The new great Australian silence
In Down Among The Wild Men, the anthropologist, John Greenway, describes the process by which Aboriginal adolescents from the Western…
The sorry sorry business
In December 1970 the then Chancellor of West Germany, Willy Brandt, while on a visit to Poland went down on…
On culture, parenting and education
The Sydney Morning Herald recently announced that the NSW Education Minister, Rob Stokes, is considering opening up the selective schools…
Is nothing sacred?
The majority of Australians have now indicated their support for the principle of same-sex marriage and the Government has introduced…
On a sensitive issue
In 1939 Paul Hasluck published ‘Our Southern Half Caste Natives and their condition.’ It was a pamphlet based on a…
The incompatability of Islam
In the Australian on the 6th of June, a senior British Muslim politician, Sajid Javid, in response to the latest…
Death penalty for wannabe martyrs
Sooner or later some deranged Islamic fundamentalist is going to kill a lot of Australians for the greater glory of…
The refugee fetish
On February 8, the Australian published a full page advertisement paid for by 72 organisations calling for the evacuation of…
The refugee fetish
On February 8, the Australian published a full page advertisement paid for by 72 organisations calling for the evacuation of…
Dumbing down NSW
What do Mary Durack, Christina Stead, A. B. Facey, Xavier Herbert, Les Murray, Thomas Keneally and Clive James have in…
Dumbing down NSW
What do Mary Durack, Christina Stead, A. B. Facey, Xavier Herbert, Les Murray, Thomas Keneally and Clive James have in…
Vagabondism and harlotry
That we are to have yet another Royal Commission into Aboriginal Affairs is good news for some. It is good…
Warri and Yatungka
Warri and Yatungka
