Governments are desperate to fund elite sport - and it's leaving the grassroots to wither
Sport - 6/09/2023 - 2 comments |
The 2023 women’s World Cup shows Australia’s love of football and our maturity as a nation
Sport - 14/08/2023 - 26 comments |
Hobart’s planned new stadium: a sad case of pleasing policy elites rather than public opinion
Sport - 2/05/2023 - 3 comments |
Labor’s superannuation policy change is sensible in these difficult fiscal times
Economics - 14/03/2023 - 12 comments |
Australia's military support of the US in the Asia Pacific against China is typical of regional concern
International - 7/03/2023 - 17 comments |
The importance of investigating Peter Bol's atypical finding for recombinant EPO
Sport - 22/02/2023 - 3 comments |
The dilemma of Australians striving for sporting excellence, and the temptation of PEDs
Sport - 31/01/2023 - 8 comments |
Football code wars are silly, let the fans speak with their feet
Sport - 19/12/2022 - 4 comments |
Forget the past, Australian governments face a tough road ahead
Economics - 16/11/2022 - 6 comments |
Fiji’s democracy 2022, a complex situation
International - 25/08/2022 - 12 comments |
The importance of athletics (and a few nations) to future Commonwealth Games
Sport - 1/08/2022 - 6 comments |
Sydney is way too lucky when it comes to public funding for football stadiums
Sport - 2/06/2022 - 8 comments |
Democracy and wishful thinking
Political Philosophy - 16/02/2022 - 5 comments |
Reducing US greenhouse emissions 50 per cent by 2030: is it likely?
Environment - 2/12/2021 - 9 comments |
Race relations in the United States: education and wealth disparity remain a key impediment
International - 11/11/2021 - 53 comments |
US economic leadership remains paramount
International - 11/10/2021 - 4 comments |
The importance of American military might to Australia and the Asia-Pacific
International - 23/09/2021 - 28 comments |
How the football codes in liberal democracies confronted racism
Sport - 10/09/2021 - 21 comments |
Australia must stay resolute against authoritarian China
International - 2/09/2021 - 22 comments |
Why is Australia so good at sport?
Sport - 11/08/2021 - 10 comments |
Australia's outstanding athletics performance at the 2021 Olympic Games
Sport - 9/08/2021 - 5 comments |
Tokyo Olympics approach to performance enhancing drugs is rigorous
Sport - 26/07/2021 - 3 comments |
Making the Olympic Games truly global, fairer and cheaper to run
Sport - 21/07/2021 - 4 comments |
Is Australia’s 2021 Olympic Games athletics team representative of fair World Athletics gender qualification standards?
Sport - 16/07/2021 - 9 comments |
The AFL and NRL will dominate for a long time yet
Sport - 18/05/2021 - 7 comments |
Structural racism in Australia today is a nonsense
Law & Liberties - 7/05/2021 - 18 comments |
Munich, Moscow, now Beijing - to boycott or not
Sport - 27/04/2021 - 9 comments |
Australian football's future: how best to maintain the greater interest achieved in recent decades
Sport - 8/04/2021 - 5 comments |
Is Sports Integrity Australia right to oppose Shayna Jack’s reduced penalty for testing positive to a banned PED?
Sport - 23/03/2021 - 1 comment |
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority, undermined by the Andrews Labor government
Environment - 17/03/2021 |
Australia’s number one international team sport: basketball
Sport - 8/03/2021 - 5 comments |
In defence of Eddie McGuire
Law & Liberties - 19/02/2021 - 54 comments |
Trump leaves stage but tune still reverberates
International - 15/02/2021 - 23 comments |
Australians rightly embrace ethnic diversity, yet concern about immigration is justified
Society - 13/08/2020 - 29 comments |
Should Australia's Liberal Party be more conservative?
Political Philosophy - 14/07/2020 - 55 comments |
Liberal democracies can contain authoritarian China
International - 4/06/2020 - 4 comments |
The ABC will prosper with much less public funding
Media - 21/05/2020 - 35 comments |
Australia’s economy after COVID-19
Economics - 23/04/2020 - 9 comments |
Is criticism of Australia's liberal democratic response to the coronavirus disaster justified?
Health - 30/03/2020 - 13 comments |
The global environment in 2050: a realist and liberal democratic perspective
Environment - 2/03/2020 - 16 comments |
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions strategy is a policy failure
Environment - 6/02/2020 - 63 comments |
Australia's economic, social and environmental future
Domestic Politics - 8/01/2020 - 2 comments |
Australia must oppose authoritarian China on behalf of liberal democracy and humanity
International - 23/08/2019 - 23 comments |
Australia has sound reasons to support the US against authoritarian China
International - 12/07/2019 - 21 comments |
The IAAF decision to limit female testosterone levels for certain female track events is stupid
Sport - 25/05/2018 - 9 comments |
Do we really need public funded journalism?
Media - 19/10/2017 - 49 comments |
Drug cheating at the 2017 IAAF World Championships: how best to counter this possibility
Sport - 16/08/2017 - 1 comment |
Justin Gatlin, drug cheat or one of the world’s greatest modern day sprinters?
Sport - 10/08/2017 - 2 comments |
World swimming championships are just as important as the Olympic Games
Sport - 8/08/2017 - 4 comments |
Why the Victorian government has little common sense when it comes to hot water systems
Nation Building - 20/07/2017 - 10 comments |
Understanding the Turnbull government's winning strategy
Domestic Politics - 12/07/2016 - 2 comments |
Embarrassment about Australian football pitches only tells half the story
Sport - 6/06/2016 - 3 comments |
Australia's politics academics should look at themselves before calling the IPA and CIS biased
Political Philosophy - 27/05/2016 - 7 comments |
Australia can address economic decline
Economics - 14/04/2016 - 5 comments |
Wise up BBC journos, Bolt versus Gatlin is not a case of 'good versus evil'
Sport - 31/08/2015 - 4 comments |
WADA drug testing better, but still falls short
Sport - 24/06/2015 - 1 comment |
Wasting money on sport? Australian government policy and the sport of powerlifting
Sport - 13/02/2015 - 1 comment |
Australia’s athletic team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games: one of its worst performances?
Sport - 5/08/2014 - 7 comments |
Australia's walking and field athlete performance since 2000
Sport - 18/07/2014 - 2 comments |
Great Britain has run away from Australia since 2000
Sport - 11/07/2014 - 4 comments |
Running and the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs): an ongoing dilemma?
Sport - 27/06/2014 - 1 comment |
Lessons from the 'Building the Education Revolution' program
Education - 4/04/2014 - 7 comments |
The humanities in Australian universities
Education - 27/02/2014 - 192 comments |
For voters economics is queen
Domestic Politics - 24/09/2013 - 5 comments |
Economic nostalgia won't solve Australia's problems
Economics - 16/04/2013 - 5 comments |
Australia now and 2030
Society - 31/01/2013 - 15 comments |
Labor's mining tax, a policy shemozzle indeed
Economics - 29/10/2012 - 9 comments |
Is the current sports drug-testing regime fair?
July 2012 Feature - 14/08/2012 |
Let’s take a reality check before we bag Australia’s swimming team
July 2012 Feature - 13/08/2012 - 4 comments |
The importance of manufacturing to the U.S
International - 31/07/2012 - 9 comments |
Is Australia's emphasis on elite running performance justified?
Sport - 16/07/2012 - 8 comments |
Enhancing ministerial accountability: the role of the print media
Political Philosophy - 4/07/2012 - 17 comments |
A great British legacy: how will it play out today?
June 2012 Feature - 11/06/2012 - 8 comments |
Australia and authoritarian China: in the end, it appears money rules the world
International - 29/05/2012 - 7 comments |
Labor's predicament: an opinion
May 2012 Feature - 14/05/2012 - 11 comments |
Australia’s close security relationship with the US is indeed logical
International - 24/04/2012 - 29 comments |
Huawei and the NBN: Good reason to draw the line
International - 28/03/2012 - 13 comments |
Changing Black Jack rules
Domestic Politics - 22/03/2012 - 13 comments |
Imposing their own prejudices
Education - 14/03/2012 - 22 comments |
Criticism should be based on fact
Domestic Politics - 16/02/2012 - 20 comments |
Support for free trade should never be unconditional
Economics - 16/01/2012 - 15 comments |
Australia’s political leadership: best influenced by elites or the people?
October 2011 Feature - 28/10/2011 - 8 comments |
Free trade has had its time
Economics - 19/10/2011 - 16 comments |
China’s economic model: the antithesis of free trade
September 2011 Feature - 23/09/2011 - 19 comments |
Economic policy: The decline of the West?
Economics - 22/08/2011 - 33 comments |
Shipping pollution is not a solution
Environment - 28/06/2011 - 49 comments |
Are fears about inadequate debate about key Australian political issues warranted?
Domestic Politics - 7/06/2011 - 3 comments |
The 2011 budget: Wishful thinking or a reasonable effort?
May 2011 Feature - 13/05/2011 - 6 comments |
Free trade could be expensive for Australia
Economics - 4/05/2011 - 2 comments |
Australian liberalism: the rocky road ahead
Political Philosophy - 14/04/2011 - 41 comments |
A fair dinkum carbon tax debate will show why Tony Abbott is no idiot
Environment - 28/03/2011 - 107 comments |
Next period of government in NSW will be an important test of Australia's future
March 2011 Feature - 21/03/2011 |
Tea Parties are for Boston Harbour, not Port Jackson
Political Philosophy - 11/03/2011 - 25 comments |
Tony Abbott should support anti-dumping measures
Economics - 1/03/2011 - 12 comments |
Corruption and economic success can cohabit
Economics - 14/02/2011 - 5 comments |
An imperfect liberal democratic perspective
Economics - 25/01/2011 - 21 comments |
Can Western nations remain fair and affluent?
Economics - 6/01/2011 - 123 comments |
England versus Australia in sport, the winner is…
Sport - 16/12/2010 - 2 comments |
The end of the Greens?
Domestic Politics - 30/11/2010 - 32 comments |
Laboring under delusions about liberalism
Political Philosophy - 19/11/2010 - 5 comments |
Honesty or denial?: Karl Bitar at the National Press Club
Domestic Politics - 12/11/2010 - 17 comments |
Leaving Afghanistan will have consequences
International - 5/11/2010 - 36 comments |
Does Australia have a plan B?
Economics - 25/10/2010 - 50 comments |
China versus the US: it is serious
International - 13/10/2010 - 51 comments |
Can the AFL and NRL competitions be made fairer?
Sport - 5/10/2010 - 10 comments |
Robust parliamentary debate
Domestic Politics - 30/09/2010 - 1 comment |
Wake up to our future
September 2010 Feature - 21/09/2010 - 72 comments |
Is Australian politics as poor as some suggest?
Domestic Politics - 10/09/2010 - 29 comments |
The Rudd factor
Domestic Politics - 30/08/2010 - 2 comments |
Election day and the state of policy debate
Domestic Politics - 23/08/2010 - 2 comments |
Community cabinets: a vehicle to promote government policy
Domestic Politics - 6/08/2010 - 9 comments |
Lest we forget? The home insulation scheme ...
Domestic Politics - 16/07/2010 - 49 comments |
Gillard versus Abbott: does it really matter who wins?
Domestic Politics - 30/06/2010 - 16 comments |
Domestic politics: beyond 2010
Domestic Politics - 18/06/2010 - 1 comment |
Neoliberalism: fact or fiction?
Economics - 29/04/2010 - 10 comments |
China - playing by the rules?
February 2010 Feature - 11/02/2010 - 17 comments |
Australia’s energy policy options: a realist perspective
Environment - 1/02/2010 - 18 comments |
Abbott versus Rudd: a real contest?
Domestic Politics - 15/01/2010 - 12 comments |
Can Australia devise a fairer taxation system?
December 2009 Feature - 10/12/2009 - 13 comments |
Abbott draws his 'Battlelines'
Domestic Politics - 2/12/2009 - 27 comments |
Embracing our liberal democracy
Political Philosophy - 20/11/2009 - 10 comments |
Be wary of the rise and rise of China
International - 26/10/2009 - 15 comments |
Is the media biased?
Media - 7/10/2009 - 14 comments |
Will the plight of Australian battlers get worse?
Society - 22/09/2009 - 27 comments |
Judging Howard
Domestic Politics - 7/09/2009 - 19 comments |
Is John Pilger’s negative view of US leadership justified?
International - 25/08/2009 - 11 comments |
The West's time in the economic sun may be over
Economics - 6/08/2009 - 24 comments |
Dear Mr Rudd (Minister for Propaganda)
Domestic Politics - 27/07/2009 - 16 comments |
Reasons for Australians to be proud ...
Society - 18/06/2009 - 9 comments |
Australian policy: rational choices versus wishful thinking
Economics - 22/05/2009 - 4 comments |
Brazil’s development
May 2009 Feature - 8/05/2009 |
Is there a problem with the Senate?
Domestic Politics - 22/04/2009 - 7 comments |
Politics and truth
Political Philosophy - 8/04/2009 - 12 comments |
Social democracy: the Disneyland political solution
Economics - 23/03/2009 - 19 comments |
Free trade or greater protectionism?
March 2009 Feature - 6/03/2009 - 4 comments |
The reality paradigm: policy possibilities and limitations
Political Philosophy - 17/02/2009 - 16 comments |
Kevin Rudd: Australia’s champion prime minister of rhetoric
Political Philosophy - 4/02/2009 |
The Coalition: a misunderstood political entity in universities?
Domestic Politics - 12/01/2009 - 6 comments |
The West’s decline? I don’t think so
International - 23/12/2008 - 4 comments |
An acid test for liberal democracies
December 2008 Feature - 15/12/2008 - 7 comments |
A time for greater influence by centre-left politics?
International - 28/11/2008 - 9 comments |
Australian wisdom?
Domestic Politics - 12/11/2008 - 7 comments |
Crisis, what crisis?
Economics - 31/10/2008 - 3 comments |
Australian industrial relations: no easy solutions
October 2008 Feature - 15/10/2008 - 4 comments |
Australian liberalism: ideas from across the political spectrum
Political Philosophy - 1/10/2008 - 1 comment |
Is Rudd a dud?
Domestic Politics - 16/09/2008 - 31 comments |
Where is Australia’s balanced political commentary?
Political Philosophy - 1/09/2008 - 28 comments |
The truth about recent policy trends: an alternative opinion
Domestic Politics - 11/08/2008 - 1 comment |
Howard's government - post mortem
Domestic Politics - 28/07/2008 - 29 comments |
Wake up Australia
Environment - 10/07/2008 - 5 comments |
The ABC’s 'Q&A': what doesn’t it tell us about Australian politics?
Media - 26/06/2008 - 11 comments |
