Public Private Partnerships 2.0
Today's column in the Age and SMH Public private partnerships (PPPs) haven't been such a happy experiment. Using private money to build arterial roads just...
The future of the European Union?
As a lifelong and warm supporter of the ideal of a United States of Europe (USE) stretching from the coast of Ireland to the Urals,...
Impressions of Kolkata
The smell of death, the river's breath. The cones and arms of gods, the barks of thin grey dogs. Beggar guards that corner you underneath...
A new Cyprus deal and have the Russians been robbed after all?
Word has just come in from Europe that there will in fact be a deal between the EU and Cyprus about keeping the banks in...
History’s damnation a Labor trait: Dennis Glover’s Friday AFR Column
It takes a lot for a seasoned partisan pro like Dennis to react like this. It means he's not 'in the tent' and that's not...
Guest Post by Mike Pepperday: Doing social science like natural science
On a previous thread, my counter-intuitive claim that verbal definitions are superfluous to science survived objections. I have been wondering if some further unconventional notions...
Colour and favours on the bus? It matters if you’re black or white!
Is there discrimination on colour in Queensland? In order to find out if black and Indian people are a discriminated ‘out group’ in Queensland, together...