Aborigines prefer the horizon
Real change, even symbolic, is never achieved by clever strategies, discussion papers or facilitators.
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Jack Waterford
Jack Waterford is the former Editor-at-large at The Canberra Times and writes a regular column
War against terror is a war, after all
Throughout the Sydney siege, the NSW Police never relied on the expert outsiders who were at hand.
How top cops massage the news
Police have long had a very slippery understanding and application of sub judice laws.
Stand by for another Snowy rip-off
NSW and Victoria have effectively stolen money and power from the rest of Australia for 60 years.
Gonski ingredients need a recipe
A little more money, yes, but don't expect schools to improve. That's a much harder problem.
It seems we imagined the robo-debt fiasco
Centrelink insists 'clients' are to blame for 'misunderstanding'.
PM's crisis of legitimacy
The public has seen little of the Prime Minister they wanted and expected.
Incompetence a cup with no bottom
The parallels go right down to misleading threats and ultimatums issued to "clients", bad algorithms and drawing misleading conclusions from matching incompatible data.
Bliss to be alive, but to be young not very heaven
Bliss to be alive, but to be young not very heaven
Nothing to see here, move on
The federal and ACT public services say they have no serious integrity problems. But who's actually looking?
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