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Safe pair of hands at Defence helm

06 Jun 09 | John Faulkner is the pair of safe hands that Kevin Rudd needs now to help restore credibility in the federal ministry.

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And the Oscar goes to ...

05 Jun 09 | Award-winning performances starring the recession we had to have but didn't.

Editorial - General

Kicking authors, printers and publishers is so wrong

05 Jun 09 | There are a number of factual errors in the article ''Push to ease book costs to aid 'revolution''' (June 1, p1) which require a response. The biggest threat to the Federal Government's education r...

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Bright future, bloody past

04 Jun 09 | With strong national pride and a thriving economy, China is able to rewrite its own history, SIMON WINCHESTER writes

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Lake closure ridiculous might as well close Civic

04 Jun 09 | No one disputes that some cyanobacteria are toxic. However, the closure of Lake Burley Griffin to boaters because of concerns about inhaling cyanobacteria verges on the ridiculous. I have been unable...

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Pakistan risks ethnic strife

03 Jun 09 | Pakistan needs to make serious changes in its political structures, Amin Saikal writes.

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Labor Party no longer works on behalf of the people

03 Jun 09 | ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr (''Push to ease book costs to aid revolution'', June 1, p1) is taking a very short-term view of the Australian publishing industry and Australian culture in choosing...

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Shine a light on spending

02 Jun 09 | Governments need to be more accountable for their spending, Julie Novak writes. |

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Our responsibility is to accept Guantanamo detainees

02 Jun 09 | The greatest opportunity to date for Australia to take a lead role in the United States-led ''war on terror'' is in the Rudd Government agreeing with the Obama Administration's request to accept a gro...

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Growing growl on Lyons site

01 Jun 09 | Burnie Court plan has major implications, Jenny Stewart writes. |

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Health, welfare, environment are province of govt

01 Jun 09 | While classical Liberals such as John Humphries (''Neo-liberalism: more sinned against than sinning'', May 28, p21) and others at the Centre for Independent Studies may believe that welfare, health ca...

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US ultimately responsible for detainees in limbo

31 May 09 | THEY have been cleared of any terrorist links, they are no longer ''enemy combatants''.

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Mark of respect can also act as a caution

30 May 09 | Roadside shrines or memorials to victims of fatal car accidents are an increasingly visible feature of Australia's roads indeed of roadsides around the world as the families and friends of victims become more comfortable with expressing their grief in public, and then transform public land into private sacred space.

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Rising smell of a dead parrot

29 May 09 | There's a climate of confusion over the ETS, Danielle Cronin writes. |

Comments (2) | Wong grilled over press release ...

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Mexico's drug crisis shows high costs of prohibition

29 May 09 | The article ''Mexico's mayhem'' (Times 2, May 25, pp4-5) vividly displays the horror that is brought about by drug trafficking. The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs has in 10 years achie...

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A case of legislative overkill

28 May 09 | Existing laws are adequate to police the illegal activities of bikies, Greg Walker writes. |

Comments (4) | Anti-bikie laws are draconian, ... | Comancheros boss charged with riot

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Alarm rises on rapid push to build huge ASIO headquarters

28 May 09 | The north shore of Lake Burley Griffin is under threat; its aesthetic, community and symbolic value is in danger of being overwhelmed by the massive ASIO headquarters building that could be imposed on...

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