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Introduction to Evatt News: IndexesPlease find below an indexed list of all the latest news articles from the Evatt Foundation. NewsSubject IndexAnnouncements Art & artists Books Civil liberties Dinner Editorial Environment General Globalisation & social justice Government performance History International Journalism Major papers Newsletters Papers Research Retirement income Social history Social justice Sunset Seminar Tour Work & welfare Young people
Urgent notice about Sunday's Iraq debate, plus news & views. Posted: 18 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Australians say no to war Nerrissa Bradley reports on our weekend of action. Posted: 07 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Declining trade union membership Geoffrey Beckman argues that anti-union laws are the primary cause. Posted: 31 May 2004 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #10 November 2002 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #11 December 2002 Season's greetings to all our subscribers, and welcome to a jumbo final 2002 issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 18 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #12 January-February 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 ] Evatt Newsletter #14 May 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 07 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #15 - June 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #16 - August/September 2003 Welcome to a jumbo issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 29 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #17 - October/November 2003 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 29 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #18 - December 2003 Best wishes for the season to all our members and readers. Posted: 19 December 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #19 - January 2004 Happy New Year and welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 28 January 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 ] Evatt Newsletter #22 - February 2005 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #23 - April/May 2005 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 28 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #24 - August 2005 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 10 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #25 - November 2005 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 11 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #26 - 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 ] Evatt Newsletter #27 - March 2006 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 01 March 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #28 - April 2006 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 20 April 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #29 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #30 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #8 August 2002 Welcome to a jumbo issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 13 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #9 September-October 2002 Welcome to a double issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 04 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Industrial relations dominant Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 24 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Labor & the future Sol Encel looks into the abyss. Posted: 09 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Medicare – where to now? Bullk billing is under direct threat, warns Maurie Mifsud. Posted: 01 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Refugees: is the tide turning? Rowanne Couch reports on public opinion. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Rolling out the canvas Paul Keating launches The History Wars Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] The attack on industrial and civil liberties Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 01 March 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 ] The coming conflicts Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 11 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Announcements
Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 13 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Mary Alice Evatt Exhibition Bathurst Regional Art Gallery awarded the Mary Alice Art Prize for 2002. Posted: 08 March 2002 [ 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 ] Serving our heritage Tom Uren is honoured by the University of Sydney. Posted: 09 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Vale E. L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright: 1921-2007 Frank Stilwell reflects. Posted: 11 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Vale Edward Said The world has lost a brilliant and beautiful mind, a big heart, and a courageous fighter. Posted: 30 September 2003 [ Full Story ] Art & artists
John Densmore discusses the remarkable story behind The Doors. Posted: 24 August 2002 [ Full Story ] And death machines were rumblin' ... Vit Wagner talks to Steve Earle about his stunning new album. Posted: 16 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Dylan's Thunder Rock 'n' roll & relevance, by Ron Jacobs. Posted: 04 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Exhibition: Mary Alice Evatt 'Mas' 1898-1973 Bruce Childs and Amanda Lawson locate the exhibition. Posted: 09 August 2002 [ 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 ] Not only passionate about social change Melissa Boyde reviews the life and work of Mary Alice Evatt. Posted: 11 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Post-industrial working class culture It's there for the ALP to see, argues Tony Moore. Posted: 03 September 2002 [ Full Story ] Recognising Mary Alice Evatt Melissa Boyde wins an award to study Mas, reports Fay Gervasoni. Posted: 18 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Speaking to the heart Michael Kirby opens the Mary Alice Exhibition. Posted: 18 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Stars invade Oz: Dylan, the Stones, the Boss, Jackson Browne, and many more Summer could be interesting & entertaining, suggests Christopher Sheil. Posted: 08 January 2003 [ Full Story ] What are we here for? In this extract from his new book, Bob Ellis faces the music. Posted: 15 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Workingman's blues Ron Jacobs listens to Modern Times. Posted: 03 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Books
Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist, by Marilyn Lake Posted: 07 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Interesting Times Eric Hobsbawm's autobiography published. Posted: 07 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Michael Moore's big ask The follow-up to Stupid White Men is out. Posted: 26 October 2003 [ Full Story ] New politics & culture wars Tristan Ewins reviews David McKnight's Beyond Right & Left. Posted: 01 March 2007 [ Full Story ] The History Wars Stuart Macintyre, with Anna Clark & David Marr in Sydney Posted: 08 September 2003 [ 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 ] Civil liberties
Now is the time for debate, says John von Doussa in Australia's Human Rights Day Address. Posted: 07 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Dinner
Evatt celebrates past leaders. Posted: 18 March 2007 [ Full Story ] Editorial
Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 29 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Collisions: prospective, present & past Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 29 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Has time come to end the “blame game”? Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Christopher Sheil. Posted: 26 April 2007 [ Full Story ] Howard's way - marry the boss Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 10 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Industrial warfare Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 27 April 2005 [ Full Story ] New leadership Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 14 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Propaganda, performance and privatisation Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 28 January 2004 [ Full Story ] The US election & Iraq Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 14 November 2006 [ Full Story ] The case for industrial & civil liberties Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 20 April 2006 [ Full Story ] The state of industrial relations Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 11 November 2005 [ Full Story ] Wanted: accountability and equality Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 26 June 2003 [ Full Story ] We are winning the debate over industrial liberties Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 26 September 2006 [ Full Story ] Environment
As Kyoto is about to kick in, John Merson explains the paradox. Posted: 01 February 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 ] It's a minefield The Australian government's nuclear inquiry is ill-equipped, says Frank Muller. Posted: 13 August 2006 [ Full Story ] Meanwhile, a beautiful gift to the earth Uncovered: an El Dorado of orchids, reports Fred Pearce. Posted: 11 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Nuclear proliferation Is Australia playing a role, asks Richard Broinowski. Posted: 19 July 2006 [ Full Story ] General
Frank Stilwell reflects Posted: 30 December 2001 [ 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 ] Evatt looks forward Foundation President, Bruce Childs, presents his annual report. Posted: 18 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Jim Cairns A tribute by Tom Uren. Posted: 26 October 2003 [ Full Story ] John Howard's short-termism Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 17 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Join Evonne Goolagong & Linda Burney for lunch The Jessie Street Annual Lunch at Parliament House. Posted: 10 April 2005 [ Full Story ] President's Report 2001 Normally the president's address is a proforma description of the Foundation's work. But these are not normal times. Posted: 23 November 2001 [ Full Story ] The Mitsubishi closure & industry policy John Spoehr faces the issues. Posted: 31 May 2004 [ Full Story ] We have moved 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 ] What's next? Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 06 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Zero public debt & democracy in the global era Editorial by the Evatt Foundation's President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 15 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Globalisation & social justice
Sept 11 was an act of provocation, not hate, argues Michael Doran. Posted: 27 January 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 ] 50 issues of JAPE Frank Stilwell looks at Australian political economy. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] A better nature? Peter Singer refutes the idea that people behave self-interestedly. Posted: 15 March 2002 [ Full Story ] A mediocrity of lies PM's conviction sends democracy overboard notes Ghassan Hage. Posted: 21 February 2003 [ Full Story ] A message from Bali Will our leaders get it, wonders Jonathan Freedland. Posted: 21 October 2002 [ Full Story ] A metaphysical lottery Chris Masters investigates journalism's murder mystery. Posted: 21 February 2003 [ Full Story ] A nation behaving badly Refugees present a moral problem, argues Julian Burnside. Posted: 19 June 2002 [ 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 ] ANZAC Day War is not a solution to international conflicts, says Tom Uren in his ANZAC Day address. Posted: 23 April 2002 [ Full Story ] Another century of war? US policy is condemned by the historian of war, Gabriel Kolko. Posted: 30 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Another shocking thing about September 11 Two days after September 11, a bill giving American police officers and fire fighters the right to form and join unions was introduced into the US Senate. The bill failed. Hans Engelberts tells the story, and briefs on the Korean struggle for union rights. Posted: 13 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Australia walks with the world against the war Details for the big weekend of action. Posted: 09 December 2002 [ 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 ] Australia's elusive bill of rights Robert McClelland thinks he knows the way forward. Posted: 27 June 2002 [ 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 ] Australia: An unfair country Equalitarianism is in retreat, explains Fred Argy. Posted: 09 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Australian TV? The AUSFTA makes it an endangered species, explains Greg Duffy. Posted: 06 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Australian egalitarianism in retreat Frank Stilwell, Fred Argy & Hugh Stretton spread out across the field. Posted: 27 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Between despondency & hope Eric Aarons reflects on the Left with Tristan Ewins. Posted: 24 September 2002 [ Full Story ] Bonfire of beliefs The firefighters show Blair's contempt, says Mark Seddon. Posted: 24 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Completely misleading John Quiggin explains why the 'free trade' agreement isn't. Posted: 14 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Consensus defies Bush Doctrine Australia's elders demand loyalty to the UN. Posted: 27 September 2002 [ Full Story ] Creating jobs in the global era John Langmore lays down a big plan. Posted: 03 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Death & life Guy Rundle laments the new imperial vision, and then argues that biotechnology must take us beyond conventional political debate. Posted: 16 May 2002 [ Full Story ] Defining hegemony John Harms reviews Stupid White Men Posted: 06 July 2002 [ Full Story ] Dossier? What dossier? Give Tone Blair a break, says Linda Heard. Posted: 12 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Endgame Philip Baker surveys Australia's plunge on zero debt. Posted: 25 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Europe versus the US Will Hutton explains the profound differences. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Evatt Breakfast Seminar on equality Frank Stilwell, Fred Argy & Hugh Stretton on equality. Posted: 18 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Farewell Hitch George Scialabba explains what has got his goat about Christopher Hitchens. Posted: 25 April 2005 [ Full Story ] Focusing on the Neocons Iraq is just the beginning, explains Joseph Cirincione. Posted: 24 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Globalisation, post s11 Christopher Sheil revisits globalisation. Posted: 26 May 2005 [ Full Story ] Globalising consent George Monbiot's plan to stop America. Posted: 28 July 2003 [ Full Story ] Going beyond protest Don't be a soft and cuddly peacenik, says Naomi Klein. Posted: 08 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Henry Reynolds debates Keith Windschuttle Australian history: fact or fiction? Posted: 21 April 2003 [ Full Story ] How to cure war fever There are no credible reasons for war with Iraq, says Simon Tisdall. Posted: 20 September 2002 [ 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 ] Human rights Mary Gaudron reflects on the Universal Declaration & Australia. Posted: 22 March 2006 [ Full Story ] In the wake of war Paul McGeough's final report from Baghdad. Posted: 28 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Intellectuals, democracy and empire Robert Blecher traces the war's intellectual boosters. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Investigative Journalism: Phillip Knightley with Chris Masters A special Evatt Sunset Seminar Posted: 09 November 2002 [ 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 ] Iranian resistance Mohammad Sadeghpour says the best option is the Iranian people themselves. Posted: 15 June 2005 [ Full Story ] Is truth now a permanent casualty? Phillip Knightley assesses the state of investigative journalism. Posted: 19 February 2003 [ Full Story ] It's time for a Senate inquiry into the GATS Craig Emerson on the WTO, the GATS & relations with Asia. Posted: 11 November 2002 [ Full Story ] J K Galbraith Evan Jones remembers a phenomenon. Posted: 31 August 2006 [ Full Story ] Jessie Street Trust Annual Lunch Jessie Street fought for women's rights, the rights of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, the promotion of peace and disarmament and the elimination of all forms of discrimination. The Jessie Street Trust continues this tradition. Posted: 23 February 2002 [ Full Story ] John Ralston Saul on the collapse of globalism, in Sydney John Ralston Saul discusses his new book. Posted: 31 July 2005 [ Full Story ] Labor, Iraq & the UN Margo Kingston highlights the Doc's legacy. Posted: 04 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Latham's stand The full text of the ALP leader's 'troops home by Christmas' speech. Posted: 10 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Leaders wanted! Claude Martin looks to the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development. Posted: 17 July 2002 [ Full Story ] Looking to Europe Editorial by the Evatt Foundation's President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Mandela strikes at Bush Read the speech. Posted: 02 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Manhattan to Baghdad Phillip Knightley reviews Paul McGeough’s new book. Posted: 31 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Modernity bucks at the post Who's afraid of historical truth? Catherine Keenan reports. Posted: 03 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Modestly hopeful Monterrey John Langmore reports on the International Conference on Finance for Development. Posted: 26 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Nasty, brutish and short-sighted Don't sob too much, says Pierre Tristam. Posted: 21 July 2002 [ Full Story ] Nationalism & globalisation Gavin Kitching argues a case for globalisation, in spite of his misgivings. Posted: 13 April 2002 [ Full Story ] Noam Chomsky interviewed Michael Albert interviews Noam Chomsky Posted: 07 May 2003 [ Full Story ] On guard: The MAI rides again GATS spells danger, explains Patricia Ranald. Posted: 10 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Peace march stops the big city Yes, now be alert but not alarmed, says Bruce Childs. Posted: 17 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Pharmaceuticals and 'free' trade The AUSFTA stakes are very high, explains John Merson. Posted: 20 May 2004 [ Full Story ] Postmodernism: conspiring with the orthodoxy Postmodernism is just a sucker for neoclassical economics, argues Yanis Varoufakis. Posted: 10 June 2002 [ Full Story ] Powell fails Nothing has changed the anti-war position, argues Phyllis Bennis. Posted: 07 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Privatisation can be a death sentence The PSI explains a distant, desperate battle over water privatisation. Posted: 03 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Pro-war case turns into farce Blair government plagiarises its Iraq 'intelligence' from the net. Posted: 08 February 2003 [ Full Story ] Problems with pre-emption Al Gore rejects the Bush Doctrine. Posted: 25 September 2002 [ Full Story ] Public debt: some basics Fred Argy explains how zero public debt can erode society. Posted: 02 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Reckoning the damage Global capitalism is facing double jeopardy, argues Walden Bello. Posted: 14 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Recognising the poison Frank Stilwell restates the case for equality. Posted: 01 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Rediscovering international politics Andrew Scott has a good look around, and has some news for Labor. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Rescuing Plato Norman Madarasz has an eloquent look behind the neo-con curtain. Posted: 05 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Risky times for abolishing risk-free public debt David Ignatius worries about the global credit market. Posted: 21 November 2002 [ 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 ] Saving America Shadia Drury unpacks neoconservatism. Posted: 11 September 2004 [ Full Story ] Saving globalisation Jay R Mandle refigures globalisation. Posted: 01 September 2005 [ 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 ] Shock! The US appeals to the UN POWs: It's an outright double standard explains George Monbiot. Posted: 28 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Social fundraiser, drinks, dinner & intellectual evening Gavin Kitching, Associate Professor of Sociology at the UNSW, to discuss his new book. Posted: 10 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Standing against despairing detachment Martha Nussbaum grieves for a vision of international society. Posted: 21 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Sydney's Palm Sunday march Read the speeches by John Yu, Lydia Miller, Tom Uren and Susan Connelly. Posted: 08 April 2002 [ Full Story ] Sydney's walk against war Read the speeches by Sharan Burrow, Pat Power, Judy Davis, Kassim Abood, John Pilger & Rawan Abdul Nabi. Posted: 18 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Tariq Ali on fundamentalisms The Sydney Writers' Festival presents Tariq Ali, talking on "The clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity". Posted: 28 April 2002 [ Full Story ] Telstra must divest Renationalise, maintains John Quiggin. Posted: 05 August 2002 [ Full Story ] The 'fabrication' of Aboriginal history John Quiggin scrutinises Keith Windschuttle. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] The UN: What is to be done? Maxine McKew interviews Tariq Ali. Posted: 30 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The US Vs Iraq Gareth Evans and Tariq Ali are interviewed by Maxine McKew. Posted: 16 September 2002 [ Full Story ] The academic community says no to war An open letter from over 30,000 academics. Posted: 12 November 2002 [ Full Story ] The axis of good Sweden holds, Schröder returns, and now Lula! Judy Rebick writes. Posted: 30 October 2002 [ Full Story ] The coming war with Iraq Michael Klare assesses the price. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ 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 ] The first casualty Editorial by Evatt Foundation President, Bruce Childs. Posted: 13 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The first casualty is well and truly upon us Richard Ackland discusses Phillip Knightley and journalism. Posted: 28 February 2003 [ Full Story ] The great Telstra debate Yes, divest as John Quiggin says, argues David Roffey. Posted: 14 September 2002 [ Full Story ] The hard road to fascism The US is at a turning point, argues Abbott Gleason. Posted: 07 September 2003 [ Full Story ] The heat is on Howard has no ticker on climate change, argues Anthony Albanese. Posted: 11 April 2005 [ 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 ] The poverty trap John Langmore gives us the story on the war we should be fighting. Posted: 28 September 2004 [ Full Story ] The truth about WMD in Iraq New Carnegie report clarifies Iraq WMD story Posted: 26 January 2004 [ Full Story ] The water barons The world's water is rapidly being privatised reveals major report. Posted: 14 February 2003 [ Full Story ] The world's leaders slept through Joburg The Sustainable Development Summit failed, reports Claude Martin. Posted: 05 September 2002 [ Full Story ] There's always a progressive alternative But I wouldn't bet on it, cautions Frank Stilwell. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Too Live N Deadly Black is back, reports Nancia Guivarra, and here to stay. Posted: 02 June 2002 [ Full Story ] Too many wars: the history of 'paradise' The bombing was merely Bali's latest horror, explains Ilija Trojanow. Posted: 08 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Towards the precipice Robert Brenner continues his history of the world economy. Posted: 02 May 2003 [ Full Story ] Trade & labour: not so fast John Langmore peeks at the evolving debate. Posted: 03 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Trading our quality of life away Patricia Ranald briefs on the neo-liberal trade agenda. Posted: 26 April 2003 [ Full Story ] US must face harsh realities It's a crisis born of pernicious conservatism and unadulterated greed, argues Will Hutton. Posted: 19 July 2002 [ Full Story ] US-Iran nuclear row Amin Saikal assesses Iran's options in the event of a confrontation. Posted: 06 August 2005 [ Full Story ] Uncle oSAMa says I want YOU to invade Iraq. Posted: 20 October 2002 [ Full Story ] Understanding Iraq Remember Lawrence of Arabia, explains Phillip Knightley. Posted: 03 September 2002 [ Full Story ] Understanding religious fundamentalism Randa Abdel-Fattah & Ray Richmond take up the issues. Posted: 27 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Vale James Tobin Paul Krugman pays tribute to the economist who thought up the 'Tobin tax'. Posted: 22 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Vale John Rawls Martha Nussbaum pays tribute to the great philosopher. Posted: 08 December 2002 [ Full Story ] War on terror Australia must debate the implications of the 'war on terrorism' argues Duncan Kerr. Posted: 13 May 2002 [ Full Story ] War with Iraq? No, argues Ron Jacobs. Posted: 15 August 2002 [ Full Story ] West Papua & Indonesian nationalism What are the prospects of dialogue over the conflict in West Papua? Posted: 03 November 2004 [ Full Story ] What Isreal has done Edward Said addresses the horror, and the questions it raises. Posted: 14 May 2002 [ Full Story ] Who are the idiots now? The corporate turmoil vindicates the globalisation activists, notes Sean Gonsalves. Posted: 20 July 2002 [ 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 ] Government performance
ALP Conference Fringe Event Posted: 06 March 2007 [ Full Story ] Opposition parties unanimous on Iraq troops Read statements by the ALP, Greens, Democrats, & the ACTU. Posted: 29 January 2003 [ Full Story ] A great read, but ... Carmen Lawrence casts a critical eye over Don Watson's Keating. Posted: 28 July 2002 [ Full Story ] A tale of two industries Frank Muller reflects on the revival of nuclear energy. Posted: 21 June 2005 [ Full Story ] Australia in the early 21st century Richard Woolcott lectures on human rights and social justice. Posted: 01 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Bushwacked Andrew Wilkie speaks out. Posted: 20 October 2003 [ Full Story ] Can this man possibly be the next PM? Frank Stilwell excoriates Costello's 8th Budget. Posted: 14 June 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 ] Costello's 7th budget The deficit's a good sign, says Fred Argy, but the Budget will harm social equity. This Budget's for guns, not butter, says Frank Stilwell. Posted: 17 May 2002 [ Full Story ] Costello's zero public debt fetish Frank Stilwell presents the big picture on debt policy. Posted: 29 November 2002 [ Full Story ] Debauching Ministerial responsibility John Howard should have resigned the day he tabled the report showing the stories about the asylum seekers were false, argues Allan Patience. Posted: 15 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Economic rationalism, 20 years on Michael Pusey examines the dark side. Posted: 03 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Equality of opportunity in Australia Nicholas Gruen reviews Fred Argy's latest work. Posted: 11 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Evatt Breakfast Seminar: Economic reform Michael Pusey discusses the dark side. Posted: 21 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Farewell to equality? Don Arthur talks to Fred Argy. Posted: 13 December 2006 [ Full Story ] Fear & politics Politicians have discovered a new role, observes Carmen Lawrence. Posted: 17 August 2006 [ Full Story ] Federalism, in the long run We should spend a decade getting it right, argues George Williams. Posted: 12 May 2007 [ 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 ] George Bush channels George Orwell Can a president be charged with plagiarism, asks Daniel Kutzman. Posted: 25 October 2002 [ Full Story ] How to argue with an economist Don't concede a thing, says Steve Keen. Posted: 07 December 2002 [ 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 ] Howard's reshaping of Australia Robert Manne looks back on 2002. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Human rights, parliamentary-style Victoria is leading the way, says George Williams. Posted: 19 May 2006 [ Full Story ] Ireland loses the plot Ireland's government has shortened its sight, reports Roy Green. Posted: 27 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Is money funny? William Mitchell challenges the Evatt Foundation's submission on public debt. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Liberals smashed in magnificent victory After topping the League Table, the ALP stormed home, reports Christopher Sheil. Posted: 22 July 2002 [ Full Story ] New Labour & Thatcherism Tony Blair is consuming social democracy, argues Stuart Hall. Posted: 21 August 2003 [ Full Story ] Nuclear energy & greenhouse Not so fast, argues Mark Diesendorf. Posted: 09 April 2006 [ Full Story ] Of course they knew John Faulkner reports on the children overboard affair. Posted: 23 October 2002 [ Full Story ] PPPs are rotting to the core Colin Crouch cuts to the core of the problem. Posted: 21 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Paying for private profit ACTU Secretary Greg Combet questions public private partnerships (PPPs) Posted: 22 January 2004 [ Full Story ] Politics & the 'war' on terror Fran Kelly interviews Simon Crean on the ASIO deadlock. Posted: 13 December 2002 [ Full Story ] Power politics: time for a royal commission John Spoehr outlines SA's electricity infrastructure disaster. Posted: 06 March 2003 [ Full Story ] Progressive punishment? The psychological prison may be counter-productive, argues Mark Findlay. Posted: 27 October 2004 [ 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 ] Rob Riley Australia remains a deeply unreconciled nation, explains Quentin Beresford. Posted: 29 May 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 ] 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 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 the public sector Christopher Sheil introduces The State of the States 2006. Posted: 09 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Sydney's heterodox economists conference It was an excellent start, reports Peter Kriesler. Posted: 26 January 2003 [ Full Story ] Tasmania on Top - NSW & WA Slip in Annual Ranking of State Performance Tasmania wins in The State of the States. Posted: 16 November 2001 [ Full Story ] Tassie stays on top, while Queensland slips Tasmania makes it two in a row in The State of the States 2002. Posted: 15 July 2002 [ Full Story ] The 20th anniversary of the Hawke government A major study is imminent, reports Tony Moore. Posted: 08 March 2003 [ Full Story ] The beginning of New Managerialism's end? Is the cult of measurement on the ropes, wonders David Boyle Posted: 17 April 2002 [ Full Story ] The conservative nanny state Conservative protectionism rules, argues Dean Baker. Posted: 27 May 2006 [ Full Story ] The father of the NSW House says goodbye Ron Dyer makes his valedictory speech. Posted: 24 January 2003 [ 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 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 ] The troops are workers too Natasha Johnson searches for 'Gulf War syndrome'? Posted: 04 April 2003 [ Full Story ] Time for a Bill of Rights Ron Dyer reconsiders the question. Posted: 16 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Tom Uren says let's invest in our future Margaret McDonough-Glenn reflects on "Winning back the suburban heartland". Posted: 03 March 2002 [ Full Story ] WA on top & Victoria up; SA & Tasmania slip The state of the states - 2004. Posted: 25 October 2004 [ 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 ] Wanted: best practice federalism Federalism is fashionable, explain Anne Twomey & Glenn Withers. Posted: 05 May 2007 [ Full Story ] Wanted: social healing Fred Argy adds up the 8th Coalition Budget. Posted: 01 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Wealth & health John Wicks surveys the relationship. Posted: 20 February 2006 [ Full Story ] What chance a fair and decent country? Simon Crean's reply to Costello's 8th budget. Posted: 19 June 2003 [ Full Story ] What is it with the New Tassie? Stewart Prins looks for Jim Bacon's vision. Posted: 21 April 2005 [ Full Story ] What's happening in the suburbs? Two views Mark Latham and Brendan Gleeson confront Australia's changing suburban electorates. Posted: 23 March 2002 [ Full Story ] Why PPPs are bad for your health Like ducks in a shooting gallery, Australia's State Labor governments have lined up behind so-called public-private partnerships (PPPs). Allyson Pollock and her colleagues interrogate the rhetoric of 'risk transfer' in light of the UK's public hospital 'partnerships'. Posted: 29 May 2002 [ Full Story ] History
John Keane surveys the field. Posted: 05 May 2006 [ Full Story ] Democratic action Rowan Cahill remembers the time when the space for action was enlarged. Posted: 21 October 2005 [ Full Story ] History & fiction Anne Curthoys & John Docker have a fresh look at some old questions. Posted: 13 March 2006 [ Full Story ] Keynes' General Theory turns 70 On the anniversary, Christopher Sheil speculates. Posted: 14 February 2006 [ Full Story ] Market fundamentalism Andrew Gamble reviews the debate between Kevin Rudd & John Howard over Hayek. Posted: 01 August 2007 [ Full Story ] Never more timely Richard Flanagan reviews James Boyce's Van Diemen's Land. Posted: 20 February 2008 [ Full Story ] Return to Gallipoli Bruce Scates condemns Howard’s Anzac Day. Posted: 11 June 2006 [ Full Story ] Shock treatment Greg Grandin recalls Milton Friedman, Augusto Pinochet & the Chicago Boys. Posted: 03 December 2006 [ 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 ] International
Juan Cole brings perspective to the Iraq election. Posted: 09 February 2005 [ Full Story ] America moves on Tom Engelhardt writes from the US. Posted: 13 November 2006 [ Full Story ] Hillary's losing hand Anne Summers looks over the Democratic primary. Posted: 25 February 2008 [ Full Story ] Making APEC Paul Keating recounts the strategic origins and potential of the APEC leaders' meeting. Posted: 05 September 2007 [ Full Story ] Paul Keating, Not the Musical, on APEC, in Sydney The Evatt Foundation proudly presents the Hon. Paul J. Keating. Posted: 27 July 2007 [ Full Story ] The American era is ending The Asian century is dawning, argues Paul Keating. Posted: 17 October 2003 [ Full Story ] The US right splinters Don Arthur finds some unlikely political allies. Posted: 03 March 2007 [ Full Story ] The most serious situation in the world Nosrat Hosseini presents a snapshot of Iran. Posted: 18 April 2006 [ Full Story ] Threats, challenges & change John Langmore backs the UN Secretary-General's report on Threats, Challenges and Change. Posted: 25 January 2005 [ Full Story ] Journalism
Tony Moore critiques the war on the ABC, while Evan Jones trashes the press on the war. Posted: 25 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 ] 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 ] Major papers
Peter Drahos, Thomas Faunce, Martyn Goddard & David Henry separate fact from fiction. Posted: 03 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Jean Baudrillard: 1929-2007 William Merrin assesses the late philosopher's work. Posted: 08 March 2007 [ Full Story ] New Evatt Papers Online 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 ] Newsletters
We are running an online survey to hear from our supporters and find ways to improve. Posted: 15 March 2005 [ Full Story ] Evatt Newsletter #31 Welcome to the latest online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 14 November 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 ] Evatt Newsletter #33 Welcome to the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 26 April 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 ] Evatt Newsletter #35 Welcome to a special event issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 04 September 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 ] Evatt Newsletter - Special notice Welcome to a special issue of the online newsletter of the Evatt Foundation. Posted: 10 July 2006 [ Full Story ] Papers
Contracts can't meet complex needs, reports Duncan O’Leary. Posted: 12 June 2004 [ Full Story ] Research
Steve Keen sees a recession we can't avoid. Posted: 12 December 2006 [ Full Story ] The tragedy of economics The discipline is retreating to fantasy, argues Edward Fullbrook. Posted: 03 February 2005 [ Full Story ] Retirement income
The LHMU claims Labor's new policy is naive, reports Fay Gervasoni. Posted: 07 August 2002 [ Full Story ] Workers, women & superannuation Greg Combet and Diana Olsberg present some of the major issues. Posted: 15 May 2002 [ Full Story ] Social history
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 ] On 'fabricating' history Stuart Macintyre disciplines Keith Windschuttle. Posted: 24 June 2003 [ Full Story ] Reconciliation is not a lost cause Make the anniversary of 1967 more meaningful, suggests Mick Dodson. Posted: 17 December 2006 [ Full Story ] States of mind: Australia & New Zealand Stuart Macintyre on the federation and the centenary of federation in Australia & New Zealand, and much unfinished business. Plus illustrations by Somerville. Posted: 17 November 2001 [ Full Story ] The history wars Stuart Macintyre straightens the record. Posted: 09 September 2003 [ Full Story ] The passing of the master historian Martin Kettle appreciates the life of Christopher Hill. Posted: 06 March 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 ] Social justice
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