| Gillard on the move for power It is folly to call this election until the final announcements are made. But an Abbott government would occur against this week's trend. Gillard has formed a Labor-Green alliance, won the backing of... | |
| Labor ahead in strategic power game The need to stay on message was alive and well as both parties began wooing the independents to form a minority government.Although Tony Abbott and the Coalition probably won the formal election... |
| Historians will back coalition While the situation is still fluid, it seems to me the most interesting question to pose is what historians in 20 years are likely to make of the narrative leading up to next week's decision. What... |
| Long-neglected outback to a failed state But there are bigger possibilities than that. It could drive reform of government policy-making and administration, which at present does not work for the 5 per cent of Australians occupying the 85... |
| Adult conspiracy silences abused children Sadly, children make perfect victims. They are smaller and weaker than their abusers. They are easily intimidated by rapists and others who assault them.Abusers have many allies, some unwitting, some... |
| 'We just want to be comfortable' Author of Take This Child, which tells of the removal of the Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Cummings refused to attend when the former prime minister delivered the national apology in... |
| Boomalli bounces back in the cultural renaissance INDIGENOUS art is the darling of the contemporary art world. In recent decades the sector has grown to be worth an estimated $500 million a year with Aboriginal artists, mostly desert-based,... |
| Stars miss chance to shine at Helpmanns All fine performances, no doubt, but some among the 17-member voting panel that chose them were horrified to learn when the nominations were revealed that Blanchett had missed out on a berth.This... |
| Catholic padres frozen out in Afghanistan AS the casualties mount in Afghanistan and the sight of politicians attending funerals becomes a fixture of the evening news bulletin, the shortage of chaplains is concerning many members of the... |
| Asian editorial excerpts -2+ HONG KONG, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press: CHEMICAL WEAPONS (China Daily, Hong Kong) On Wednesday, the Japanese government said it had... |
| still stuck in a rut The government and its administrative force see no value in prioritizing these three areas. Their immediate interests have moved away from internal strengths to vying for external influences that may... |
| A true friend in SBY He continues to be panned by his critics as being weak when dealing with Malaysia, but Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has proven yet again that he is indeed a good friend to us. SHE is... |
| Let foreign workers’ families stay I READ the recent news report that a Special Lab on Foreign Workers in Sabah has recommended that dependants of foreign workers will not be allowed to stay with them. This is a bad recommendation as... |
| Consider Cola for pensioners WE should appreciate the Aidilfitri special payment of RM500 each to civil servants and pensioners before Hari Raya. It is a timely gesture on the part of the government. Maybe it is also time that... |
| Budget should promote quality Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has made the unprecedented move of requesting the public to provide feedback on proposals for the Budget. This move would definitely enhance his personal... |
| Big three players sure their deal will stick BIG mining in Australia remains confident that a returned Gillard government would deliver on the pre-election commitments that neutered the politically damaging debate over the resource... |
| It's potholes, not black holes INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie said yesterday the Coalition's "unacceptable" and "massive" black hole contributed to his decision to back Julia... |
| Not so much of a liability now In its final form as legislated, the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 represents an improvement over the government's initial and intermediate drafts. Weaknesses remain but Parliament... |
| The slippery slope of corruption An influential friend of mine once said that bribing someone with a briefcase full of cash is something that happens only in old movies: it was a thing of the past. But now cash is being taken in... |
| Now, paid greetings from local dons On the eve of Independence Day 2010, readers of a major Hindi daily in Varanasi were in for a surprise. The day's newspaper carried a full-page colour advertisement carrying Independence Day... |
| India and the Kantipur saga The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu is in the middle of a controversy. It stands accused, yet again, of ‘gross interference' and ‘attacking press freedom in another country', and faces... |
| Doctors heed call for medical books for Afghanistan Imagine cutting out a diseased appendix without ever having seen a Gray's Anatomy diagram, or calculating drug doses without a Physicians' Desk Reference, and you'll have an idea what it's like to... |
| 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is a hard act to repeat' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (JBDY) has become to you what Sholay was to Ramesh Sippy's career? [Laughs] It is definitely a hard act to repeat. One editorial after Ravi Bawsani's death... |
| Look, Too Many Hands When economists turn administrators, or hope to become one, they start to think with their hands both of them. Their response to problems is nearly always on the lines of: "on the one hand... and... |
