Why do ordinarily good people do bad things? One of the big questions that underlie all the debates on university colleges, male sports teams and other forms of hooliganism, is why do some groupings encourage thuggery? Often this as a male thing, because aspects of sexual aggression in masculinity are too often still seen as [...]
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Rudd sheds the high moral glow
November 3, 2009 – 4:16 pm
There has been a lot of speculation about the causes of the big drop in the government’s popularity in the latest Newspoll. As someone with a strong interest in this type of research, I was curious to explain why it should be such a major drop. After all, the net result of Kevin’s Asylum seeker [...]
The once leftish authoritarians
October 22, 2009 – 5:26 pm
Put together a few stories, media releases and possibilities and it is evident the current Rudd government is not only playing tough games with the lives of some unfortunate asylum seekers but mirrors this approach in other areas. The speculation is that the intervention income management system reported this week in Crikey is a pretty [...]
Ruddock’s learnt nothing from the suffering he caused
October 14, 2009 – 12:50 pm
Two or three thousand boat arrivals a year is not an immigration crisis, given an intake of over 130,000. Amnesty figures show that the bulk (96%) of on shore asylum seekers arrive by plane. Australia could easily deal with the relatively small number of extra sea borne applicants, were they allowed to land in Australia [...]
Difference and Indifference
October 12, 2009 – 3:53 pm
How do we explain the difference between the News and Fairfax polls on whether Turnbull or Hockey is the preferred coalition leader. As someone who has had a very long career in teaching and doing quantitative research, I can suggest a possibility. It’s the don’t care factor.
Any experienced researcher knows that the cardinal sin in [...]
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