Thursday, 3 February, 2011
 Gillard Govt’s education revolution fails the tests ‘Australia’s education revolution’ is one phrase that Peter Garrett, the Commonwealth Minister for School Education rarely, if ever, uses in his speeches and media releases. How times have changed. Kevin Rudd, when prime minister, said he’d be happy for the public to judge the success or otherwise of his government on whether it delivered on its education revolution. Kevin Donnelly. Read more.
 Two taxes and a levySenator Cory Bernardi writes: I am worried about our nation. We are all paying the price for the incompetence and mismanagement of a government that is more interested in sophistry than stature. Unfortunately the price we, and our nation will all pay is only going to rise in the future and the Government
 Looking at the Egypt crisis in a global context The demands for Mubarak’s resignation come from many quarters, including from members of the regime — particularly the military — who regard Mubarak’s unwillingness to permit them to dictate the succession as endangering the regime. For some of them, the demonstrations represent both a threat and
 How the national history curriculum sells out our Western heritage It’s ironic that when many talk of the clash between Islam and the West, and Australia is involved in wars against Islamic extremism in Iraq and Afghanistan, that we appear unwilling or incapable of teaching future generations about the unique nature and values of Western civilisation. Kevin Donnelly. Read more.
 We must re-industrialise our economy The lesson for the Western political and ruling elites from China’s economic success story is that we have to actively decide what sort of economy and society we want, and promote it with appropriate government policies, just as China has successfully done. Otherwise, left to the free market alone, the deadly combination of ‘ponzi-financialisation’, deindustrialisation and consumerism, comprising the most significant downsides of neoliberal economics , mean that we are precipitating our own decline and facilitating the rise of China at the expense of our economic security and foreign policy. Steve Barber
 Negotiations with Iran pose a dilemma for Turkey The P-5+1 talks with Iran will resume Jan. 21-22. For those not tuned into the obscure jargon of the diplomatic world, these are the talks between the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia), plus Germany — hence, P-5+1. These six countries will be negotiating with one country, Iran. The meetings will take place in Istanbul under the aegis of yet another country, Turkey. Turkey has said it would only host this meeting, not mediate it. It will be difficult for Turkey to stay in this role. George
 ABC’s Q&A is calling for audience members ABC TV’s Q&A current affairs panel program is looking for audience members for its 2011 season. The show returns from its summer break at 9.30 pm on Monday 7 February and is asking interested people to register to join
 The excitement of revolution Andrew McIntyre writes that he became suspicious a few days ago of the alacrity with which the ABC and Fairfax media were covering the
 AEC registers the Australian Protectionist Party On 18 January 2011, the Australian Electoral Commission entered the Australian Protectionist Party into the Federal Register of Political Parties. The National Committee of the APP said in a media release: "The Australian Protectionist Party was formed to give voice to the concerns of Australians ignored by all the major parties. A socially conservative organisation, the Protectionist Party seeks to represent traditional Australia at a time when the philosophies of economic rationalism and globalisation are having a drastic effect upon our nation’s economy and identity." Read more.
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