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November 24, 2005
Voices stilled
Also from the
Democratic Audit of Australia (
http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/) is a paper by
Larissa Behrendt on the abolition of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). She argues that the shutdown of ATSIC "
has left many Indigenous people feeling excluded from debates about policies and programs that are going to impact directly on their lives, families and communities." Her paper is at
http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/Papers-2005/behrendtATSICNov05.pdf.
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Auditing democracy
We live in a
democracy, right? It's probably worth checking on that, which is why the
Political Science Program at ANU's Research School of Social Sciences is conducting an Audit to assess Australia's strengths and weaknesses in that area. The
Democratic Audit of Australia (
http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/) is understandably looking at the Howard Government's
anti-terrorism bill. Jennifer Hocking has done a paper on it at
http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/Papers-2005/HockingantiterrorNov2005.pdf.
Hocking concludes: "
Good public policy thrives on debate, encourages difference and welcomes dissent. Insulating the security sector from open debate, critique and alternative approaches, cannot lead to the best policy outcomes." Hmm.
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November 03, 2005
Cut to the chase
Why wade through the fine print of something when you can get experts to sum things up for you? The Federal Parliamentary Library has done a digest of what's in the
Anti-terrorism bill 2005 -- so now we don't have to. Bravo. See the digest at
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/BD/2005-06/06bd062.pdf
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November 01, 2005
Someone doesn't like him
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this.
Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister of the ACT, has had his web site
hijacked. Stanhope was the brave soul who recently posted the Government's draft, but draconian, anti-terrorism legislation on his web site. Is this his reward? He's all gone from
http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/.
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Across the Tasman
Statisphere is
New Zealand's official statistics portal. See it at
http://www.statisphere.govt.nz/ for all your Kiwi counts.
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From beyond the grave
They're rich, they're famous ... they're also dead. But being dead has not stopped
Elvis raking in more millions to add to the ones he made while he was alive.
Marilyn Monroe is still earning a quid. So is
John Lennon.
Forbes magazine has ranked the
Top-Earning Dead Celebrities -- there are 13 of them. Dr Seuss is one, Marlon Brando another. Who else is on the list? You'd be surprised. See for yourself at
http://www.forbes.com/home/lists/2005/10/25/highest-earning-dead-celebrities_deadceleb05_land.html.
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