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The error of our ways

13 Oct 09 | If you're in public life, you can't own up to failure. |

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Rising seas wash away Mabo's victory

08 Oct 09 | The Torres Strait and the adjacent lands of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and the people who live there, share many things, including exceptional vulnerability to climate change. |

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Ready for change: why I quit

08 Oct 09 | Former Treasurer Peter Costello shocks Canberra by resigning his seat in parliament. Politics is full of petty attacks from people who have little understanding, writes Peter Costello. |

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Greed-driven resignations

28 Sep 09 | Brendan Nelson was a failed leader but knows how to pursue his own interests. |

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Facing Taliban terror

09 May 09 | One of Afghanistan's leading women's rights activists, Sitara Achakzai, was booked to fly out of Kabul last Friday, to visit her ageing mother in Canada. But she didn't make it.

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Both sides test the trust belt

18 Apr 09 | So, the battle lines are now being drawn. In a single week nay, two single days a picture has emerged of how the next federal election might be fought.

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