In deciding on a massive arms buildup, Kevin Rudd has made one of the worst decisions of any ALP Prime Minister. The reasons are stark, and obvious:
Stupid strategy. The China-rising argument is fallacious. Thus the whole white paper is deeply flawed. The US, as the paper admits, will remain the dominant military power in the [...]
Here is the text of my remarks to a union conference in Sydney this afternoon:
Union membership is in decline around the western world.
There are many reasons for this decline but my topic is whether marketing can help reverse the trend?
So, I’m going to ignore the free rider problem and the problems of government and employer [...]
For a long time the boorish and brutish behaviour of the Australian cricket team has been emblematic of the worst aspects of Australian nationalism. So the current thrashing they are getting in India, and the soul-searching that will ensue hopefully, can only be good for the game and the nation. One part of that soul-searching [...]
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