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On the track of ignorance

13 Jul 09 | Raising the school leaving age to 17 may do harm, Jenny Stewart writes. |

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Proposed legislation changes put nature under attack

13 Jul 09 | Proposed changes to the National Parks and Wildlife Act, making it easier to develop commercial facilities and resorts in national parks, puts nature under attack and is bad for local business. New ...

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Unsettling views

12 Jul 09 | Unsettling views I FAIL to see why some of your correspondents are upset by the Prime Minister advocating in favour of the canonisation of Mary McKillop.

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Ripples from banning bottled water may spread

12 Jul 09 | THE CONCEPT of banning bottled water, it seems, has resonance with the public. In an online poll conducted by The Canberra Times, the majority 63 per cent supported such a ban.

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SBY's win a win for the region

11 Jul 09 | Final results will not be officially released until later this month, but a sampling of ballots cast in Indonesia's presidential election on Wednesday indicates that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo will win.

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LETTERS

11 Jul 09 | The current debate about allowing tourists to climb Uluru is surprising.

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FREEDOM OR AFFRONT?

11 Jul 09 | Whenever she steps out on to the streets of Afghanistan, Malalai Joya is encased in what she refers to as a ''death shroud for a live body''.

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Dazzled by the sideshows

10 Jul 09 | What do political stunts add to debates about matters of substance? |

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It seems the lowest paid can't win, in boom or in bust

10 Jul 09 | It is disappointing to see the Fair Pay Commission has frozen the minimum wage until June 2010 (''Wage decision a 'kick in the guts','' July 8, p2). In the past when the economy has been strong they ...

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Let's fix gold-pass polly folly

09 Jul 09 | A deep inquiry on the reward of federal MPs is required, John Warhurst writes.

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Labor's sham grows as those most in need lose more

09 Jul 09 | What a total dishonest sham this Gillard-Rudd Government is. Firstly there were the unemployed who didn't receive a brass razoo from either of the cash splashes. One would have thought if the Gove...

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More power to government

08 Jul 09 | There is a trend for the executive to make use of crises and emergencies to act in an unaccountable way. Will the judiciary impose limits?

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Urgent need for major rethink on indigenous affairs

08 Jul 09 | The news that the Council of Australian Governments will fine-tune alcohol regulations for indigenous communities as its response to the latest devastating statistics on Aboriginal welfare is underwhe...

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Values blur in good and evil

07 Jul 09 | America's fight for freedom and democracy means little if it doesn't take responsibility for its practices of torture, IRFAN YUSUF writes |

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