Evatt Newsletter #17 - October/November 2003

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News & views

Vale Jim Cairns & Edward Said

A tribute to Jim Cairns by Tom Uren.
http://evatt.org.au/news/268.html

The loss of Edward Said deprives us of a beautiful mind.
http://evatt.org.au/news/257.html

History wars

Paul Keating launches The History Wars.
http://evatt.org.au/news/266.html

Stuart Macintyre straightens the record.
http://evatt.org.au/news/253.html

Carers of Australia unite!

Barbara Pocock discusses the work/life collision.
http://evatt.org.au/news/255.html

Howard lines up the big one

It's Medicare, and it's serious, explains Julia Gillard.
http://evatt.org.au/news/251.html

Refugees: is the tide turning?

Rowanne Couch reports on public opinion.
http://evatt.org.au/news/264.html

Michael Moore's big ask

The follow-up to Stupid White Men is out.
http://evatt.org.au/news/267.html

Feature

America and the week that was

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs.
http://evatt.org.au/news/269.html

Saving America

Shadia Drury unpacks neoconservatism.
http://evatt.org.au/news/254.html

Trust is priceless, observes Andrew Wilkie.
http://evatt.org.au/news/263.html

The Asian century is dawning, argues Paul Keating.
http://evatt.org.au/news/262.html

Is the US on the road to fascism, asks Abbott Gleason.
http://evatt.org.au/news/252.html

New papers

Comparative international politics

Andrew Scott has some policy news for Labor.
http://evatt.org.au/news/265.html

'White Slaves' & White Australia

Raelene Frances looks through the trade in sex workers.
http://evatt.org.au/news/256.html

Events

Evatt breakfast seminar: PPPs

At the privatisation frontier, Graham Larcombe and David Carey will explain PPPs, or 'public private partnerships'. This is an important policy seminar on the occasion of the publication of a major new study: Paying for private profit: A review of the public private partnership model in the provision of community infrastructure and services. It's on Tuesday 11 November in Sydney 7.30am for 8.00am to 9.00am.
http://evatt.org.au/events/78_20031022.html

The state of the Australian city

At Parramatta in early December will be the first academically focused national conference on urban issues in over a decade.
http://evatt.org.au/events/77_20031017.html

Power, control and acountability

This one-day December symposium in Sydney will bring together diverse people to explore the many facets of accountability.
http://evatt.org.au/events/73_20031015.html

Alternative economics

It's time for the second heterodox economists conference at UNSW.
http://evatt.org.au/events/28_20021007.html

Letters

A fair Australia?

Vote for me, writes Steven Presley.
http://evatt.org.au/letters/#presley

Saving America

Exactly what I was looking for, writes Frank Adams.
http://evatt.org.au/letters/#adams

It doesn't make any difference, writes James Nall.
http://evatt.org.au/letters/#nall

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