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Gillard 'prejudicing Assange's right to trial'
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been accused of possibly prejudicing any future case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by claiming he is...
A victory for basic rights
The validity of Australia's offshore processing of asylum seekers has been thrown into doubt after a court found fundamental errors of law in the...
Futile US crusade for democracy
The Liberal Party has said - predictably - that Australia should send more troops to Afghanistan. The party should learn more from past mistakes. The...
Let the euthanasia debate rage
Australian Greens leader Bob Brown will use the first extended private members time in the new parliament to re-introduce a bill to extend territory...
It's more expensive to ignore poverty
Kevin Rudd has a chance to show true leadership to the world. Tomorrow, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is representing Australia at a UN summit in New...
Welcome to the misere election - no winners and many deals
It is three weeks ago today that nothing happened. And then it did. Well, sort of. We have a government. Or do we? Did Labor win or lose? Did the...
Attacks on country dwellers are unjustified
Country people are being unfairly maligned simply because of where they live. Photo: Jessica Shapiro There has a been a concerted push in recent...
It's not just people smugglers who exploit refugees
The tragic news of the recent suicide of a person detained in Villawood illustrates the big price that can be paid in human life because of our...
Population debate hides an ugly racism
Julia Gillard's ''right kind of migrants'' are people in her own image. Nearly all commentators see the current ''population'' debate as confusing or...
Is Australia man enough to have a woman as PM?
The talk about Gillard’s hair and clothes could be masking a deeper unease. We seem to have spent a disturbing chunk of the past week...
We must sow seeds for our nation's future today
Permanent and temporary migration programs are important for the economy. With or without migration, Australia's population is increasing. For this...
Stop vilifying desperate people
Julia Gillard wants a dialogue with the Australian people on refugees. That's great, but let's start with the truth. Lies and distortions are the...
Figures debunk the myths
Emotion, not reason, is clearly driving the hysteria over the recent increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat. An essentially...
Governments should not censor the internet
The proposed interner filter takes us down a dangerous path of repression favoured by regimes such as Iran's. Photo: AFP We live under the illusion...
Letting go of Anzac
Why do we accord the Anzac story priority over every other aspect of our history? The contemporary focus on Anzac has not been a constant feature of...
Welcome to post-colonial manners in university country
The welcome to country ritual has become a key site of indigenous recognition by mainstream Australia. It can be a source of pleasure for non-...
Australia bans death penalty and appeals to Indonesia to spare Bali nine
A Liberal senator has used the permanent abolition of the death penalty in Australia to call for Indonesia to spare the lives of members of the Bali...
Stereotypes do our peoples an injustice
I was taken aback when I learnt that in a recent Lowy Institute survey, 54 per cent of Australian respondents doubted that Indonesia would act...
Australia's 'racist' tag is myth heavily hyped
There are two pragmatic tests to ascertain the real level of racism in a country. Namely, the level of ethnic-motivated crime and the amount of inter...
A bonny prince, but we deserve to be a republic
The media frenzy and swooning women that have characterised Prince William's visit to Australia mask an awkward reality. This 27-year-old man, a...
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