Posts by: Gary Scarrabelotti

Praise with caveats

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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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Groupthink Australia and the China problem

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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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Global good guy in want of survival skills

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If we want to beat the people smugglers, we need cojones more than we need neighbours.

By Gary Scarrabelotti*

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Fatal lot of Christianity’s homelands

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The final death of Christianity in its Middle Eastern homelands seems increasingly possible within our lifetime.

By William Dalrymple* | The Australia | August 09, 2012

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Abbott said what needed to be said about China

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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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