Tag: Julia Gillard
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Why it’s still worth giving a Gonski
When the federal government was voted in mid-last year, many students and schools remained hopeful that the Review of Funding for Schooling (aka the “Gonski”) agreements made under Labor were going to be implemented. Before the election, Liberal Education Minister Christopher Pyne promised that “you can vote Liberal or Labor and you’ll get exactly the…
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Ice Cream, Politics & Gossip Girl: What Happened to Climate Change
One of the most intriguing things about the current state of politics, both in Australia and worldwide, is the reconfiguring of people’s policy priorities from, say, five years ago. In Australia, as around the world, the last decade was dominated by debates over what leading policymakers have called a “diabolical policy problem” and “the most…
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The Lara Jeffery Show: Still Destroying the Joint
Ah, women. Those slutty sluts, with their casual sex and casual abortions and short skirts, getting all up in the face of quiet, peaceful, functional society with their alleged desires to “vote”, “work”, and “be independent”. Aren’t they sweet? They think they’re people.
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Ice Cream, Politics, Gossip Girl: Wayne Swan vs. the Mining Industry or Dan vs. Serena
Before I get into the latest column there’s a small matter I need to address. Since I started writing for Tharunka quite a few people have been coming up to me and saying “Hey Oz, great articles man/you are a genius/how can I be you/can I marry you?” which is great but these comments are…
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Opinion: Hands Up For A New Economic Paradigm
The carbon tax is the single most significant economic reform since the labour market reforms of the late eighties. It signals the internalisation of of environmental consequences into corporate accountability, reflecting the public’s acknowledgement that environmental assets must be valued economically in order to ensure that they are both protected and maintained. In the end,…