The reception and implementation of the National History Curriculum
A while back, Kevin Rudd proclaimed the history wars over. He may have been right, at least insofar as the combatants left on the field are looking decidely ghostly; witness the non-event of the launch of Keith Windschuttle’s latest tome. [...]
Turnbull on Prince William, Australian identity and the Republic
Intriguing to see that Malcolm Turnbull is about the only Australian political figure who’s put Prince William’s visit into some sort of political context. Writing in The Times, the erstwhile Liberal leader puts his finger on a conception of Australian [...]
"Ghosts go along with us to the end…"
So, what happens if the Opposition, and their media echo chambers, tried every Howardian trick in the book, and nothing worked? Possum explains the significance of the latest polling numbers: With the phone poll average in the sidebar now showing [...]
Legacy wars
It was the political debate of last week, and we missed it. But that’s ok – so did most of the rest of the population, I would imagine. The columns of The Australian were full of the ‘legacy wars’ – [...]
And the hero of the narrative is…
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gillard.jpg" align=left As a bit of a follow up to the post on PJK’s various bomb throwing exercises (that – as you may recall – was the business he said he was in many years ago), I wanted to [...]
Even the devil sometimes speaks true? Rudd, Labor and the 2010 election
By Mark Bahnisch on December 23, 2009
We have it on good authority, that of St Thomas Aquinas, that demons and evil spirits can sometimes speak the truth. Now, I’m not saying that Janet Albrechtsen falls into either of those categories, but for once I was interested [...]
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