Monthly Archives: October 2007

Ned the Bear turns up late

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Wicking
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Your election predictions tabulated!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by James Farrell

Oh, Darling… please don’t ask.. it’s too horrible! Here, for the record, are Troppo readers’ election predictions from the last two editions of Missing Link. No more entries will be accepted unless they fall outside the current range, in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - national | 18 Comments

Should we have paid maternity leave?

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Paul Frijters

Recently, we had a policy discussion forum about the issue of whether Australia should follow most of the rest of the OECD and introduce the right to paid maternity leave. For the full slides, see here. During the discussion I … Continue reading →

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The smart money?

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Nicholas Gruen

From Crikey! (the figuring behind the blue line is set out here).

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Qantas’ Canberra Run

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Nicholas Gruen

I was disappointed and perplexed that an excellent service run by Regional Express (REX) between Melbourne and Canberra was discontinued a few years ago. The tickets were a fair bit cheaper than the competition – and you just had to … Continue reading →

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Men with bad knees on bikes without brakes

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Don Arthur

"It’s like the Ferrari of bikes" says photographer Sam Ash. In Friday’s Financial Review Magazine Ash is pictured standing next to his red Tommasini fixie — a bike with one gear and no brakes. Given that the average age of … Continue reading →

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Raving about a rave: John Lukacs Democracy and Populism

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Nicholas Gruen

I recently picked up a remaindered copy of a strange and compelling book by John Lukacs the author of Five Days in London: May 1940 a gripping account of five of the first days of Winston Churchills Prime Ministership in … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Politics - international | 6 Comments