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936EconomyLest We Forget: the need to morally justify Afghanistan
Today, to mark Remembrance Day, Tasmanian Times republishes Scott MacInnes’ searching essay … Lest We Forget: the need to morally justify Afghanistan,...
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854Opinion
Pippa’s Dilemma: The Moral Demands of Affluence
Last week ABC’s Life Matters ran an intriguing segment on their ‘Modern Dilemma’ series which could pose a serious challenge to us...
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770Economy
Many desperate Afghans are also looking for an exit
Emma Graham-Harrison says that as the West plans its pullout from Afghanistan, many desperate Afghans are also looking for an exit. According...
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927Economy
Obama: China reacts angrily. Watch Obama live
Picture, from HERE The first deployment of around 250 US Marines will be sent to the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern...
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843History
Lest We Forget: the need to morally justify Afghanistan
On Remembrance Day last Friday many of us paused for a moment’s reflection on the dreadful human cost of military conflict. The...
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997History
Observing Remembrance Day: a personal reflection
This morning – ‘at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month’ of this 11th year! – many of...
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790Economy
Get out of Afghanistan
Greens Leader Bob Brown today urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to make good on her promise to have an annual debate on...
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1.0KDemocracy Tasmania
Public opinion and representative democracy
What role should public opinion play in the ultimate political resolution of such public policy debates as climate change, asylum-seekers, the war...
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1.0KHistory
History teaches us: We learn nothing from history
Updated Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:09pm AEDT Crossbench MPs have spoken out in Parliament against Australia’s commitment to the Afghanistan war, calling...
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914History
Aussie, Christian or universal values?
Those values Australians celebrate on Anzac Day – courage, bravery, solidarity and compassion for the fallen – are exactly the same values...
