January 8, 2009
December 5, 2008
My latest New Matilda column is about the incoming Obama administration and its likely foreign policy: Will Obama resist Zionist pressure and reveal his progressive side on Israel? Writing from the US, Antony Loewenstein isn’t optimistic I’m currently in the US on a book tour and Iâ...
go to article »November 25, 2008
Written by Jason Soon Obama’s core economic team has been revealed to consist of New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, Larry Summers as White House economic director, Peter Orszag as head of the Congressional Budget Office and Christina Romer as head...
go to article »November 23, 2008
Fresh from the talented pen of Joel Watson from HijiNKS Ensue - his efferverscent comics are well worth following. [Republished with permission] Wonder what Obama thinks of Oz’s rather more fiercesome drop bears?...
go to article »November 22, 2008
November 12, 2008
My latest New Matilda column is about a necessary reality check on President-elect Barack Obama: Talking about morality in international affairs is easy. What about action? Antony Loewenstein examines the tough foreign policy challenges facing the President-elect An unprecedented amount of hyperbo...
go to article »November 9, 2008
November 6, 2008
November 4, 2008
The hours are winding down to the final day of polling and the resolution of the long campaign of almost two years. It has been a grueling and exacting course for the candidates and their campaigns. They will I suspect be both pleased when it is over. Someone raised the question as to whether the...
go to article »November 1, 2008
1 November, 2008 by Ben Raue  John McCain’s campaign has focused much of its energy on Pennsylvania, despite remaining well short of winning the state in most polls. At first glance, the state appears to be a tough ask, which it is, but McCain’s Pennsylvania strategy reflects his...
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Secondary teacher (now retired), unionist and Australian Labor Party member since 1972. 8 years teaching in the Northern Territory: 4 in Katherine, followed by 4 in Maningrida, an aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. Returned to Melbourne in June 2008 to live after 15 months in Broome.
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