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News & Opinion Archive Politics and government -- 220 total

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 1998

2013 -- 45 items

1 May	Too high, too low: no middle ground in the 'high rise' battle [View]
1 May	Holden on the brink? [View]
6 May	Stephen Smith says SA shipshape to attract maritime projects [View]
14 May	120 homes to go in "complicated" South Rd upgrade [View]

5 April	Making A Statement [View]
7 April	SATAC to reform bonus points and publish true cut-offs [View]
7 April	New plan to cut ocean pollution in half for South Australia [View]
10 April	We won't hand over the $50m: Weatherill [View]
10 April	WikiLeaks reveals shrewd US views on SA politics [View]
19 April	Playford prepares for life after Holden [View]
21 April	The rocky road ahead [View]

5 March	Smart growth - the Jobs Plan [View]
11 March	State Government has no budget to demolish Royal Adelaide Hospital [View]
12 March	Future of feeder bus routes in question [View]

1 February	Lucky Country for Some [View]
4 February	Liberals' not quite fresh start [View]
4 February	Taken for granted [View]
6 February	Showdown looms on small bar laws [View]
8 February	Local contractors' concerns vindicated [View]
12 February	Housing incentives fail to fire [View]
14 February	Rau slams Law Society on small bars [View]
14 February	Port dock development back on after EPA shifts on pollution [View]
19 February	Licencing's dead hand stalls venue's rebirth [View]
20 February	New bars to make Adelaide 'more vibrant' [View]
20 February	Small bars laws passed without amendment [View]
20 February	More fines threatened for troubled north-south buses [View]
20 February	Liberals promise transport plan [View]
20 February	Police seeking to "recruit" protesters as informers [View]
22 February	Liberals heading for debate on wind energy [View]
27 February	High Court rules against street preachers [View]

2 January	Breaking our addiction to sprawl [View]
7 January	Give us a say on park lands: inner city mayors [View]
7 January	ACC no longer a dirty word: Yarwood [View]
8 January	Redmond qualifies 'buy local' policy [View]
10 January	New legal complaint body closer [View]
11 January	SA outlook belted by latest figures [View]
16 January	Premier cool on need for transport and infrastructure plans [View]
17 January	Fresh hope on power prices [View]
21 January	Wounds need healing after Labor reshuffle [View]
23 January	Supreme Court judge slams police powers [View]
29 January	Relief for SA as GST changes shelved [View]
29 January	Concern about 'rushed' review of health services [View]
30 January	Film corp has less money, but more 'mouths to feed' [View]
31 January	Leave Burnside alone: residents reject higher density [View]
31 January	Call to fast-track Port rejuvenation to off-set job losses on Le Fevre Peninsula [View]

2012 -- 95 items

9 January	Dracula in the Blood Bank [View]

1 March	Free Market Utopias and other Plagues Visited on Us [View]

1 April	Rust Never Sleeps [View]
11 April	Climate change debate a war of hot air [View]
27 April	Hawke's Legacy - Exhibition Tracks Australia's Biggest Political Shifts [View]

1 May	Taming the Two-Speed Economy [View]
7 May	Uni Position for Former Thinker-in-Residence [View]

6 June	Low-class Politics [View]

2 July	SA Report: The Economy [View]
10 July	News Release: SA Stands Strong in Response to Revised Basin Plan [View]
15 July	Breathing new life into laneways [View]
15 July	State Budget: Prosperity rather than austerity is the focus [View]
20 July	Seeds are being sown for usual Lib meltdown [View]
23 July	Adelaide 'great small city of the world' [View]
24 July	Slashing welfare a false economy [View]
27 July	Premier launches new book on Asia Pacific [View]

1 August	Abbottonian 'Aus' terity not the answer [View]
2 August	Renewal project extended to empty Port shops [View]
6 August	Making friends in all the right places [View]
7 August	SA pledeges to fast-track construction projects [View]
7 August	Opposition cites 'wasteful' APY spending [View]
13 August	Yarwood favours smaller council [View]
14 August	The debate we wont have [View]
15 August	Rundle Mall smokers forced to cough up [View]
15 August	Media Release: It's Official - Rundle Mall Is Now Smoke-Free [View]
21 August	More countries tipped to adopt carbon price [View]
21 August	GFC leaves its mark on Aussie industry [View]
21 August	New Adelaide chief wants teaching-only unis [View]
21 August	New design chief out of the shadows [View]
22 August	US green group echoes calls to close power stations [View]
23 August	Olympic Dam delay is not the end of the world for South Australia (The Conversation) [View]
30 August	Olympic Dam - too big to dig? [View]

3 September	South Australia's Nordic future [View]
3 September	Get on with it, says business leader [View]
3 September	City renewal group goes mainstream [View]
4 September	SA Premier meets BHP on Olympic Dam mining future [View]
5 September	Beirut v Paris: the remarkable battle against city growth [View]
6 September	$11.3 million grant to help boost jobs in Adelaide's north [View]
10 September	Don Dunstan, media man, subject of major project [View]
12 September	Licensing reform to support live music [View]
12 September	SA rating downgraded by Moody's [View]
15 September	Engagement in a Changing World [View]
18 September	Why Adelaide music can be saved [View]
24 September	ACC accused of having a bet each way [View]
26 September	Mt Barker in the twilight zone [View]
27 September	Experts wary of state cost-cutting [View]
28 September	Love of big blocks and cars must change: planning official [View]

1 October	Olympic Dam dreams and nightmares [View]
2 October	Councils ask developers for less green space [View]
2 October	Power costs saving promised for some SA customers [View]
3 October	Hospitality stars battle council red tape [View]
5 October	SA has most to gain from dollar drop: economist [View]
8 October	Pubs still on the market [View]
9 October	Inside South Australia's water wars [View]
9 October	New Metrocards already on sale [View]
10 October	At last: a life of Don Dunstan [View]
10 October	Inside the dormant desal plant [View]
15 October	Dollars and sense [View]
16 October	When death is your life [View]
16 October	Construction crisis forces policy shift [View]
16 October	State parliament's slow year [View]
16 October	Cancer alert over South Australia's tap water [View]
17 October	Auditor sounds SA budget warning [View]
17 October	Mothballed desal will make minimal savings [View]
17 October	Deal struck for passage of safety laws [View]
17 October	Alcohol restrictions planned for CBD [View]
19 October	Out with the old, in with the (dark) blue! [View]
23 October	Late rural shift saves Redmond [View]
23 October	South Australia first state to defer to ACNC [View]
24 October	Council bans 'low rent' Rundle Mall look [View]
26 October	Olympic Dam "not for years": Kloppers [View]
29 October	Australia in Asia 'for good times and bad' [View]
29 October	City report season: making sense of it all [View]

1 November	Workplace culture a key to transforming manufacturing [View]
2 November	Trafficked women here and more will come: academic [View]
6 November	Short-term gain - long-term pain [View]
7 November	SA Police 'out of step' on gay march [View]
9 November	Back to square one on homeless [View]
12 November	Open parliament to the people: Horton [View]
12 November	News release - Strong interest in our Port [View]
13 November	Council to vote on moving on Adelaide's homeless [View]
15 November	Doctors refusing WorkCover patients [View]
15 November	The Austerity Trap - A Postcard from Britain [View]
21 November	New questions about bus contracts [View]

5 December	Where's the long-term vision? [View]
5 December	Life finally coming to unloved lanes [View]
7 December	State's vision lost: London academic [View]
10 December	More bus-only lanes in the mix [View]
12 December	Govt puts South Road plan on ice [View]
12 December	Business hoping for public holiday relief [View]
15 December	A New Year's Financial System Resolution Needed [View]
15 December	Vibrant City or Drunk City? [View]
17 December	SA economy hits the skids [View]
18 December	SA power customers get 9.1pc price cut [View]
19 December	Govt turns back on pokie reductions [View]

2011 -- 7 items

1 May	Against the Tide [View]

5 July	From Fiery Foley to Gentle Jack [View]

1 August	Hot Politics Bad for Climate Change [View]
25 August	Climate Change not Sea Change for Rann [View]

29 September	Debt and the Global Financial Crisis [View]

21 October	Mike Rann's Legacy in South Australia [View]

28 November	Weatherill Heading for Victory in 2014? [View]

2010 -- 10 items

27 May	Rethinking Public Service Cuts [View]

1 July	Political Football [View]
16 July	New Study Reveals Australians May Vote on Face Value [View]
28 July	Have Your Say on South Australia's Training System [View]
29 July	Joint Force of Hope [View]

30 August	Political Pain and No Gain [View]

30 September	It Could Have Been Worse ... And It Was [View]

28 October	Labor Pains - New Arrival May Not Be Far Away [View]
28 October	Why I Spoke Out [View]

1 December	Australia's Political System Needs Overhaul [View]

2009 -- 3 items

9 June	No right way back from compassion [View]
23 June	Anangu Land Paper Tracker [View]

4 November	South Australia: From Crisis to Prosperity? [View]

2008 -- 4 items

18 February	Australia ready for leadership on "sorry" [View]

14 April	Position Vacant: Lecturer in Public Policy, Flinders Insititute of Public Policy and Management [View]

6 November	Should compulsory voting be adopted worldwide? [View]
25 November	New president will speak on human rights [View]

2007 -- 11 items

25 January	Labor's federal dilemma [View]
25 January	Back to its monopoly origin [View]

12 February	A rewarding experiment in SA [View]

22 March	Policy challenges in South Australia: Working with Non-Government Organisations [View]

3 April	Fiddling while the globe warms [View]

9 August	America on the edge [View]
15 August	Suicide terrorism growing [View]

21 November	A Labor win set to break all the rules [View]
29 November	Flinders embarks on anti-terrorism research [View]

18 December	Forum recommends new measures for migrants [View]
21 December	SOUTH AUSTRALIANS AT THE POLLS: THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTION RESULT ANALYSED [View]

2006 -- 21 items

20 January	A new paradigm shift for mental health [View]

9 February	State election: the week ahead (Feb. 6-13) [View]
13 February	Power Struggles - apologies are not good enough [View]
16 February	State election: the week ahead (Feb 13-19) [View]
21 February	State election: the week ahead (Feb 20-26) [View]

6 March	State election: the week ahead (March 6-12) [View]
14 March	SA Election: less than a week to go [View]
20 March	Victory for Labor and Xenophon [View]
22 March	SA Election: The Big Swing [View]

3 April	The South Australian Election and Implications for Democracy in the Festival State [View]

18 May	Public forum on new terror laws [View]
23 May	School Leaving Age Increase Must be Properly Resourced [View]

11 June	Don't give up on East Timor: trade expert [View]
28 June	Applications are being called for the 2006 Dr Margaret Tobin Awards for Excellence in Mental Health. [View]

5 July	Nuclear test study rules out radiation link [View]

4 September	Behind the face-lift surge [View]
14 September	Intelligence experts to discuss Asia-Pacific [View]
26 September	Growth Underpins Budget [View]

12 October	2006 Sir George Murray Award [View]

23 November	New centre targets defence communication [View]

4 December	Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities: Call for Papers [View]

2005 -- 13 items

11 January	Tough times ahead for asylum seekers in Australia [View]

3 February	CFS feels the heat - originally published in The Adelaide Review [View]
18 February	A grim memorial that offers us the ultimate cautionary tale [View]
24 February	New Governance-the role and impact of cross government Boards as they tackle the complex problems [View]
24 February	Pregnant pause amid abortion debate [View]

7 April	PM's new Asia approach pays dividends: academic [View]
21 April	Instant Washington insiders [View]

5 May	Bringing Government Together [View]
26 May	Community groups feel squeeze [View]

9 June	Rann: Spin or Substance [View]

5 August	Housing policy degrades [View]

15 September	Policing the demands of resourcing [View]

10 November	New research report: 'WorkChoices' pernicious for working families [View]

2004 -- 10 items

30 July	Every dogma has its day [View]

23 August	The History of Service [View]

27 September	Election 2004: Labor and business: Could Labor's campaign be damaged by the oldest `wedge' of all? [View]

18 October	What went Wrong for Labor, and What it Means for Everyone [View]
26 October	SA at the Polls, 2004 Federal Election [View]

1 November	Security for Whom? Redesigning Security, Reinforcing Human Rights [View]
3 November	Tale of Two Cities [View]
5 November	Beyond the Spin - the 2004 US Elections [View]
16 November	Global forces sucking viability out of SA [View]

19 December	Championing the state cause - published in The Adelaide Review [View]

1998 -- 1 items

25 June	ETSA sale block validates university research [View]