HOW apt that the debate which major political parties have tried to avoid for so long should become one of the major talking points of the week of Australia Day – our population. Continue reading “Australia’s day of population reckoning”
Month: January 2010
Risky approach to Henry tax report
THE Government has been holding back the report of the Henry Tax Review for a month now. It is an unusual piece of media-policy-agenda manipulation. The more astonishing thing is that nothing much has leaked from it, except a few pronouncements by Ken Henry himself. Continue reading “Risky approach to Henry tax report”
Addiction and journalism
OK, I’m sorry. I weakened. I didn’t mean to. I had been off them for more than a week and I was doing really, really well. The substitute was working, though it was somehow not the real thing. The kick did not last long enough. Continue reading “Addiction and journalism”
Religion behind US military support for Israel
ISRAEL’S military spending is the sixth highest per head in the world. You might wonder why it would need any further help. Yet last week the US pledged to give Israel almost $US3 billion in military aid in 2010.
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Some annoyances to fix
HERE are a few minor and major annoyances that big organisations and individuals should have a go at fixing in 2010. Continue reading “Some annoyances to fix”