The 2020 Summit will be dominated by:
Interest groups
42% (47 votes)
Union bosses
8% (9 votes)
Corporate leaders
15% (17 votes)
Climate Change
10% (11 votes)
Kevin Rudd
24% (27 votes)
Total votes: 111
Australian Politics
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Indigenous Politics 18 Dec 2008
Style Over Substance In A Black Year
by Graham Ring
The Rudd Government has scored points on Indigenous affairs without kicking goals, writes Graham Ring
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Nsw Politics 17 Dec 2008
Barry's Quite Happy To Do Labor Slowly
by Alex Mitchell
Like the rest of us, the NSW Opposition leader has sat back and watched NSW Labor implode. Alex Mitchell looks at the man who — according to the latest Newspoll — would be premier if NSW went to the polls before Christmas
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Federal Politics 17 Dec 2008
The Wingnuts And Tragics Of 2008
by Scott Bridges
From demon children to Liberal backbenchers suffering relevance deprivation, it's been a big year for politicians behaving badly. Scott Bridges rates Canberra's pollies on their footwork in and out of Parliament
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Federal Politics 10 Dec 2008
Trivial Pursuits Distract A Nation In Crisis
by Ben Eltham
Parliament is over for another year, and while we've seen some useful change come out of it, both sides of the floor have failed to address our most serious problems, writes Ben Eltham
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Economy 3 Dec 2008
Hey Big Spender
by Ben Eltham
This COAG meeting delivered one of the most important new injections of federal cash into health, education and housing in more than a decade, writes Ben Eltham
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Federal Politics 1 Dec 2008
A Man Of His Time
by Andrew West
Former merchant banker Malcolm Turnbull now believes in taming the obscene excess of corporate executives, writes Andrew West
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Federal Politics 24 Nov 2008
Happy Anniversary, Kev
by Scott Bridges
Remember this image? It represented the hopes of millions of Australians during last year's election campaign. One year on, it's as relevant as ever, writes Scott Bridges
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Nsw Politics 20 Nov 2008
Electoral Reform Could Be Rees's Best Friend
by Lee Rhiannon and Norman Thompson
The NSW Premier could save himself the agony of another Wollongong-style scandal if he found his backbone and kicked off political funding reform in NSW, write Lee Rhiannon and Norman Thompson
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Business & Consumerism
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Broadband 16 Dec 2008
Greedy Telstra Shoots Itself In The Foot
by Paul Budde
As of yesterday Australia's telecommunications bully can no longer dictate the terms of the National Broadband Network, and that's a good thing for us all, writes Paul Budde
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Financial Crisis 26 Nov 2008
How Much Can A Market Bear?
by Ben Eltham
As the markets continue to plummet, Ben Eltham assesses the state of the "shareholder society" that John Howard famously promoted
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Small Business 6 Nov 2008
Big Banks Win As Labor Screws Small Business
by Evan Jones
In view of Westpac's takeover of St George, Evan Jones wonders what is driving the Rudd Government's small business agenda
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Economics 5 Nov 2008
The Hole In Our Budget Is THIS BIG
by Alan Thornhill
The Government may be hoping the US election distracts people from today's grim Treasury news, but it also wants people to prepare for the worst, writes Alan Thornhill
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Financial Crisis 21 Oct 2008
Is There a Recession Brewing in Our Housing Bubble?
by Ben Eltham
The next phase of the economic crisis could be a crash in Australian property prices, writes Ben Eltham
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Blogwatch 20 Oct 2008
Traders Are People Too
by Newmatilda.com
Are they feeling positive yet? No. Ok, how about NOW? We take a look at the weird and emotionally charged world of the trader blogs
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Financial Crisis 17 Oct 2008
Business as Usual for the World Bank and IMF
by Luke Fletcher
Luke Fletcher went to the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting on the weekend and found the head honchos all set to clean up the mess they helped make
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Financial Crisis 15 Oct 2008
Apparently the Emperor is Wearing Clothes Again
by Ben Eltham
Kevin Rudd's fiscal stimulus package reveals how little power national governments now have in the face of global capital markets, writes Ben Eltham
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Civil Society
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Festive Season 18 Dec 2008
What Would Santa Do?
by Dick Gross
Dick Gross, atheist of Jewish descent, explains why the Christmas cynics have got it all wrong
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Indigenous Politics 16 Dec 2008
Mind Your Language
by Graham Ring
Should Aboriginal kids be taught in their own language? The debate continues in the Northern Territory, but key stakeholders are not being heard
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Film 15 Dec 2008
Tasmania's Culture Of Abuse
by Dan Edwards
Scott Millwood's new film shows a violent side of Tasmania that a lot of people would rather ignore, and our bland film culture makes it pretty easy for them to, writes Dan Edwards
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Censorship 12 Dec 2008
Helen Lovejoy Gets Her Way
by Geoff Holland
A cartoon depiction of Bart and Lisa Simpson having sex is now considered child pornography in Australia, writes Geoff Holland
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Human Rights 10 Dec 2008
Hobart's Gay Apology
by Rodney Croome
Today's apology from Hobart City Council to gay activists reminds us of some of the reasons why we really do need a human rights bill, writes Rodney Croome
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Public Health 9 Dec 2008
Finding The Fix For Broke Emergency Wards
by Clare Skinner
The Garling report on NSW hospitals makes some good recommendations, but diverting patients away from emergency wards is not one of them, writes Clare Skinner
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Human Rights 8 Dec 2008
Turning Judges Into Kings
by James Allan
The proposed bill of rights for Australia would put judges above the Parliament, and therefore above the people, writes law professor James Allan
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Human Rights 8 Dec 2008
A Long History On The Right Side Of Rights
by Kirk McKenzie
Very few people know that it was an Australian who oversaw the drafting of the two most important human rights treaties in history, writes Kirk McKenzie
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Editorial
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Editorial 22 Dec 2008
Australia, (Not The Film) The Culture
by Catriona Menzies-Pike
What is the state of the cultural nation? We asked leading practitioners of the arts to answer this question and more in newmatilda.com's Summer series
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Reader Survey 19 Dec 2008
You Told Us Where To Go
by Newmatilda.com
Thanks to everyone who completed our recent reader survey. This is what you said - the good, the bad and the brutally honest
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Editorial 11 Nov 2008
It's Your ABC, Literally
by Marni Cordell
Mark Scott wants the ABC to be Australia's "town square", where any Joe Plumber can take part in the conversation. But is that really the best role for a national broadcaster — or will it come at the expense of quality, specialist journalism?
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Editorial 5 Nov 2008
It's Official: He's the First Black Man in the White House
by Newmatilda.com
He has pledged to change the world. Is Obama up to the massive task ahead?
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Editorial 14 Oct 2008
Can We Get it Right This Time?
by Marni Cordell
The report of Rudd's review into the NT Intervention will come as no surprise to many. So why did Labor back the slap-dash policy in the first place?
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Editorial 7 Oct 2008
On the Road: Introducing Our US Election Correspondents
by Newmatilda.com
We'll be covering the final weeks of the US election campaign from the ground
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Editorial 16 Sep 2008
Malcolm the Inevitable
by Brendan Phelan
The sideshow is over. With Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Opposition, the Rudd Government is going to have to step up its performance
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Editorial 19 Aug 2008
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
by Marni Cordell
Today Kevin Rudd will take his message to the Pacific: this time we really do want to be your friend. If that's the case, he'd be wise to drop some of the old-school rhetoric
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Global Footprint
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Climate Change 16 Dec 2008
Rudd's Emissions Target: A Policy Analysis
by Anna Rose
Anna Rose gives a detailed report on what the Government's White Paper will mean for industry, the public and the climate
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Climate Change 15 Dec 2008
Labor Sells Australia Out To The Business Lobby
by Geoff Davies
Rudd's emissions target doesn't make economic, or ultimately political, sense. So why has he done it?
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Climate Change 15 Dec 2008
Good Luck Getting That Through The Senate
by Ben Eltham
The design of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is a dog, writes Ben Eltham. It ignores much of what the Europeans learned with their trading scheme — especially the obvious lesson of not giving away pollution permits for free
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Climate Change 15 Dec 2008
Rudd Has Betrayed A Generation
by Anna Rose
Anna Rose reports from inside the emissions trading scheme lock-up in Canberra
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Climate Change 12 Dec 2008
Climate Hope Disappearing Faster Than The Murray Darling
by Anna Rose
On Monday, Penny Wong will announce Australia's emission reduction targets for 2020. This is an opportunity to end the year the way it started: on a climate-positive note, writes a cautious Anna Rose
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Climate Change 9 Dec 2008
Money Can Save The World
by Kevin Smith
The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism was supposed to encourage sustainable development in poorer countries — but it's now part of the problem, writes Kevin Smith from Poznan
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Blogwatch 2 Dec 2008
Where Is The Safest Place On Earth?
by Newmatilda.com
With all the panic going on in the world, the survivalism movement is making a comeback. We head to the blogs for some tips on surviving the end of the world as we know it
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Climate Change 25 Nov 2008
The Icing Is Melting
by Anna Rose
You can't have your cake and eat it too, writes Anna Rose. The Rudd Government should be celebrating its first birthday by announcing strong emissions targets
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International Affairs
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Middle East 19 Dec 2008
Silver Linings In Short Supply
by Mustafa Qadri
From the Holy Land to South Asia, violence remained a constant in 2008, reports Mustafa Qadri. Will elections in Palestine and Israel - and the inauguration of Obama - promote dialogue or further violence?
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Asia Pacific 18 Dec 2008
The Forgotten War
by Matthew Abud
It's a bloody, intractable civil war with a rising death toll, yet this year the Australian media gave it little more than a passing glance. Matthew Abud wonders why a conflict so close to home gets so little attention
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Annus Crappus 17 Dec 2008
The 10 Worst Cock-Ups Of 2008
by Ben Eltham
If you love disaster, this was a good year to be alive. Barring a last-minute US invasion of Iran, this is Ben Eltham's list of the worst fiascos of 2008
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Pakistan/india 12 Dec 2008
All Roads Lead To Kashmir
by Mustafa Qadri
The Indian Government has done well to paint itself as an innocent victim after the Mumbai attacks. But Lashkar-e-Toiba has its roots in the conflict over Kashmir, writes Mustafa Qadri
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Us Politics 11 Dec 2008
Blinded By The Light
by David Olive
What lies behind Barack Obama's near-flawless public image? David Olive looks for cracks in the glass
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Blogwatch 10 Dec 2008
Agreement In Iraq: SOFA So Good
by Newmatilda.com
Will a US retreat from Iraq really be spearheaded by the Bush Administration? Will Dubya steal Obama's foreign policy thunder? We look at what the blogs are saying about the SOFA agreement
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Burma 9 Dec 2008
An Economic Firewall Won't Stop This Crisis
by Kyaw Kyaw
The global financial crisis means less rich white people buying cheap imports from Asia. Even the famously closed economy of Burma is about to feel the fallout, writes Kyaw Kyaw
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Japan 9 Dec 2008
Don't Drop In On The Japanese Prime Minister
by Mark Pendleton
The super wealthy Japanese PM pretends he's one of the common people, but it didn't look that way when some of Japan's genuine have-nots paid him a house call recently, writes Mark Pendleton
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Media and Culture
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State Of The Cultural Nation 7 Jan 2009
Teh Interwebs: Best Mixtape Ever?
by Ben Gook
Australian artists can release music on their own terms via the internet. Fans are loving it — but corporations aren’t so keen. Ben Gook looks at how changes in content delivery are transforming the music industry
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State Of The Cultural Nation 7 Jan 2009
The Thinking Man's Curse
by Stephen Orr
Creativity and depression seem to be two sides of the same coin. Stephen Orr ponders the life of the artist in a society that spruiks happiness at all costs
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The State Of The Cultural Nation 6 Jan 2009
Coming Soon To A Broadsheet Near You
by Dan Edwards
In propagating misconceptions about the Australian film industry, media pundits are sabotaging the national conversation about screen culture, argues Dan Edwards
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State Of The Cultural Nation 2 Jan 2009
Is The Great Australian Novel An Endangered Species?
by Jeremy Fisher
Read this before you throw down your pens, aspiring novelists. Jeremy Fisher crunches the numbers on the market for Australian fiction
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State Of The Cultural Nation 2 Jan 2009
Dropping Box Office Bombs
by Robert Miller
The recent slew of disastrously unprofitable Australian films suggests a disconnect with audiences. And Screen Australia’s new film funding guidelines aren’t going to improve matters, writes Robert Miller
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State Of The Cultural Nation 31 Dec 2008
Unseen Hands Turn These Pages
by John Hunter
Against the odds, independent publishers and small presses proliferate in Australia, and, argues John Hunter, they keep our literary culture alive
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State Of The Cultural Nation 31 Dec 2008
How Many Aussie Movies Did You See This Year?
by Robert Miller
Robert Miller wouldn't blame you if you gave them all the flick. He argues that we are wrecking our industry for the sake of some kind of falsely imagined cultural integrity
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State Of The Cultural Nation 30 Dec 2008
Can The Internet Save The World?
by Barry Saunders
The global economy might be melting faster than Greenland but not all the news is grim. Technological advances mean that democracy and citizen journalism are surging, writes Barry Saunders in a review of the year online
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Satire
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Satire 19 Dec 2008
If You Just Woke From A Year-long Coma, Read This
by Ben Pobjie
Ben Pobjie catches the sands of 2008 as they tumble through the hourglass
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Satire 11 Dec 2008
The Lobbyist From Hell
by Ben Pobjie
There's a mysterious power-broker operating in Canberra and He's got our politicians down on their knees, writes Ben Pobjie
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Satire 4 Dec 2008
Girls Go Wild
by Ben Pobjie
Women have been allowed to play a role in Australian history. Will this legacy be sullied by a few woman-hating Bishop-bashers? Radical feminist Ben Pobjie hopes not
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Satire 27 Nov 2008
I'd Like To Watch Me
by Ben Pobjie
Don't listen to the haters. Kevin knows the only solution to his watching rampage is "RuddWatch"
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Satire 21 Nov 2008
Australia! (The Film, Not The Country)
by Ben Pobjie
Ben Pobjie puts on his Ken Done t-shirt, whips up a quick pav, and gets ready to welcome the hordes of sunburnt tourists that Baz has invited round for a barbie
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Satire 13 Nov 2008
Incest? Now There's A New Idea!
by Ben Pobjie
John and Jenny Deaves are back. But this time they've brought Shayne the bisexual father-of-three with them, writes Ben Pobjie
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Satire 6 Nov 2008
O Is For Historic
by Ben Pobjie
And so it is over. The most historic election any of us will see until we see another one has ended with victory for Barack Obama. We've entered a new, slightly different era, writes Ben Pobjie
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Satire 31 Oct 2008
This Time It's Personal
by Ben Pobjie
Who do the Turks think they are, digging up the remains of Anzacs? What did we Australians ever do to them, asks an outraged Ben Pobjie
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