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By Brian on June 30, 2010
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Of course, that’s the famous quatrain [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Government, Health, Politics, Water | Tagged education revolution, emissions trading system, G20, Henry Tax review, homelessness, Kevin Rudd, kyoto protocol, Murray Basin Authority, national curriculum, National Organ Transplant Authority, pacific solution, paid parental leave, regional cancer centres, renewable energy target, school libraries, social housing, stolen generations, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, trade centres, WorkChoices |
By Kim on June 27, 2010
I admire Julia Gillard and always have. Those who’ve been around here for a long time, and have long memories, might recall that I was backing Gillard enthusiastically when Kim Beazley’s leadership was on its last legs. I welcome and [...]
Posted in Disasters, Ethics, Feminism, Politics, Relationships | Tagged agency, ALP, ambition, Anne Summers, Apology, care, Culture, Disasters, Ethics, fear, Federal election 2007, Feminism, first female PM, fluidity, hope, insecurity, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley, Labor, Labor leadership, liquid lives, Politics, press conference, risk society, second modernity, Shakira Hussein, Sociology, spill, stolen generations, structure, trust, work, workplace, workplace culture |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 16, 2010
Naomi Parry reviews the reception (and content) of Keith Windschuttle’s new book at New Matilda: Late last year Keith Windschuttle released another book questioning the existence of the stolen generations. But this time, nobody cared. Very few people would be [...]
Posted in History, Indigenous, Politics, Race | Tagged Australian history, Culture Wars, denialism, Fabrication of Aboriginal history, History wars, Indigenous history, John Howard, keith windschuttle, Naomi Parry, New Matilda, robert manne, stolen generations, The Monthly |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 13, 2009
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/rudd-sorry-apology.jpg" align=left When Mick Dodson was announced as Australian of the Year, I made this observation: [It] might also be a good idea to take some sort of stock on how the whole “Bridging the Gap” thing is going [...]
Posted in Activism, Indigenous, Media, Policy | Tagged anniversary, Apology, bridging the gap, closing the gap, Crikey, Indigenous, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous policy, Jon Altman, Kevin Rudd, Media, Mick Dodson, SBS, Sorry Day, stolen generations |
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