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» 3/02/2014 10:48:21 AM Gosh John, thanks for this. I mean without leadership from you and the glittering Pilgerat.....
» 20/11/2013 3:47:28 PM The problem with this article is point 1. The IPCC has lost all credibility as a reliable,.....
» 19/11/2013 10:01:53 AM Conceptually, the school funding issue doesn't seem that difficult. Step one, stop focussi.....
» 23/10/2013 8:38:20 AM Well done, Brent. My only objection is that you don't go far enough. When Paul Keating des.....
» 17/10/2013 10:37:27 AM So the ALP keeps talking to itself about itself. Perhaps, at some time in the future, the .....
» 11/09/2013 1:15:51 PM Gee, it's no wonder Helen works at a University. I mean, who else but an academic would ha.....
» 4/09/2013 10:08:57 AM The best long term hope for the ALP is a solid loss in which K Rudd loses his seat. This w.....
» 22/07/2013 2:17:23 PM One problem: all the boat people won't be going to PNG. PNG Prime Minister O'Neill has had.....
» 17/07/2013 10:33:03 AM Dean, I think you're fighting the wrong war. The vast majority of students do very well in.....
» 30/05/2013 11:56:43 AM Folks, this one's over. The recanting and backing down are going on all over the place. Th.....
» 6/05/2013 11:20:40 AM Who are the 'we' in 'we all agree we have an alcohol problem in this country'? I am not on.....
» 30/04/2013 5:25:53 PM This article illustrates why so many of us operate our own self managed super funds and wh.....
» 23/04/2013 10:04:45 AM This is just the sort of nonsense that bedevils our education system in both schools and u.....
» 23/04/2013 9:58:39 AM What if there isn't an obesity problem? What if the data show that obesity levels in Austr.....
» 18/03/2013 9:23:11 AM The largest media corporation in Australia is the government owned and funded ABC, which c.....
» 6/03/2013 11:34:20 AM Good heavens, an ex-ABC employee who now lives in the socialist paradise that is France an.....
» 5/03/2013 9:46:30 AM After two days of the tabloid 'Age', I've got two observations: the content is even more r.....
» 4/03/2013 9:12:38 AM Whatever one thinks of Bradley Manning's actions. his commitment to his principles contras.....
» 14/02/2013 12:20:44 PM If anyone is interested in reading an excellent book (Good heavens did he say 'book'? He m.....
» 14/02/2013 10:09:14 AM We can expect to see more of this sort of article as the election date draws near. ALP peo.....
» 7/11/2012 12:10:10 PM One thing's for certain, we'll never go short of a conspiracy theory on OLO. Fascist state.....
» 6/11/2012 10:31:12 AM I also think Obama will be re-elected and he will probably exceed 300 electoral college vo.....
» 26/10/2012 10:26:32 AM I doubt Romney can win the Presidency. While the national polls measuring the popular vote.....
» 4/10/2012 4:51:29 PM By the way, suggesting anything the NWF does is bi-partisan is a bit like suggesting Wayne.....
» 4/10/2012 4:47:23 PM Paul Ryan is not some puppet, controlled by a conspiracy of the 'religious right'.Whatever.....
» 4/10/2012 4:37:54 PM Thank heavens for John Boehner and those who support him, financially or otherwise. The gl.....
» 28/09/2012 1:10:32 PM The Legal Affairs section of today's 'Australian' reports a call by the former head of the.....
» 27/09/2012 10:51:13 AM It's not enough for Muslim leaders to condemn violence. They must state unambiguously that.....
» 7/09/2012 9:57:44 AM A sad indictment on the Apple Isle but it does seem, from the mainland, that every attempt.....
» 30/07/2012 2:26:17 PM Leaving aside the unlikely return of the dead and fundamentally corrupt ideology of social.....
» 30/07/2012 2:18:34 PM For me, the key issue in this 'asylum seeker' debate is the damage it is doing to Australi.....
» 9/07/2012 12:21:29 PM Like many men my age, indeed most of the footy team I played with years ago, I was circumc.....
» 6/07/2012 5:13:13 PM Max Weber, the 19th century political economist and philosopher thought that the bureaucra.....
» 6/07/2012 10:06:11 AM Well done David. Moralising, as opposed to morality, has become the most dangerous disease.....
» 5/07/2012 2:04:09 PM I'd call this a storm in a teacup but that's to attach too much importance to it. Perhaps .....
» 2/07/2012 3:40:25 PM I try not to comment on peak oil and AGW articles these days. There's not much new to say .....
» 2/07/2012 1:18:59 PM Always nice to be called a one-dimensional hollow man, especially by someone promoting an .....
» 2/07/2012 11:13:51 AM I read and enjoyed this book as I've enjoyed most of Geoffrey Blainey's work since "T.....
» 2/07/2012 10:53:55 AM This is the first article I've seen from the Democrats that nails Obama as the militarist .....
» 22/06/2012 4:39:33 PM Thanks to 20 years or more of dismal mismanagement, Fairfax is effectively broke. Since it.....
» 13/06/2012 2:13:21 PM I'm just not sure where this notion of so-called 'austerity' is coming from. Growth in Fre.....
» 12/06/2012 11:28:10 AM I start by declaring I will vote 'no' to any and all constitutional proposals involving re.....
» 6/06/2012 3:11:50 PM First, choose a label: libertarian seems suitable for this purpose. Just the right hint of.....
» 6/06/2012 11:39:11 AM Hmmm, yet another article proposing that we the people are too stupid to know what's good .....
» 6/06/2012 11:30:26 AM You're on very dangerous ground here, Jonathon. Once you start believing that you or 'the .....
» 5/06/2012 2:49:31 PM Here's a radical idea. Don't regulate, ban or limit any sort of food or drink. Give the pe.....
» 5/06/2012 11:02:20 AM If 15-M or any one else wants to tackle Spain's problems seriously, it will be important t.....
» 25/05/2012 8:48:23 AM It's hard to disagree with Peter's viewpoint. We tried to watch 'Randling'. I think we las.....
» 22/05/2012 2:07:28 PM Good heavens John. Have you only just realised what happens when "Yes, we can" m.....
» 10/05/2012 12:42:20 PM Well, we'll wait and see, won't we? Hollande has been around long enough and knows enough .....
» 5/04/2012 11:49:19 AM A good idea to present this piece as a conversation between you two because you're certain.....
» 2/04/2012 3:00:18 PM Can Labour recover? it's a good question and several Labour stalwarts, including Paul Keat.....
» 27/03/2012 10:14:55 AM I haven't seen Arron's programme in action, though the idea of children mentoring and teac.....
» 27/03/2012 10:03:53 AM Graham Richardson said it all in 'The Australian' this morning. Until the ALP recognises t.....
» 14/03/2012 10:02:33 AM It's pretty hard to disagree with this analysis. The broader and harder question is what t.....
» 9/03/2012 9:56:01 AM Why am I not surprised you're a Professor of Education, micradania? I too have 40+ years e.....
» 9/03/2012 8:56:05 AM This sort of holistic nonsense has been around for decades. It's based on an ideology that.....
» 9/03/2012 8:52:22 AM Good work Robert. Paperwork and fads continue to bedevil modern education. Sadly, as Kevin.....
» 8/03/2012 9:04:24 AM As I understand it, the current arrangements for religious instruction in schools were ens.....
» 7/03/2012 9:11:55 AM This is a classic case of begging the question. You assume globalisation is bad and, from .....
» 2/03/2012 1:03:17 PM Tony Abbott's political position is built on 3 principles: smaller government; lower taxes.....
» 2/03/2012 9:51:49 AM For me, the travails of the modern ALP have a deeper cause than the roles of factions and .....
» 28/02/2012 9:56:29 AM Well done rational-debate. Always better to go for the cheap jibe and the glib analogy tha.....
» 27/02/2012 4:40:07 PM Is there a place in this teacher dominated vision for the students and their parents? Once.....
» 27/02/2012 4:32:59 PM Here we go again. Two incompetent Labour politicians are unable to iron out their ambition.....
» 23/02/2012 9:41:54 AM Sorry to be a bit pernickety this morning but the solution to an incompetent and dysfuncti.....
» 23/02/2012 9:36:16 AM No need to worry, Mike. The AGW theory itself is now being slowly, subtly but substantiall.....
» 23/02/2012 9:24:59 AM Well, well. So Gillard v Rudd is all the Liberal party's fault aided and abetted by their .....
» 15/02/2012 10:44:16 AM Isn't the phasing out of industries like the aluminium industry the whole point of the car.....
» 14/02/2012 11:45:50 AM One of the reasons we have trouble defining ourselves positively is that so many academics.....
» 14/02/2012 11:33:39 AM Is this an article suggesting that people, in this case feminists, might disagree with eac.....
» 3/02/2012 10:20:36 AM Recently, Phil Jones of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, the or.....
» 1/02/2012 9:05:52 AM I suggest you read Mr Abbott's address to the National Press Club yesterday, Bruce. Despit.....
» 26/01/2012 8:57:16 PM Agreed Cheryl. It's an odd way to start a campaign for a change in the constitution to sup.....
» 26/01/2012 5:18:41 PM I've just watched an appallingly violent and cowardly attack on the Prime Minister and Lea.....
» 16/01/2012 1:19:36 PM Yawn - another article designed to prove that Prime Minister Howard is a bad man. We've co.....
» 16/01/2012 1:14:47 PM I am 66 years old. As far as my doctor can tell, I am in good health though he does sugges.....
» 10/01/2012 12:32:01 PM I must admit I did wonder at the point of this article, since Elizabeth herself makes the .....
» 12/12/2011 8:46:55 AM Nice work. There can rarely have been an OLO article that argued so convincingly against i.....
» 5/12/2011 4:56:06 PM The welfare state is far from the only problem. France's rigid labour laws make getting a .....
» 29/11/2011 9:25:07 AM Germany is currently building 25 new coal-fired power stations. As the Europeans, who spon.....
» 28/11/2011 9:00:53 AM Well done, Ross. This is a sad and accurate tale of government interference in the provisi.....
» 23/11/2011 4:01:11 PM The worst thing about the Australian health system is the ideology that besets it. The sam.....
» 14/11/2011 4:07:25 PM Bad news John - despite the tasteful tan, the elegantly ruffled hair and the mellifluous t.....
» 14/11/2011 9:35:49 AM Nice article Julie. We might start by asking why we need a Department of the Environment a.....
» 9/11/2011 4:03:30 PM At some stage, someone has to talk about the place and nature of human rights in a democra.....
» 4/11/2011 12:00:08 PM Ah yes - a nice conspiracy theory. It's all the fault of those evil bankers. Not the failu.....
» 4/11/2011 10:34:13 AM Sadly, I think we should take this article seriously. Not because I agree with Mr Holden's.....
» 27/10/2011 2:29:27 PM This article doesn't actually seem to be about abortion. Rather it's another attempt to co.....
» 3/10/2011 9:54:46 AM Thank you Graham for a balanced and thoughtful discussion of this case. Although I expecte.....
» 12/08/2011 12:45:36 PM I'm afraid this article is just a bit too slick for me. Any politician will take notice of.....
» 2/08/2011 11:53:30 AM Just for the record, I find mechanical stuff and technological wizardry completely boring......
» 2/08/2011 11:43:20 AM Well done, Judith. The Green-Left bias of the ABC is pretty evident. It's OK I think for j.....
» 28/07/2011 11:01:27 AM It's difficult to comment on this situation. Breivik's actions outrage us all and because .....
» 20/07/2011 10:37:46 AM What happens to the Greens if the faceless ones in the ALP decide they can't win the next .....
» 14/07/2011 3:49:04 PM I think we can all relax for a while folks. Greg Hunt, the Coalition environment spokesman.....
» 13/07/2011 11:50:26 AM I'm the father of two graduates who have recently completed Arts degrees at Melbourne's tw.....
» 23/06/2011 4:31:26 PM I think there is a deep confusion at the heart of this article and it's suggested in the t.....
» 23/06/2011 2:10:42 PM While it's a pity to spoil a nice argument with a fact or two, the situation is that Austr.....
» 22/06/2011 11:27:19 AM Problems like this need to be tackled at several levels, including the entrenched and ofte.....
» 22/06/2011 10:53:49 AM The interesting thing for me is the brilliant PR coup that Lyn White and her associates we.....
» 10/06/2011 4:15:43 PM Now that bin Laden is dead, the Americans will start to bring their troops home in accorda.....
» 10/06/2011 11:01:43 AM Every economic down turn throws up 'theorists' like Ted. After the Great Depression, they .....
» 4/06/2011 5:23:53 PM If I thought it was a typo, I wouldn't have mentioned it. Rigour is necessary in both thou.....
» 3/06/2011 4:06:50 PM OK, I confess to a significant level of pedantry but I still think English usage is import.....
» 19/05/2011 1:15:55 PM I'm not a planner but I live in the City of Port Phillip in Melbourne and am constantly fr.....
» 13/05/2011 3:15:24 PM Ludwig,if you'd like another example of 'contradictory policy positions', how about a $500.....
» 12/05/2011 9:52:01 AM Hidden deep in the Budget papers (statement 6 of Budget Paper No 1) is the real scandal of.....
» 5/05/2011 4:37:09 PM It is not easy to demonstrate that vast majority of scientists support AGW. This 97% figur.....
» 4/05/2011 3:59:18 PM Cute title,but this article perpetuates so many of the myths surrounding school education .....
» 27/04/2011 4:33:21 PM My point, obviously poorly expressed, is that mateship and compassion, important as they a.....
» 27/04/2011 12:28:40 PM In an increasingly globalised and interdependent world, it's important to be clear about w.....
» 13/04/2011 6:51:41 PM There are two problems with local government in Australia: there are too many councils wit.....
» 4/04/2011 11:05:15 AM No-one needs to smear the Swampies masquerading as Greeens, they do a great job of that al.....
» 21/03/2011 8:47:27 PM I think it's worth adding one more comment. In too many countries, government has moved fr.....
» 21/03/2011 2:11:35 PM This article raises the important question: what does a modern Labour Party stand for? Kev.....
» 14/03/2011 10:10:07 AM Were Julian Assange an AFL or NRL footballer who, accused of rape by two women, fled to an.....
» 10/03/2011 2:16:08 PM Australia is, of course, one of the most peaceful and tolerant societies on earth. We have.....
» 10/03/2011 2:06:42 PM My only question is,"Why does anyone care?" As far as I can tell the young women.....
» 21/02/2011 11:14:02 AM Joe, one further proposition worthy of attention concerns the program of economic reform o.....
» 11/02/2011 12:18:31 PM My daughter has recently completed degrees in Science and Arts at Melbourne University. He.....
» 21/01/2011 10:28:01 AM Since the end of WW2, Australia has managed one of the world's most successful immigration.....
» 13/01/2011 9:53:17 AM Before we rush to waste any more money on wind, solar and other so-called 'renewable' ener.....
» 21/12/2010 11:40:07 AM I do like references to the UK Met Office as an authority on climate. In 2008, 2009 and 20.....
» 20/12/2010 9:23:24 AM Three points to make here: the first is that Julian Assange has not been charged by the US.....
» 20/12/2010 9:11:49 AM This reminds me of the old joke about the academic who, confronted with the evidence that .....
» 8/12/2010 10:58:41 AM I do wonder why the state still has any involvement in marriage, gay or otherwise. Medium .....
» 3/12/2010 1:15:34 PM 2010 is not only not the hottest year since temperatures were recorded, it is turning out,.....
» 3/12/2010 10:00:43 AM Interesting comment from Otmar Edenhofer, one of the co-chairs of an IPCC working group. I.....
» 1/09/2009 10:19:26 AM There is nothing wrong with using a standardised test to identify the achievement level, n.....
» 6/08/2009 3:06:39 PM Isn't the key question whether or not migrants are prepared to adhere to the basic princip.....
» 30/06/2009 11:21:18 AM Of course, your obligation is to engage in and encourage the debate. That's what democracy.....
» 22/06/2009 2:50:22 PM Obama's failure to condemn, in unequivocal terms, the litany of human rights and electoral.....
» 22/06/2009 9:44:34 AM I find it impossible to disagree with this article. Our local council is in the process of.....
» 17/06/2009 11:39:28 AM What an extraordinary article. It's one thing to disagree with Senator Fielding's views bu.....
» 12/02/2009 9:51:33 AM I find it hard to contain my anger at this insensitive piece of Green opportunism. What is.....
» 6/02/2009 1:18:45 PM Well, yes - Robert Menzies was the first PM to fund private schools but he basically built.....
» 5/02/2009 12:18:46 PM Just a couple of facts to temper Chris's cry from the heart: funding of private schools ha.....
» 29/01/2009 10:40:38 AM The Victorian Government's "Education Reform Act 2006" enshrines the principle o.....
» 29/01/2009 10:31:04 AM Interesting to note that the doctrine of the Trinity didn't become 'official' Christian do.....
» 20/01/2009 2:25:36 PM Doesn't anyone take notice of election results any more? If you look at the last dozen or .....
» 19/01/2009 10:02:57 AM The Victorian Government, in both 2006 and 2007, released its 'State of Victoria's Childre.....
» 5/01/2009 5:50:34 PM It's hard to disagree with Malcolm but the problem is not confined to the AEU, sadly out o.....
» 23/12/2008 11:04:35 AM There's an interesting article on 'Darwinism' in this week's issue of 'The Economist'. Sad.....
» 23/12/2008 9:28:52 AM The marvellous thing about bike paths and the like is how few cyclists use them. If you dr.....
» 22/12/2008 10:42:53 AM I wonder why it is necessary for government to protect children from advertising or adult .....
» 22/12/2008 10:34:41 AM In general, I agree with Steven's analysis. Either we want a market in higher education or.....
» 10/12/2008 4:16:13 PM Sadly, Rhian is right. Morally repugnant as child exploitation is, we need to be careful t.....
» 10/12/2008 4:09:12 PM Just a comment about the US car industry. There is little doubt that too many cars are man.....
» 10/12/2008 10:06:32 AM The problem with this article is that it starts from a completely false premise: that mark.....
» 5/12/2008 4:05:59 PM Glynne is right to reject the never-ending stream of fads that now wash across our schools.....
» 2/12/2008 9:27:39 AM Sadly, it's hard to disagree. While the Ruddster rants against extreme capitalism and high.....
» 26/11/2008 9:47:46 AM If there was to be a genuine revolution in education, these things would happen: parents w.....
» 24/11/2008 9:58:57 AM Frankly, this is a deeply cynical article and not worthy of publication in OLO......
» 19/11/2008 10:52:59 AM My only regret about the reduction in the number and influence of local governments is tha.....
» 7/11/2008 11:16:02 AM I hope all the sero immigration supporters read this article and begin thinking again abou.....
» 6/11/2008 1:54:07 PM While we can expect China's demand for Australian raw materials to reduce for a while as t.....
» 6/11/2008 1:46:10 PM I have to say that this is the saddest article and set of comments I've yet seen on OLO. A.....
» 30/10/2008 2:01:07 PM Wendell's underlying point is correct, of course. When demand exceeds supply, prices go up.....
» 29/10/2008 1:22:40 PM Sadly, this is an all too common problem. At the heart of it lies well intentioned but dee.....
» 28/10/2008 3:35:14 PM The problem with the banning of junk food ads, apart from the issue of identifying what is.....
» 20/10/2008 10:40:49 AM It is the Western intellectual tradition and particularly the values of the Enlightment th.....
» 15/10/2008 2:27:59 PM Phew, a bit of passion from POLYCARP, but there's a serious point to his remarks. Who deci.....
» 15/10/2008 10:11:27 AM Sadly, I think Wendell is right. Australian households now have debt at 182 per cent of an.....
» 14/10/2008 3:48:24 PM Bronwyn My point is that to describe Von Hayek and Friedman as 'philosophical mentors to .....
» 14/10/2008 11:26:53 AM Hmmm. Milton Friedman argued for control of the money supply as a key weapon against infla.....
» 13/10/2008 1:12:27 PM Some years ago, my colleagues and I undertook quite a major review of the use and impact o.....
» 10/10/2008 8:37:58 AM Perhaps, before demanding that the Government does anything - and it's not likely to do mu.....
» 6/10/2008 3:15:19 PM A quick check of The Economist of 19 June this year will show that venture capital is alre.....
» 6/10/2008 3:05:34 PM Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right and, like Voltaire, I will disagree with .....
» 3/10/2008 12:03:18 PM Not a hint of strategic or policy analysis. No recognition of the key role played by Austr.....
» 2/10/2008 4:59:46 PM Fair trade, as practised throughout the European Union is more or less another form of pro.....
» 1/10/2008 5:30:06 PM Has anyone noticed that the structure of the Australian workforce has changed? Employment .....
» 1/10/2008 5:13:50 PM Chris, isn't the question more to do with the purpose, nature and impact of government int.....
» 30/09/2008 10:51:57 AM Sadly, this sort of pseudo-psychological gobbledegook is all too common in corporate and b.....
» 25/09/2008 4:07:19 PM Those who know no history are bound to repeat it or words to that effect. The British mona.....
» 10/09/2008 1:29:05 PM It's not surprising that the major parties try to make it difficult for Independents to co.....
» 9/09/2008 10:06:23 PM We must be the most affluent nation on earth, when we care enough to write about and then .....
» 9/09/2008 11:33:33 AM And here I was thinking the last socialist had sailed off to Cuba years ago. You can under.....
» 6/09/2008 11:48:32 AM Just to add one further, admittedly glib comment on this. If you wanted to summarise the m.....
» 5/09/2008 5:01:55 PM Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican convention has to be seen in the context of the US .....
» 4/09/2008 2:29:26 PM Being anti-American is as silly as being pro-American or, to put the same idea another way.....
» 2/09/2008 3:08:18 PM I'm with you Henry. In fact, I don't think there's much of a case for an interest rate cut.....
» 21/08/2008 1:20:26 PM I wonder whether one of the underlying problems in discussions about indigenous issues is .....
» 7/08/2008 11:33:16 AM The problem, if one exists, of 'risky drinking' won't be solved by new taxation approaches.....
» 4/08/2008 6:55:50 PM This is the saddest set of comments I've yet seen on OLO. It seems that the AGW debate has.....
» 24/07/2008 5:46:10 PM Dear oh dear. We've heard from the latter day Malthusans in response to this article. They.....
» 24/07/2008 5:39:19 PM Once again a thoughtful article from Peter Saunders. It will be interesting to see what ha.....
» 4/07/2008 10:42:17 AM What an interesting set of comments. The key thing to me is that OLO exists as a place whe.....
» 3/07/2008 5:57:59 PM The trouble with this sort of article, which I also think mirrors much of Robert Putnam's .....
» 28/04/2008 4:01:04 PM Dear oh dear. The horse James is flogging sadly died long ago. Current oil prices are a pr.....
» 10/04/2008 5:37:24 PM Q&A's comments illustrate exactly what I mean by the difficulty in finding a common basis .....
» 10/04/2008 10:47:32 AM Don Aitkin is right about the need for due diligence on global warming, though a Royal Com.....
» 9/04/2008 11:14:16 AM The problem with the ABC is not that it's left or right wing - old style leftists wouldn't.....
» 4/03/2008 9:03:58 AM Isn't it ironic that as the so-called scientific consensus on global warming collapses, we.....
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