Kim
Invasion Day/Australia Day: Unity/Disunity
I think everyone of a certain age can remember a certain mantra from John Howard. Symbols, he intoned, are not important. “Symbolic Reconciliation” is not important, he couldn’t say Sorry. The Republic was just a symbol, of interest to “elites”. [...]
Pokies, Andrew Wilkie and all that
I must say that, though I’ve been toying with the idea of writing about the failed negotiations between Julia Gillard and Andrew Wilkie on pokies reform, it’s hardly something I do with any joy. There is just so much wrong [...]
Culture Wars: Self fulfilling prophecy time
The peak body representing Australian Universities has adopted The National Best Practice Framework for Indigenous Cultural Competency in Australian Universities. Not something, if you read the key points, I’d have thought should be overly controversial.
Reshuffle
There’s probably rarely been a more apt occasion for our Spotlight the Spin post than the reshuffle of the ministry Julia Gillard announced yesterday. Some journos and commentators occasionally stray into the territory of actually discussing the suitability of ministers [...]
Anna Bligh abolishes Queensland Health
Yesterday saw one of the boldest moves in Queensland politics for quite some time; Premier Anna Bligh announced that Queensland Health would cease to exist as from July next year, to be replaced by two smaller agencies, one for corporate [...]
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