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The car industry

Nicholas Gruen
July 19, 2007October 4, 2007
Here's a repeat of some stuff I've written here at least a couple of times - on each occasion provoking the usual Pavlovian responses of...
Politics - national Politics - Northern Territory

Indigenous policy in a neo-conservative Australia

Ken Parish
July 19, 2007October 4, 2007
I've posted over the fold a draft of a speech I'm delivering at a seminar being held tomorrow on indigenous policy in the wake of...
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A drink in Brisbane anyone?

Nicholas Gruen
July 19, 2007October 4, 2007
I'll be in Brisbane next Wednesday night - so it would be nice to see anyone who wants to come along. Mark B has posted...

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