The local council's lost its way
Canberra's worthless light-rail project is the symbol of a sick government.
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Nicholas Stuart
Nic Stuart is a Canberra writer.
Debt juggernaut out of control
Federal Labor has found its voice, but there's no evidence it understands what's coming.
It's critical not to invest too much importance in the rate of GDP growth
Aren't you glad to be Australian? If you believe the numbers, you picked a winner. We're celebrating a quarter-century of economic expansion: 25 years of year-on-year GDP growth or, better still, 100 quarters without a recession since June 1991!
ADF faces tough choices in a world of rapidly evolving combat aids
The general held out the palm of his hand. "They're already making small, remote-controlled, UAVs this big.
Was Australia's intervention in Afghanistan worth it?
The Chief of Army's exercise this week is attempting to peer into the future.
ACT hard hit by new payments system collapse
The story of the bungled introduction of a new repayment system for people with disabilities has made the recent computer glitch that accompanied the national census pale into insignificance.
The great tertiary education rip-off
Degrees have become commodified; just another product. But they operate in a hugely protected market.
Narrow focus on Long Tan missed the wider picture
Hanoi refused to allow any ceremonies to take place at Long Tan this week for one very simple reason: stories are powerful.
The collapse of values and the census
How did the ABS manage to get the census so wrong?
Stories from a long-ago war
Declaring war has become far too important to be left to politicians.
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