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Introduction to Evatt News: IndexesPlease find below an indexed list of all the latest news articles from the Evatt Foundation. NewsDate IndexJuly 2008 June 2008 February 2008 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 June 2004 May 2004 March 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 December 2001 November 2001 July 2008
Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 18 July 2008 [ Full Story ] June 2008
Elizabeth Evatt reflects. Posted: 06 June 2008 [ Full Story ] Fighting inflation with interest rates Does the government's anti-inflation policy make sense, asks Harold Levien. Posted: 04 June 2008 [ Full Story ] February 2008
Anne Summers looks over the Democratic primary. Posted: 25 February 2008 [ Full Story ] Never more timely Richard Flanagan reviews James Boyce's Van Diemen's Land. Posted: 20 February 2008 [ Full Story ] The apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples Kevin Rudd's landmark speech to the nation. Posted: 14 February 2008 [ Full Story ] The time has now come We today take this first step. Posted: 13 February 2008 [ Full Story ] September 2007
Paul Keating recounts the strategic origins and potential of the APEC leaders' meeting. Posted: 05 September 2007 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #35 Welcome to a special event issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 04 September 2007 [ Full Story ] Economic inequality in Australia It is a cause for deep concern, explains Frank Stilwell. Posted: 02 September 2007 [ Full Story ] August 2007
Greg Grandin remembers Friedman & Pinochet. Neville Wran recalls Lionel Murphy. Richard Woolcott lectures on human rights. Evan Jones remembers John Kenneth Galbraith. John Keane considers democracy's fate. Bring unions closer, argues Mark Buttigieg. Shut the detention centres down, says Mary Gaudron. Is history fiction, ask Ann Curthoys & John Docker. Ron Dyer rethinks the bill of rights. Christopher Sheil imagines Gramsci's Keynes. Jay R Mandle refigures globalisation. The right to strike can benefit all, says Chris White. Farewell Hitch, writes George Scialabba. Linda Weiss & co explain how you kill a country. Economics is fantasy, says Edward Fullbrook. Stuart Macintyre reviews 100 years of arbitration. Arthur Gietzelt defends the Doc. The 'free trade' agreement isn't, explains John Quiggin. Turn the clock forward, demands Anne Summers. Raelene Frances looks through the sex trade. Shadia Drury unpacks neoconservatism. Robert Manne, Shayne Breen & Naomi Parry search for the truth about Aboriginal history. The new public intellectuals are blogging, says Tim Dunlop. Let's find our own approach to care, argues Barbara Pocock. Frank Stilwell, Fred Argy & Hugh Stretton survey inequality. Plato doesn't belong to the neo-cons, argues Norman Madarasz. Robert Brenner charts the US economy. Martin Kettle appreciates Christopher Hill. Phillip Knightley assesses his craft. Bob Ellis faces the music. Martha Nussbaum assesses John Rawls. Tony Aspromourgos defines public debt. George Orwell discusses politics & language. Modernity bucks at the post, reports Catherine Keenan. Melissa Boyde reviews the art of Mary Alice Evatt. Jim Spigelman critiques managerialism. Peter Singer explains our co-operative nature. Elizabeth Evatt places asylum seekers in context. John Ralston Saul looks for the global good. And many more ... Posted: 23 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter - Special events notice Welcome to a special events issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 22 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Linda Weiss & co-authors Evatt Sunset Seminar on national insecurity. Posted: 20 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #34 Welcome to a special event issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Vale E. L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright: 1921-2007 Frank Stilwell reflects. Posted: 11 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Market fundamentalism Andrew Gamble reviews the debate between Kevin Rudd & John Howard over Hayek. Posted: 01 August 2007 [ Full Story ] July 2007
The Evatt Foundation proudly presents the Hon. Paul J. Keating. Posted: 27 July 2007 [ Full Story ] John Keane on lobbying & democracy Evatt seminar. Posted: 12 July 2007 [ Full Story ] June 2007
Elizabeth Evatt addresses Reconciliation. Posted: 22 June 2007 [ Full Story ] May 2007
Marcia Langton appeals for evidence, not showing off on the run. Posted: 28 May 2007 [ Full Story ] Federalism, in the long run We should spend a decade getting it right, argues George Williams. Posted: 12 May 2007 [ Full Story ] Wanted: best practice federalism Federalism is fashionable, explain Anne Twomey & Glenn Withers. Posted: 05 May 2007 [ Full Story ] April 2007
Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 April 2007 [ Full Story ] Has time come to end the “blame game”? Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Christopher Sheil. Posted: 26 April 2007 [ Full Story ] Building the union Wal-Mart has been taken on by unionism, Chinese style, explains Chris White. Posted: 23 April 2007 [ Full Story ] China moves on rights at work China may be about to go past Australia, reports Chris White. Posted: 23 April 2007 [ Full Story ] March 2007
Posted: 31 March 2007 [ Full Story ] A Special Evatt Foundation Dinner Evatt celebrates past leaders. Posted: 18 March 2007 [ Full Story ] Jean Baudrillard: 1929-2007 William Merrin assesses the late philosopher's work. Posted: 08 March 2007 [ Full Story ] Bob McMullan & John Quiggin on Federalism: ALP Conference Fringe Event Posted: 06 March 2007 [ Full Story ] The US right splinters Don Arthur finds some unlikely political allies. Posted: 03 March 2007 [ Full Story ] New politics & culture wars Tristan Ewins reviews David McKnight's Beyond Right & Left. Posted: 01 March 2007 [ Full Story ] December 2006
Make the anniversary of 1967 more meaningful, suggests Mick Dodson. Posted: 17 December 2006 [ Full Story ] New leadership Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 14 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #32 Wishing you the best of the season in this final 2006 online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Farewell to equality? Don Arthur talks to Fred Argy. Posted: 13 December 2006 [ Full Story ] The lily & the pond Steve Keen sees a recession we can't avoid. Posted: 12 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Equality of opportunity in Australia Nicholas Gruen reviews Fred Argy's latest work. Posted: 11 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Canberra unlimited? George Williams explores the implications of the High Court decision on the Corporations Law. Posted: 09 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Wanted: human rights in Australia Now is the time for debate, says John von Doussa in Australia's Human Rights Day Address. Posted: 07 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Australia's dying multilaterilism Kevin Rudd on realism, fairness and the degeneration of Australia's foreign policy. Posted: 05 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Shock treatment Greg Grandin recalls Milton Friedman, Augusto Pinochet & the Chicago Boys. Posted: 03 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Your rights: your future Our determination has strengthened, Sharan Burrow tells the nation. Posted: 01 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Worth voting for Greg Combet announces a new campaign phase at the nation-wide protest. Posted: 01 December 2006 [ Full Story ] November 2006
Fay Gervasoni reports on the national day of action. Posted: 30 November 2006 [ Full Story ] The 'New' Corporations Law - Williams, Shaw & Buchanan Evatt Sunset Seminar. Posted: 22 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter - Special events notice Welcome to a special events issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 22 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #31 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 November 2006 [ Full Story ] The US election & Iraq Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 14 November 2006 [ Full Story ] America moves on Tom Engelhardt writes from the US. Posted: 13 November 2006 [ Full Story ] State of the States: focusing on health policy John Dwyer maps the journey to better health care in The State of the States 2006. Posted: 11 November 2006 [ Full Story ] State of the States: focusing on fiscal policy Fred Argy proposes a fiscal policy for the future in The State of the States 2006. Posted: 10 November 2006 [ Full Story ] State of the States: focusing on the public sector Christopher Sheil introduces The State of the States 2006. Posted: 09 November 2006 [ Full Story ] State of the States 2006: Victoria on top, while WA & NSW slip Out now: The State of the States 2006. Posted: 08 November 2006 [ Full Story ] The growing threat to Australia's civil liberties Neville Wran presents the 20th Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture. Posted: 04 November 2006 [ Full Story ] The fight of our lives Kim Beazley addresses the ACTU Congress. Posted: 02 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Australia in the early 21st century Richard Woolcott lectures on human rights and social justice. Posted: 01 November 2006 [ Full Story ] October 2006
Welcome to a special events issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 31 October 2006 [ Full Story ] The State of the Public Sector Book launch with Frank Stilwell, John Dwyer & Linda Scott. Posted: 31 October 2006 [ Full Story ] Notice: Evatt subscription service If you have unsuccessfully attempted to subscribe to the Evatt Newsletter over the past two weeks, we are pleased to advise that the temporary fault in our subscription facility has now been remedied. Posted: 06 October 2006 [ Full Story ] Welfare reform or punishing the poor? John Falzon explains why charities have refused to be co-opted by the government. Posted: 04 October 2006 [ Full Story ] September 2006
Peter Primrose outlines the big state's response to Howard's laws. Posted: 29 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Exclusive Brethren excludes unions It's an IR dictatorship, says Trevor Cormack. Posted: 26 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #30 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 September 2006 [ Full Story ] We are winning the debate over industrial liberties Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 26 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Greg Combet's vision The ACTU leader addresses the press club. Posted: 13 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Welfare to work, or punishing the poor Evatt Sunset Seminar: Welfare-to-Work(Choices), John Falzon and more Posted: 06 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Workingman's blues Ron Jacobs listens to Modern Times. Posted: 03 September 2006 [ Full Story ] August 2006
Evan Jones remembers a phenomenon. Posted: 31 August 2006 [ Full Story ] From Earle Page to turning the page Julia Gillard lectures on Australia's next health system. Posted: 24 August 2006 [ Full Story ] Fear & politics Politicians have discovered a new role, observes Carmen Lawrence. Posted: 17 August 2006 [ Full Story ] Room for a view? The Israel lobby's attempt to silence contrarian voices is counterproductive, argues Antony Loewenstein. Posted: 15 August 2006 [ Full Story ] It's a minefield The Australian government's nuclear inquiry is ill-equipped, says Frank Muller. Posted: 13 August 2006 [ Full Story ] July 2006
Is Australia playing a role, asks Richard Broinowski. Posted: 19 July 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter - Special notice Welcome to a special issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 10 July 2006 [ Full Story ] June 2006
Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 June 2006 [ Full Story ] The campaign in defence of industrial and civil liberties takes off Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 26 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Mick Dodson, Linda Burney & Quentin Beresford Evatt Sunset Seminar. Posted: 22 June 2006 [ Full Story ] How ambitious is WorkChoices? Bradon Ellem takes a historical measure. Posted: 20 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Generational changes Rebecca Huntley reflects on Gen Y'ers. Posted: 15 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Australian Security: Andrew Wilkie - in Launceston. Evatt Sunset Seminar: A crisis in Australian security: Andrew Wilkie. Posted: 14 June 2006 [ Full Story ] AWAs rejected Kim Beazley says no. Posted: 13 June 2006 [ Full Story ] The Life & Death of Democracy - John Keane Evatt Sunset Seminar. Posted: 12 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Return to Gallipoli Bruce Scates condemns Howard’s Anzac Day. Posted: 11 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Brave new world Doublethink rules in The Contract Regulation Club, argues Braham Dabscheck. Posted: 09 June 2006 [ Full Story ] May 2006
Australia remains a deeply unreconciled nation, explains Quentin Beresford. Posted: 29 May 2006 [ Full Story ] The conservative nanny state Conservative protectionism rules, argues Dean Baker. Posted: 27 May 2006 [ Full Story ] Nuclear power? Richard Broinowski & Frank Muller Sunset Seminar: Nuclear Power: Is it an answer? Posted: 22 May 2006 [ Full Story ] Human rights, parliamentary-style Victoria is leading the way, says George Williams. Posted: 19 May 2006 [ Full Story ] Democracy: past, present & future John Keane surveys the field. Posted: 05 May 2006 [ Full Story ] April 2006
Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 20 April 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #28 - April 2006 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 20 April 2006 [ Full Story ] The most serious situation in the world Nosrat Hosseini presents a snapshot of Iran. Posted: 18 April 2006 [ Full Story ] Nuclear energy & greenhouse Not so fast, argues Mark Diesendorf. Posted: 09 April 2006 [ Full Story ] A deeply culturally and class divided electorate Mark Buttigieg considers the viability of the social democratic agenda. Posted: 05 April 2006 [ Full Story ] March 2006
When principles such as freedom of speech are affronted, the chances of securing workers rights are slim, argues George Williams. Posted: 27 March 2006 [ Full Story ] Civil & industrial rights I Civil and industrial rights are linked struggles, says Geoff Derrick. Posted: 25 March 2006 [ Full Story ] Human rights Mary Gaudron reflects on the Universal Declaration & Australia. Posted: 22 March 2006 [ Full Story ] History & fiction Anne Curthoys & John Docker have a fresh look at some old questions. Posted: 13 March 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #27 - March 2006 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 01 March 2006 [ Full Story ] The attack on industrial and civil liberties Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 01 March 2006 [ Full Story ] February 2006
WorkChoices is dangerously flawed, argue leading researchers. Posted: 22 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Wealth & health John Wicks surveys the relationship. Posted: 20 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Unemployment: forgotten, but not gone John Quiggin measures the current position. Posted: 18 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Sunset Seminar: The twin attack on industrial & civil liberties Evatt Sunset Seminar. Posted: 17 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Time for a Bill of Rights Ron Dyer reconsiders the question. Posted: 16 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Keynes' General Theory turns 70 On the anniversary, Christopher Sheil speculates. Posted: 14 February 2006 [ Full Story ] November 2005
Wishing you the best of the season in this final 2005 online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 24 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Industrial relations dominant Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 24 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Australia fair Terry Lane talks to Hugh Stretton about his new book. Posted: 22 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Grave concerns 151 Australian academics say stop. Posted: 21 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Standing up for our values Greg Combet's defiant speech to Australia's workers. Posted: 18 November 2005 [ Full Story ] The Constitutional question Howard may be stretching the corporations power too far, says Jeff Shaw. Posted: 17 November 2005 [ Full Story ] What about working children? Children will be more vulnerable in Howard's re-regulated labour market, explains Gillian Calvert. Posted: 16 November 2005 [ Full Story ] WA on top and SA up, while Victoria slips The State of the States 2005, focusing on the State of Industrial Relations, now published. Posted: 14 November 2005 [ Full Story ] The surge we didn't have The claims about micro-reform and productivity have been shown to be false, explains John Quiggin. Posted: 12 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #25 - November 2005 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 11 November 2005 [ Full Story ] The state of industrial relations Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 11 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Howard’s IR fails the national test The Howard scheme will be less than national, uncertain and litigation prone, says Jeff Shaw. Posted: 10 November 2005 [ Full Story ] The real economic priorities Workchoices is a lazy way out, explains Greg Combet. Posted: 04 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Howard makes the 'blue' unlawful The right to strike is down the WC, says Chris White. Posted: 02 November 2005 [ Full Story ] October 2005
John Howard's industrial relations proposals are conservative ideology gone mad, says Bob Hawke. Posted: 28 October 2005 [ Full Story ] Public-private partnerships In light of Sydney's cross-tunnel fiasco, we publish Christopher Sheil's definitive essay on PPPs. Posted: 27 October 2005 [ Full Story ] How's this for sedition? The latest legislative threat to our freedom is worthy of contempt, writes Chas Savage. Posted: 25 October 2005 [ Full Story ] Egalitarianism, under fire Belinda Probert assesses John Howard's 'vision'. Posted: 23 October 2005 [ Full Story ] Democratic action Rowan Cahill remembers the time when the space for action was enlarged. Posted: 21 October 2005 [ Full Story ] Universities in 2005 Are we opening doors for women, or slamming them shut, asks Susan Ryan. Posted: 14 October 2005 [ Full Story ] September 2005
Trade unions must be there before work, explains Damian Oliver. Posted: 13 September 2005 [ Full Story ] How different are young men & women? Focus on the diversity, advises Ariadne Vromen. Posted: 11 September 2005 [ Full Story ] What are we doing wrong? And what is Hillsong doing right, asks Monika Wheeler. Posted: 09 September 2005 [ Full Story ] Is Generation Y apolitical & apathetic? Generation Y voters are waiting, argues Rebecca Huntley. Posted: 07 September 2005 [ Full Story ] The Doc, the UN, the US & Australia: Burgman & Langmore John Langmore on his new book Dealing with America: the UN, the US and Australia. Posted: 02 September 2005 [ Full Story ] Saving globalisation Jay R Mandle refigures globalisation. Posted: 01 September 2005 [ Full Story ] August 2005
Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 10 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Howard's way - marry the boss Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 10 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Sunset Seminar: young people & politics Monika Wheeler, Rebecca Huntley, Ariadne Vromen & Damian Oliver in seminar. Posted: 09 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Making might equal right John Howard's productivity arguments are nonsense, says John Della Bosca. Posted: 08 August 2005 [ Full Story ] US-Iran nuclear row Amin Saikal assesses Iran's options in the event of a confrontation. Posted: 06 August 2005 [ Full Story ] July 2005
John Ralston Saul discusses his new book. Posted: 31 July 2005 [ Full Story ] John Howard's roll-back 'Freedom of contract' is an old myth, argues Josh Bornstein. Posted: 29 July 2005 [ Full Story ] Flouting the rule of international labour law Chris White measures Howard's radical agenda against international standards. Posted: 27 July 2005 [ Full Story ] Women and the IR changes Justine Evesson's notes from the front line. Posted: 10 July 2005 [ Full Story ] Worth fighting for And fight we will, says Greg Combet. Posted: 08 July 2005 [ Full Story ] So much for all that Meg Smith analyses the implications of Howard's labour agenda for equal pay and gender equity. Posted: 06 July 2005 [ Full Story ] June 2005
Seventeen leading researchers assess the government's proposed changes to labour law. Posted: 23 June 2005 [ Full Story ] A tale of two industries Frank Muller reflects on the revival of nuclear energy. Posted: 21 June 2005 [ Full Story ] Iranian resistance Mohammad Sadeghpour says the best option is the Iranian people themselves. Posted: 15 June 2005 [ Full Story ] Iranian political reform We can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past, says Arthur Chesterfield-Evans. Posted: 13 June 2005 [ Full Story ] May 2005
It's back to the 19th century, argues Doug Cameron. Posted: 28 May 2005 [ Full Story ] Globalisation, post s11 Christopher Sheil revisits globalisation. Posted: 26 May 2005 [ Full Story ] Changing Australia Carmel Tebbutt, Tom McDonald and Jenny Lawless launch the union story. Posted: 24 May 2005 [ Full Story ] April 2005
Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 28 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Industrial warfare Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 27 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Farewell Hitch George Scialabba explains what has got his goat about Christopher Hitchens. Posted: 25 April 2005 [ Full Story ] For all the sound and fury John Quiggin finds the national competition policy signified a bit more than nothing. Posted: 23 April 2005 [ Full Story ] What is it with the New Tassie? Stewart Prins looks for Jim Bacon's vision. Posted: 21 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Coming soon: workplace survivor Warwick McDonald works over the Howard government's extremist labour agenda. Posted: 19 April 2005 [ Full Story ] How to kill a country Linda Weiss and her colleagues spell out the disaster that is the US-Australia 'free' trade deal. Posted: 17 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Room to move? Chris White surveys the arguments over the right to strike, politically. Posted: 15 April 2005 [ Full Story ] A fair day's pay: goodbye to all that Howard has a blank cheque for withdrawing Australia's sense of fairness, says Sharan Burrow. Posted: 13 April 2005 [ Full Story ] The heat is on Howard has no ticker on climate change, argues Anthony Albanese. Posted: 11 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Join Evonne Goolagong & Linda Burney for lunch The Jessie Street Annual Lunch at Parliament House. Posted: 10 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Labor & the future Sol Encel looks into the abyss. Posted: 09 April 2005 [ Full Story ] John Della Bosca on Howard's labour agenda at Evatt Breakfast Seminar Evatt Foundation Breakfast Seminar Posted: 06 April 2005 [ Full Story ] March 2005
We are running an online survey to hear from our supporters and find ways to improve. Posted: 15 March 2005 [ Full Story ] February 2005
Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Why consultants lie There is a lot of money to be made from a good famine, explains Peter Griffiths. Posted: 13 February 2005 [ Full Story ] The coming conflicts Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 11 February 2005 [ Full Story ] A mixed story Juan Cole brings perspective to the Iraq election. Posted: 09 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Is tyranny to replace arbitration? The very idea of 'fairness' is at risk, argues Stuart Macintyre. Posted: 07 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Priority issues Doug Cameron surveys the labour movement's task. Posted: 05 February 2005 [ Full Story ] The tragedy of economics The discipline is retreating to fantasy, argues Edward Fullbrook. Posted: 03 February 2005 [ Full Story ] In defence of the Doc Arthur Gietzelt delves into the politics of 'the split' and the place of Doc Evatt in the national psyche. Posted: 02 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Isolating workers Howard's new laws will hurt workers, alerts Sharan Burrow. Posted: 02 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Australia's Kyoto paradox As Kyoto is about to kick in, John Merson explains the paradox. Posted: 01 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Medicare – where to now? Bullk billing is under direct threat, warns Maurie Mifsud. Posted: 01 February 2005 [ Full Story ] January 2005
John Langmore backs the UN Secretary-General's report on Threats, Challenges and Change. Posted: 25 January 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Breakfast Seminar on Climate Change - John Merson This seminar addresses the refusal of the Australian government to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol. Posted: 19 January 2005 [ Full Story ] November 2004
What are the prospects of dialogue over the conflict in West Papua? Posted: 03 November 2004 [ Full Story ] October 2004
The psychological prison may be counter-productive, argues Mark Findlay. Posted: 27 October 2004 [ Full Story ] WA on top & Victoria up; SA & Tasmania slip The state of the states - 2004. Posted: 25 October 2004 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #21 - October 2004 Welcome to this special issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 24 October 2004 [ Full Story ] September 2004
John Langmore gives us the story on the war we should be fighting. Posted: 28 September 2004 [ Full Story ] Saving America Shadia Drury unpacks neoconservatism. Posted: 11 September 2004 [ Full Story ] So, what the hell is 'blogging' all about? Tim Dunlop explores the new world of weblogs and active citizenship. Posted: 09 September 2004 [ Full Story ] June 2004
Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 17 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #20 - June 2004 Finally, after relocating our office, it’s here - welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 17 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Completely misleading John Quiggin explains why the 'free trade' agreement isn't. Posted: 14 June 2004 [ Full Story ] PPPs fail the test in UK schools Contracts can't meet complex needs, reports Duncan O’Leary. Posted: 12 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Latham's stand The full text of the ALP leader's 'troops home by Christmas' speech. Posted: 10 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Union chief lays down agenda Greg Combet at the National Press Club. Posted: 08 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Australian TV? The AUSFTA makes it an endangered species, explains Greg Duffy. Posted: 06 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Higher drug prices likely from AUSFTA Peter Drahos, Thomas Faunce, Martyn Goddard & David Henry separate fact from fiction. Posted: 03 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Australia's troubled foreign policy Andrew Hewitt & Brendan Lim take up the issues at the recent Evatt Breakfast Seminar. Posted: 01 June 2004 [ Full Story ] May 2004
Geoffrey Beckman argues that anti-union laws are the primary cause. Posted: 31 May 2004 [ Full Story ] The Mitsubishi closure & industry policy John Spoehr faces the issues. Posted: 31 May 2004 [ Full Story ] The devil's in the detail AUSFTA - a bad deal that can still be stopped, say Patricia Ranald & Louise Southalan. Posted: 27 May 2004 [ Full Story ] Pharmaceuticals and 'free' trade The AUSFTA stakes are very high, explains John Merson. Posted: 20 May 2004 [ Full Story ] March 2004
Apologies to our readers for the dearth of new posts. The Evatt Foundation has recently relocated to another part of the university campus, and we are reorganising our site management. Normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime, we hope you will take the opportunity to catch up on the wealth of excellent papers that remain available throughout our site. Posted: 17 March 2004 [ Full Story ] January 2004
Happy New Year and welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 28 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Propaganda, performance and privatisation Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 28 January 2004 [ Full Story ] The truth about WMD in Iraq New Carnegie report clarifies Iraq WMD story Posted: 26 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Where have all the women gone? It's time to turn the clock forward, argues Anne Summers Posted: 24 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Paying for private profit ACTU Secretary Greg Combet questions public private partnerships (PPPs) Posted: 22 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Recognising Mary Alice Evatt Melissa Boyde wins an award to study Mas, reports Fay Gervasoni. Posted: 18 January 2004 [ Full Story ] December 2003
Best wishes for the season to all our members and readers. Posted: 19 December 2003 [ Full Story ] Celebrating 10 years assessing government performance Bruce Childs and David Carey introduce The State of the States 2003. Posted: 08 December 2003 [ Full Story ] Howard ignores the children The states can't do everything, says Carmel Tebbutt. Posted: 06 December 2003 [ Full Story ] Taking greater responsibility Mark Latham's Evatt Breakfast seminar address. Posted: 03 December 2003 [ Full Story ] World democracy is on a roll ... or is it? Democracy means more than periodic voting, argues Daniel Baldino. Posted: 01 December 2003 [ Full Story ] October 2003
Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 29 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #17 - October/November 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 29 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Michael Moore's big ask The follow-up to Stupid White Men is out. Posted: 26 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Jim Cairns A tribute by Tom Uren. Posted: 26 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Rolling out the canvas Paul Keating launches The History Wars Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Rediscovering international politics Andrew Scott has a good look around, and has some news for Labor. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Refugees: is the tide turning? Rowanne Couch reports on public opinion. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Bushwacked Andrew Wilkie speaks out. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] The American era is ending The Asian century is dawning, argues Paul Keating. Posted: 17 October 2003 [ Full Story ] September 2003
The world has lost a brilliant and beautiful mind, a big heart, and a courageous fighter. Posted: 30 September 2003 [ Full Story ] Carers of Australia unite! Barbara Pocock discusses her new book on the work/life collision. Posted: 29 September 2003 [ Full Story ] 'White Slaves' & White Australia Raelene Frances looks at us through the trade in sex workers. Posted: 27 September 2003 [ Full Story ] The history wars Stuart Macintyre straightens the record. Posted: 09 September 2003 [ Full Story ] The History Wars Stuart Macintyre, with Anna Clark & David Marr in Sydney Posted: 08 September 2003 [ Full Story ] The hard road to fascism The US is at a turning point, argues Abbott Gleason. Posted: 07 September 2003 [ Full Story ] Howard lines up the big one It's five minutes to midnight for universal health care, explains Julia Gillard. Posted: 05 September 2003 [ Full Story ] August 2003
Welcome to a jumbo issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 29 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Collisions: prospective, present & past Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 29 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Understanding religious fundamentalism Randa Abdel-Fattah & Ray Richmond take up the issues. Posted: 27 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Windschuttle's fabrication of Aboriginal history Robert Manne, Shayne Breen & Naomi Parry look for the truth. Posted: 27 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Union movement Sharon Burrow & Greg Combet address ACTU Congress 2003. Posted: 25 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Media madness Tony Moore critiques the war on the ABC, while Evan Jones trashes the press on the war. Posted: 25 August 2003 [ Full Story ] New Labour & Thatcherism Tony Blair is consuming social democracy, argues Stuart Hall. Posted: 21 August 2003 [ Full Story ] New public intellectuals or fire alarms? Ken Parish goes in hard on the weblogging phenomenon. Posted: 20 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Collision on care Mapping work and life with Barbara Pocock. Posted: 04 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Trade & labour: not so fast John Langmore peeks at the evolving debate. Posted: 03 August 2003 [ Full Story ] July 2003
George Monbiot's plan to stop America. Posted: 28 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Australian egalitarianism in retreat Frank Stilwell, Fred Argy & Hugh Stretton spread out across the field. Posted: 27 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Speaking to the heart Michael Kirby opens the Mary Alice Exhibition. Posted: 18 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Fighting for Australian social democracy Doug Cameron takes on 'postmodern Labor'. Posted: 15 July 2003 [ Full Story ] June 2003
Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Wanted: accountability and equality Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 26 June 2003 [ Full Story ] On 'fabricating' history Stuart Macintyre disciplines Keith Windschuttle. Posted: 24 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Vale Tas Bull Rowan Cahill surveys the wharfie leader's life. Posted: 22 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Standing against despairing detachment Martha Nussbaum grieves for a vision of international society. Posted: 21 June 2003 [ Full Story ] PPPs are rotting to the core Colin Crouch cuts to the core of the problem. Posted: 21 June 2003 [ Full Story ] What chance a fair and decent country? Simon Crean's reply to Costello's 8th budget. Posted: 19 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Breakfast Seminar on equality Frank Stilwell, Fred Argy & Hugh Stretton on equality. Posted: 18 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Can this man possibly be the next PM? Frank Stilwell excoriates Costello's 8th Budget. Posted: 14 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Rescuing Plato Norman Madarasz has an eloquent look behind the neo-con curtain. Posted: 05 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Economic rationalism, 20 years on Michael Pusey examines the dark side. Posted: 03 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Creating jobs in the global era John Langmore lays down a big plan. Posted: 03 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Wanted: social healing Fred Argy adds up the 8th Coalition Budget. Posted: 01 June 2003 [ Full Story ] May 2003
Michael Albert interviews Noam Chomsky Posted: 07 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #14 May 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 07 May 2003 [ Full Story ] What's next? Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 06 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Maternity leave & equal opportunity overboard Anne Summers discloses the enclosing darkness. Posted: 04 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Intellectuals, democracy and empire Robert Blecher traces the war's intellectual boosters. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Towards the precipice Robert Brenner continues his history of the world economy. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Working in America A major study favours a social model, reports Roy Green. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Another UK PPP deal falls in a heap A dramatic exit shakes privatisation policy, reports Phil Revell. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] April 2003
Paul McGeough's final report from Baghdad. Posted: 28 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Trading our quality of life away Patricia Ranald briefs on the neo-liberal trade agenda. Posted: 26 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Focusing on the Neocons Iraq is just the beginning, explains Joseph Cirincione. Posted: 24 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Breakfast Seminar: Economic reform Michael Pusey discusses the dark side. Posted: 21 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Henry Reynolds debates Keith Windschuttle Australian history: fact or fiction? Posted: 21 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Australia: An unhappy country Focus on wellbeing, not growth, argues Clive Hamilton. Posted: 11 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Australia: An unfair country Equalitarianism is in retreat, explains Fred Argy. Posted: 09 April 2003 [ Full Story ] The troops are workers too Natasha Johnson searches for 'Gulf War syndrome'? Posted: 04 April 2003 [ Full Story ] March 2003
Phillip Knightley reviews Paul McGeough’s new book. Posted: 31 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The UN: What is to be done? Maxine McKew interviews Tariq Ali. Posted: 30 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Shock! The US appeals to the UN POWs: It's an outright double standard explains George Monbiot. Posted: 28 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The first casualty Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 13 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The people don’t know and can’t know John Pilger introduces the new edition of Phillip Knightley’s classic. Posted: 13 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #13 March 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 13 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Meanwhile, a beautiful gift to the earth Uncovered: an El Dorado of orchids, reports Fred Pearce. Posted: 11 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Mary Alice Evatt Exhibition 'Mas'to show in Sydney. Posted: 10 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Musicians mobilise Win without war, say Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed & 64 other artists. Posted: 09 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The 20th anniversary of the Hawke government A major study is imminent, reports Tony Moore. Posted: 08 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Going beyond protest Don't be a soft and cuddly peacenik, says Naomi Klein. Posted: 08 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The passing of the master historian Martin Kettle appreciates the life of Christopher Hill. Posted: 06 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Power politics: time for a royal commission John Spoehr outlines SA's electricity infrastructure disaster. Posted: 06 March 2003 [ Full Story ] A question of media coverage William Greider, Gore Vidal and a host of other US critics mobilise. Posted: 04 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Sept 11: First the shock; now the aftershock We're all anti-Bush now, suggests Immanuel Wallerstein. Posted: 02 March 2003 [ Full Story ] February 2003
Richard Ackland discusses Phillip Knightley and journalism. Posted: 28 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Shock: World Bank backs trade unions! Official: unions lift workers & economies, reports Martin Lawrence. Posted: 26 February 2003 [ Full Story ] The UN is now a fig leaf for imperial adventures It's immoral and unjust, regardless of the UN, says Tariq Ali. Posted: 23 February 2003 [ Full Story ] A metaphysical lottery Chris Masters investigates journalism's murder mystery. Posted: 21 February 2003 [ Full Story ] A mediocrity of lies PM's conviction sends democracy overboard notes Ghassan Hage. Posted: 21 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Is truth now a permanent casualty? Phillip Knightley assesses the state of investigative journalism. Posted: 19 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Peace march stops the big city Yes, now be alert but not alarmed, says Bruce Childs. Posted: 17 February 2003 [ Full Story ] The water barons The world's water is rapidly being privatised reveals major report. Posted: 14 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Dossier? What dossier? Give Tone Blair a break, says Linda Heard. Posted: 12 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Pro-war case turns into farce Blair government plagiarises its Iraq 'intelligence' from the net. Posted: 08 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Powell fails Nothing has changed the anti-war position, argues Phyllis Bennis. Posted: 07 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Dylan's Thunder Rock 'n' roll & relevance, by Ron Jacobs. Posted: 04 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Mandela strikes at Bush Read the speech. Posted: 02 February 2003 [ Full Story ] January 2003
Happy New Year to all our subscribers, and welcome to a double issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 29 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Opposition parties unanimous on Iraq troops Read statements by the ALP, Greens, Democrats, & the ACTU. Posted: 29 January 2003 [ Full Story ] 50 issues of JAPE Frank Stilwell looks at Australian political economy. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Looking to Europe Editorial by the Evatt Foundation's President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] The coming war with Iraq Michael Klare assesses the price. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Bin Laden's strategy Sept 11 was an act of provocation, not hate, argues Michael Doran. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Ireland loses the plot Ireland's government has shortened its sight, reports Roy Green. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Sydney's heterodox economists conference It was an excellent start, reports Peter Kriesler. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] There's always a progressive alternative But I wouldn't bet on it, cautions Frank Stilwell. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] The 'fabrication' of Aboriginal history John Quiggin scrutinises Keith Windschuttle. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Europe versus the US Will Hutton explains the profound differences. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Is money funny? William Mitchell challenges the Evatt Foundation's submission on public debt. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Howard's reshaping of Australia Robert Manne looks back on 2002. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] The father of the NSW House says goodbye Ron Dyer makes his valedictory speech. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] How did Australia's unions grow? Rae Cooper & Greg Patmore search for past organising lessons. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] |
