the presidential election campaign, the same ‘troops home' formula that allowed the Democrats to gain control of...
Big fat beat up
Arnold Schwarzenegger is obese. He's been obese his entire adult life, including the seven times he won the Mr Olympia bodybuilding title. Despite obesity not impacting his own, clearly excellent, health, Governor Schwarzenegger has introduced...
Not every journo can be Hunter S. Thompson
A long time ago on a newspaper far, far away, the [insert own adjective here, e.g. crusty, then-famous] editor marched up to his sub-editors table with something on his mind. The subject of his agitation was unclear but his message was not....
Your child is a wuss
When Belgian Gardens, a Townsville state primary school, banned cartwheels and handstands in August, it ignited a media frenzy. But as bizarre as it is, the handstand ban is only one incidence of a widespread trend affecting all Australian...
The Dark Mind of the Copywriter
Chris Berg reviews Novels in Three Lines by Felix Fénéon (NYRB Classics, 2007,176 pages) Ernest Hemingway once said that his best story was his shortest story, deliberately limited to just six words - ‘For sale: baby...
Did global warming send Lehman Brothers broke
NOVEMBER 2008: There's much debate about the causes of the global economic crisis. According to the popular media some of the chief suspects include ‘greed', ‘obscene executive salaries', and ‘predatory lenders'. But maybe the...
Editorial, November 2008
One could be forgiven for believing that the era of small government is over, if only we could remember when it had started. Isn't it great when events confirm your political prejudices? If Kevin Rudd's widely reported speech in early October is...
Cops, not liquor regulations, reduce street violence
On one of its websites, the Queensland Government is remarkably honest about its attitude towards law-abiding businesses-‘the ability to trade is a privilege, not a right.' According to politicians and the press, late at night, Australian...
Australian opinion leaders join free market think tank
Senior businessperson Michael Kroger has joined the board of the Institute of Public Affairs, and Tom Switzer, high-profile foreign affairs and political commentator has been appointed a Research Fellow at the IPA.
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