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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)

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Afghan flag raised over war-torn Taliban stronghold
28 feb  |  Authorities raised the Afghan flag over the battle-scarred enclave of Marjah on Thursday, a ceremony symbolizing the presence of the Afghan government in the Taliban stronghold. cnn.com . . read more
The Koran at Fahrenheit 451
12 sep  |  By the end of the week, the air was so thick with pieties about the need for tolerance and respect for all creeds that one yearned for the Rev. Terry Jones, mutton chop whiskers akimbo, to rescind his last minute cave-in, stiffen his spine, then toss those Korans into the burn barrels outside his Gainesville church in Florida and torch them on this year’s anniversary of 9/11- by Alexander Cockburn . . read more
Churches and the Malaysian Solution
20 jul  |  Churches and the Malaysian Solution . . read more
Regional issues beyond the mad hatter's tea party
5 jul  |  'Hasn't the country had its fair share, and destroyed the country, and given us a desperado in a big hat in the process?'

This was Don Watson's characteristically provocative opening to an interview with Judith Brett, author of the most recent Quarterly Essay, Fair Share: Country and City in Australia, at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. by Rachel Baxendale

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Asylum seeker decision tests Government sportsmanship
14 nov  |  Asylum seeker decision tests Government sportsmanship . . read more
Back to the Futurama
18 jun  |  Back to the Futurama
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Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks
19 jul  |  The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad . . read more
Price vs Value - From The Outsider
14 nov  |  A politician is someone who 'knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.' Welcome to the most cynical Federal Election in Australia's history! Every day voters are bombarded with price offers from both sides of politics - talking the pork so as to win the votes of electors who are no longer whole beings but price-conscious consumers.

It gets worse. These offers are being made from billions of dollars of surplus tax revenue which are largely derived from the export of carbon emissions. An unsustainable economy delivering rapid growth at the expense of global social responsibility. Meanwhile the domestic public value of health, transport, education and social justice is eroded by a consumer choice-economy which is not asked to address our needs as citizens of Australia, just the price at which these services are provided.

The Federal Labor Party will discover on 24 November the downside of Kevin 'R2Me2's' failure to put value squarely before price (despite today's protestations) because it really doesn't matter who is elected. This is a Coles vs Woolworths election; the 'super-store me' of political obesity. Where to from here? As Whitlam said 'It's time'. But not for a 'me too' Labor government.

It's time for a new political framework built on the passions and values of people who know the current political framework is as dead as last week's special offers at the mall.  . . read more

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"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)