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Labour pains dog Abbott's maternity plan
Tony Abbott's maternity leave plan is very far from progressive. It's deeply regressive, and if the object of social policy is to redress existing inequalities, it does quite the opposite.
Showing leadership in Afghanistan
Australia could assume an element of leadership, reduce the risk of further casualties, and improve Islamic relations without weakening the original aim of being in Afghanistan: keeping in with the USA.
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Overselling climate doom
Scientists have allowed themselves to be part of a huge propaganda machine that has developed to such an extent that they can no longer countenance any public expression of doubt about its origins. more
No one is born a terrorist
The reality is that no one is born a terrorist and understanding terrorism is not the same as an understanding with terrorists. more
Climate debate missing the point
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The perfectionist PM
The government throws prudence - and billions - to the wind, writes Malcolm Turnbull in the National Times.
"It looks as if Kevin Rudd is not the bureaucratic messiah after all, but just another headline-hunting politician."
Woo mums and big end of town
The Coalition should offer parental leave as part of a reform of family benefits, says Jessica Brown in The Australian.
"A plan for reform, rather than an election year handout, could be the policy that Abbott needs to win support from the big end of town and young mums."
Fat kids
Daniel Engber, in Slate, says get ready for a new front in the war on obesity.
"Since we don't expect kids to make their own decisions, we're free to indulge in all sorts of nanny-state shenanigans, like mandatory gym classes and bans on cafeteria vending machines."
The zombies of Westminster
Cameron's team sees itself as the good guys but the whole system is decomposing, writes Rafael Behr in the NewStatesman.
"It is as if, having come back from so many disasters - the economic meltdown, the coups, the Prime Minister's violent rage - Labour had developed a weird immunity to bad news. How do you kill a government of the undead?"
