A handful of sand

Nov 6 2012 Posted by
Lyle Dunne

Gestures make things worse.

By Lyle Dunne

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Posted in Aboriginal, Australia, Culture, Politics
Tagged Apology, Land rights, Linda Burney, Vincent Lingiari, Warren Mundine

Praise with caveats

Nov 3 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

It’s a bit rich – and not very tactically savvy – to be putting the boot into Chris Bowen.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Politics, Refugees
Tagged Chris Bowen, Excision of mainland, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott

Groupthink Australia and the China problem

Oct 3 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

How far can a very big, technologically leading-edge corporation preserve its independence, even if privately owned, in a Leninist political set up?

By Gary Scarrabelotti^*

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Posted in Australia, Business, China, Politics
Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Cubbie Station, Foreign investment, Leninism, Michael Danby, Shandong RuYi, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises

Abbott said what needed to be said about China

Jul 27 2012 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

The Chinese economy, how it’s really performing and who benefits from it — it’s not the masses, it’s the Party.

By John Lee^*| The Australian | July 26, 2012

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Posted in China, China, Economics, Must Reads, Politics
Tagged AustCham, CCP, Chinese Communist Party, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Tony Abbott

Labor and the Greens: free-for-all or fake fracas?

Jul 20 2012 Posted by
Lyle Dunne

Labor’s faux friendship with the Greens.

By Lyle Dunne

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Posted in Australia, Politics
Tagged ALP, Greens, Julia Gillard, NSW Right