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Oct 26, 2019
Bus privatisation a disaster
The announcement that the NSW Government is planning to privatise all of Sydney’s buses is a bitter blow for workers.
Oct 26, 2019
A critical role for the Evatt Foundation
On Evatt's 40th anniversary, Sally McManus reminds us of the size of the struggle.
Oct 19, 2019
Towards a circular economy
The idea of the circular economy frequently brings to mind issues of recycling waste and making moderate use of natural resources.
Oct 17, 2019
How to be a successful leader
Not only in Australia but right around the world’s democracies, the quality of political leadership is as low as I can ever remember it.
Oct 16, 2019
President's Report 2019
The Evatt Foundation has entered a period of transition.
Oct 11, 2019
The White House knows it’s losing
President Donald Trump’s biggest problem in the impeachment battle is that the facts aren’t on his side.
Oct 11, 2019
'Louts, thugs, bullies.'
What have Scott Morrison and and Attorney General Christian Porter got in mind for unions?
Oct 8, 2019
Bruce Childs & Gramsci?
Christopher Sheil honours Bruce Child's contribution to the 40-year history of the Evatt Foundation
Oct 5, 2019
Bruce Childs & 40 years of the Evatt Foundation
Tanya Plibersek pays tribute to two Australian heroes.
Oct 2, 2019
Trump & Morrison
Morrison’s bromance with the president brings its political embarrassments along with all that glitz and warmth.
Sep 29, 2019
Welcome to 'Stupid Watergate'
At some juncture, the Stupid Watergates just morphed into our daily political lives.
Sep 24, 2019
The continuing redistribution of Australia’s wealth, upwards
Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell on inequality and the wealth of the nation
Sep 24, 2019
From good international citizen to pariah? The decline of human rights protection in Australia
An address by Gillian Triggs on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration
Sep 24, 2019
Remembering the UDHR at its 70th Anniversary
Elizabeth Evatt remembers the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948
Sep 23, 2019
Hitting harder and sooner
United Nations Top climate scientists issued a report on 22 September showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary...
Sep 20, 2019
The polls & the 2019 election
Murray Goot debunks the myth that late deciders determined the 2019 election.
Sep 19, 2019
Meanwhile, at the top end of town
ACSI Royal Commission proceedings and declining public trust failed to dampen executive bonuses last year, with more than half of ASX100...
Sep 17, 2019
Australia's second convict age
Australia has entered a second 'convict age', with the highest share of the population incarcerated than at any time since 1899.
Sep 13, 2019
Capital & Ideology
Will Thomas Piketty catch the zeitgeist again with his new book, Capital & Ideology?
Sep 12, 2019
One last chance to save the Great Barrier Reef
The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded from 'poor' to 'very poor' by the Australian government’s own experts.
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