Before the federal government arms up for the recolonisation of the region, it should take a look at the new proposal for a United Nations Emergency Peace Service, write Annie Herro and Stuart Rees. more
Monthly Archives:: September 2006
The trouble with happiness
Mark Byrne wonders whether governments can play any part in our search for a meaningful life.
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The AUSFTA and the new bilateralism
The Australia-US Free Trade agreement marked a shift from multilateralism to bilateralism that may hold more risks than benefits, writes Maryanne Kelton.
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Maralinga 50 years on: ignoring the lessons of history
James Arvanitakis revisits a darkness at the heart of Australia’s past. more
Reforming Australian Industrial Relations
In his 2006 Foenander lecture, Joe Isaac outlined the requirements of economically efficient and socially fair IR system. more
Policy snapshots
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Womenomics
Economic growth and sustainability is more dependent on women’s workforce participation then ever before, writes Kellie Tranter. Now we just need the political will to encourage and enable cultural change.
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Mental Health Reform: will we realise this opportunity?
After a string of excellent promises on mental health from state and federal governments this year, there are still doubts about whether the opportunity for coherent, effective reform will be realised, writes Robyn Vines
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Defence shopping list points to more overseas trips
This week saw a minor flare-up in Australian defence politics, with the release of a video of Australian troops misbehaving in Iraq.
Apart from demonstrating yet again the power of user-generated media websites like YouTube to become powerful news sources in their own right, the episode also showed how hard it is going to be for Prime Minister John Howard to meet his target of 2,600 extra troops for the Australian Army.