Opinion

The great asylum seeker debate
By Nick McCallum
During this divisive, emotional, angry debate about asylum seekers, I keep on coming back to one very simple question - If I was a Sri Lankan or an Afghan father and I genuinely thought the Government or the Taliban was going to torment or kill my...
Oct 28 1:44pm
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Is this it?
By Alice Dodge
More than four months after his death, the King of Pop will take his final curtain call.Or will he?The highly anticipated "This Is It" documentary premieres around the world today (Wednesday) ahead of a strictly limited two week stint at the...
Oct 28 11:24am
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The outer limits of woowoo
By Australian Skeptics
This week I want to look at some examples of alternative medicine that are out there on the fringe of the fringe.The first is Horse Iridology. I have spent a lot of time around racehorses. They are delicate animals, so delicate in fact that the merest...
Oct 27 12:02pm
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It's not easy being green
By Melody Horrill
We're bombarded with stories about the government carbon reduction push and new incentives to reduce greenhouse gasses.We're told to turn off lights, reduce our energy consumption, consider solar and in general, do what we can do to protect our...
Oct 13 12:48pm
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Tweet-spin
By Patrick Condren
There's tweets, twitscoop, twits and even twitterific. I'd like to add tweet-spin....
Jul 15 3:25pm
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Contagious violence
By Robert Ovadia
Bikies Wanted. Attractive salary. Must dislike work, must like wall-to-wall money, fast cars, hot women, a degree of freedom... and a 24-hour-a-day, 360-degree peripheral view to see where the next bullet is coming from. Make sure your kids are out of...
Apr 2 10:20am
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It's our job
By Sean Berry
Journalists don't cover stories about tragedies because of a misguided whim, or some devious desire to chase ambulances.We cover them because that's our job. And it's part of the job because the public has an insatiable desire to know what's going...
Nov 20 4:35pm
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US Election: Behind the scenes
By Mike Amor
Standing on a platform creaking under the weight of hundreds of journalists around the world, there was no doubt we were also standing on the edge of history.Behind the scenes of Chicago's Grant Park, there was excited mayhem. More than 5000 reporters...
Nov 12 3:55pm
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Climate change: who do we believe?
By John Schluter
Have you noticed lately there's been a rather big shift in attitudes towards climate change?Two years ago, there was a huge groundswell of support for the theory that global Warming equals climate change. It's been a time when the Intergovernmental...
Sep 30 4:03pm
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Bring back the man
By Sara Groen
So the next Bond instalment is almost upon us. Picking up where Casino Royale left off, Quantum of Solace promises the usual 007 prerequisites of danger, betrayal, and forbidden love.It's what we've come to expect of a brand that has become a genre in...
Sep 16 5:01pm
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Sorry Nation
By Mark Llewellyn
FROM THE OFFICE OF ALAN CARPENTER.To the people of Western Australia I am so sorry that my government disappointed you. Boy did you make that clear. Were you angry? Does Brian Burke wear panama hats?! You asked for better, you deserved better, and next...
Sep 9 12:57pm
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Why AFL is better than NRL
By Shane Webcke
A subtle investigation into how the game of Rugby League is administered quickly underscores why the code is somewhat directionless at times. While the competition is called the National Rugby League, the Australian side is actually run by the...
Jun 27 11:13am
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