June 2008 Volume LII, No. 6
The Abused Science of Climate Change
An Interesting Career to Follow
Two Haiku
Doc Martin, Culture Warrior
Leech
The Dangers of Ethnic Nationalism
Contents
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THE EXTENT of anthropogenic global warming caused by carbon dioxide […]
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LESTER RICHARD HIATT, libertarian, anthropologist, sometime dentist and golfer, died […]
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SLIPPED INTO AUSTRALIA without fanfare three years ago and unobtrusively […]
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ETHNIC NATIONALISM, the desire for one’s race to be pure […]
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Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy by Peter Cochrane AS […]
June 1, 2008
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Australia’s Birthstain: The Startling Legacy of the Convict Era by […]
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15 mins
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THE EVENING in October 2006 when Mark Scott launched himself, […]
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IN THE BUILD-UP to the last election campaign, a small […]
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My message today is a simple one—the Howard government has […]
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IN MANY AREAS of government policy, the fingerprints of the […]
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The trees were yellow with light. Birds sang triumphantly as […]
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SIR: As a junior officer reading John Donovan’s article on […]
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Sometime after the Soviet Army had crushed the Dubcek regime […]
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SIR: In her review (March 2008) of Christopher Koch’s latest […]
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SIR: In an article in the May edition of Quadrant, […]
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SIR: I have just started reading Tom Frame’s article “Should […]
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SIR: It was good to read Peter Ryan (March 2008), […]
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SIR: With regard to Alan N. Cowan’s letter (May 2008) […]
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SIR: The article by I.D.F. Callinan in the April issue […]
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Was there ever a trio of sisters like the Soong […]
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19/7/76 OF CARS AND KEGS AND DOUBTFUL LEGS RECOUNTED IN […]
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“TEACHER-IN-CHARGE—Maria River via Kempsey. Second Class Rail Warrant Attached.” Yes, […]
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IT IS WELL WITHIN living memory, and keenly remembered, that […]
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Sometimes I used to wonder What it would have been […]
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When you feel you’ve lost the plot Cordite’s smell can […]
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She turns to close the door, this slow shuffling hut, […]
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He brought light out of darkness, not out of a […]
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Something has been left behind. Great humps of rock prop […]
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Police Constable Kevin Long crouched low in the bushes beside […]
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He wore an air of certainty, much as you would […]
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This flowering at day’s end when new shoots sprout from […]
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THE THREE BOOKS before me on the table share certain […]
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Out of the mist here, thirty storeys high sky-scrapers bob […]
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NOW THAT the federal parliament has formally said “Sorry” to […]
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RENDITION SHOULD be shown to all intelligence officers as a […]
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some days I dither in the half-light of memory some […]
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ON A RECENT SBS Insight program discussing the federal government’s […]
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The night my sister received the news that she would […]
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“WHY WOULD ANY sensible, qualified, capable or independent-minded person want […]
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Speaking out for the traditional teaching of Shakespeare in schools […]
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THE MENTION of a signal art work, and the precipitous […]
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