04 Jul 09 | Letters to the Editor
03 Jul 09 | Rudd has lost his drive to deliver hospitals a big federal fix, Danielle Cronin writes.
03 Jul 09 | The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission is well off the mark in its criticism of Canberra's gross solar feed-in tariff (''ACT hit by green energy premium'', July 1, p1).
Support for so...
02 Jul 09 | Debate on whether Australia should adopt a bill of rights has been overly polemical. Former NSW Premier Bob Carr has implied that support for a bill of rights is best understood as a power grab by law...
02 Jul 09 | The fact that a few people can attract special attention doesn’t mean that our political system is inherently corrupt or unfair
02 Jul 09 | It's one thing for John Passant, suspected of lefty leanings, to view President Sarkozy's call for a ban on the burka as merely a diversionary strategm for attacks on the French working classes: it's ...
01 Jul 09 | Year's biggest story not Iran or financial crisis - it's Wacko Jacko, Dave Curry writes.
| How much was Michael Jackson ...
01 Jul 09 | A United Nations report on the drugs trade ignores the reality that prohibition does more harm than good, GEORGE MONBIOT says
01 Jul 09 | Should Australia have a charter of human rights? This question is being asked across the nation by the human rights panel appointed by the Rudd Government last year. But it's a question that has never...
01 Jul 09 | Congratulations to Virginia Haussegger for her call to arms to have the burka and the niqab banned in Australia (''Ban un-Australian burka'', Forum, June 27, p16). The role of the face in all human in...
30 Jun 09 | It difficult to ascertain how the war is progressing, Nicholas Stuart writes.
30 Jun 09 | In your excellent editorial (''Backlash likely on school report cards'', June 29, p8) you rightly stress the right of parents to accurate information on scholastic achievement in choosing a school for...
29 Jun 09 | Winning hearts and minds in Iran will be the biggest fight, Robert D. Kaplan writes.
29 Jun 09 | What a pity for Tibetans that they are not under Danish rule.
Imagine: Denmark has granted Greenland self-rule after 300 years under Danish authority.
The new agreement means Greenlanders (most of...
28 Jun 09 | Masking offensive
VIRGINIA HAUSEGGER (''Ban unAustralian burka'', Forum, June 27, p16) is spot on: ''Wearing the burka or niqab in Australia is an aggressive way of saying, 'I will not integrate into your society, and I care nothing for the cultural mores and social traditions of this country.' ... The burka is an arrogant display of disrespect to Australia and the Australian way of life.'' But I make another point: the wearing of the burka and the hijab is offensive to Australian men.
28 Jun 09 | THE move to increase fees for restaurants, gyms and other shops that use music raises so much more than revenue possibilities.
27 Jun 09 | I've heard of a molehill made into a mountain, but this ''Utegate'' is the Himalayas.
27 Jun 09 | F ew people familiar with the recent life and times of Michael Jackson when lurid stories of his personal life and finances largely overshadowed his artistic and musical accomplishments ...
26 Jun 09 | Investigations may help to answer some of the key questions surrounding the OzCar affair that continues to dominate the headlines.
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26 Jun 09 | Attempts by the acting chairman of the National Capital Authority, Professor Don Aitkin, (Letters, June 23) to placate concerned citizens over the siting and design of the new ASIO complex on ''Const...