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Faceless and facepalm: the ALP, factions and us - The Drum Opinion - What do we know now that we didn't know before last night's Four Corners episode? Not much. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Find More Stories There is a lot of discussion regarding libertarianism, but it is being confused by Ron Paul saying stuff.

Libertarianism: a nice idea, but doomed - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Find More Stories It is today 20 years since the Labor Party caucus elected Paul Keating as prime minister. It was Keating's second attempt and even then it was a close run thing, with Keating's margin just 56-51.

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Hawke and Keating: a masterclass in political killing - The Drum Opinion - On December 19 this year it will be 20 years since the Labor Party caucus elected Paul Keating as prime minister. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Humphrey McQueen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Humphrey McQueen (born 1942) is an Australian author, historian, and cultural commentator.

There is a tradition in academia of dedicating to veteran or retiring scholars a "feschrift", which is usually a collection of essays by other scholars about the scholar's chosen field and their contribution to it.

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The life and work of the self-employed socialist intellectual, Humphrey McQueen

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Politically homeless

First, there was this superb dissection of how The New York Times published only the story its journalist was able to write . This is an excellent takedown of standard political reporting.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-01-18/private-schools-get-12b-advantage-union/1212298

A new report commissioned by the Australian Education Union shows the Federal Government is giving more money to private schools than public schools.

Private schools get $12b advantage: union - ABC News (Australian

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-01-08/gillard-angered-by-kkk-cartoon/1202908

Updated January 09, 2010 07:19:00 Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reacted angrily to a cartoon published in India that depicts a police officer in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. The Delhi Mail Today newspaper published the cartoon in response to the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Melbourne last weekend.