Foreign Disputes

In 1883, the Irish nationalist, John Redmond MP, together with his brother William, toured the Australian colonies, urging support for Irish home rule. He had been despatched the year before by the Irish National Land League as a delegate to Australia to promote the cause and raise funds.

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Foreign Disputes

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Edmund Burke once lamented that “the days of sophists, calculators and economists are upon us.”

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

A Loss of Trust

According to Confucius, the three things necessary for government are weapons, food and trust.

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A Loss of Trust

Editorial

The “soft” totalitarian impulse of the political left has been evident for a long time.

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The Greens — Policies, Reality and Consequences

Since electricity was first turned on at Yallourn in 1924, the LaTrobe Valley was transformed from a series of small towns serving surrounding farming communities to the power hub of Victoria.

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The Greens — Policies, Reality and Consequences

Government Assault on Private Health Services

The Gillard Government is preparing the ground for what has been described as a “horror” May budget.

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Government Assault on Private Health Services

In Defence of Western Civilisation

“I’ve often wondered about the shyness of some of us in the west about standing for these ideals that have done so much to ease the plight of man and the hardships of an imperfect world,” Ronald Reagan once observed.

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In Defence of Western Civilisation

COAG Health Failures sum up Labor’s first term

COAG was to be the vehicle to drive a number of bold reforms in Labor’s first term.

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Allied Health Assistants: A new wave of health workers

With rapid population ageing in Australia and its consequent need for health services, there is a widening gap between the availability of allied health workers such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists and the demand for their services.

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Allied Health Assistants: A new wave of health workers

Balancing diversity and integration

Over the past year, a series of European leaders have denounced “multiculturalism” as a failed and divisive policy.

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Balancing diversity and integration