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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Sedition law slammed
I posted about the Howard government’s new(ish) sedition laws last year when they were going through Parliament, and expressed the view that they might well breach the implied cosntitutional freedom of political speech. Constitutional law academic George Williams expresses a … Continue reading
Posted in Law
2 Comments
Indigenous employment: is tourism the answer?
When Ken Parish blogged on remote Aboriginal communities last week, prompting John Quiggin to blog more specifically on employment subsidies, I was reminded of the visit I paid last year with my family to Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, twenty km … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy
14 Comments
Prediction is difficult – especially about the future.
Courtesy of my brother, here’s a quote which would be nice on our banner above, but which is a little long. The one really rousing thing about human history is that, whether or no the proceedings go right, at any … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorised
1 Comment
Of guns and constitutions (2)
PM Alkatiri (right) and National Parliament Speaker Francisco “Lu Olo” Gutteres at the recent Fretilin Party Congress which confirmed Alkatiri’s leadership Further to my previous post, it appears that Australia is exerting significant and fairly open pressure to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics - international
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We aim to please
You aim too please. Iintroducing the latest in gaming technology. And who said my subscription to slashdot was a waste of time.
Posted in Humour, IT and Internet, Life, Miscellaneous
4 Comments
The cold war: The Torn Curtain
Anyone who missed them should try not to miss the repeats of ‘Torn Curtain’ the ABC Hindsight programs on the cold war. Excellent radio documentary and not too late to pick up one of the most alarming episodes. How Richard … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics - international
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JS Mill turns 200: you heard it last on Troppo
Visiting this site I discovered that we’ve missed JS Mill’s 200th birthday which occured on the 20th May 2006. He was a good guy and, exemplifies much of what was uplifting about the tradition of classical economics begun by our … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, History
8 Comments