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Labor’S Education Policy Buried By An Untrue Tale, Anthony Ashbolt
Labor’S Education Policy Buried By An Untrue Tale, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
There is a perplexing myth pervading journalistic commentary and even Labor party thinking. The persistence and predominance of this myth not only illustrates the power that the media wield and the ignorance they fuel but also shows how a certain mode of thought, including key terms and phrases, saturates public discussion.
Illawarra Unity: Editorial 2009-10, Anthony Ashbolt
Illawarra Unity: Editorial 2009-10, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
As brand Labor, otherwise known as Rudd Labor, begins to look more and more like an extension of the Howard administration, things get stranger and stranger. In one week we had the appointment of Peter Costello to the board overseeing the Future Fund. This so enraged Paul Keating he almost sounded like a class warrior. We had Martin Ferguson telling Sharon Burrow that the ACTU only represented a sectional interest whereas the Government had to act for everyone. We had an unholy squabble between the soft left and the hard left about the future of Martin’s brother Laurie Ferguson. It …
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill: Woodstock, 1969/Berlin, 1989, Anthony Ashbolt
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill: Woodstock, 1969/Berlin, 1989, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
The fortieth anniversary celebrations of the Woodstock music festival have gone dangerously close to transforming it into another commodified spectacle. Yet the spirit of the original Woodstock lives on to remind us of another way of thinking about the world. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969 featured a galaxy of performers who had contributed significantly to the alternative zeitgeist that spoke of peace and love in ways that may sound corny now. The peace and love of the Sixties was grounded in a strong antiwar sensibility and a sense of collective solidarity against the American war in …
Time For A Real Education Revolution, Anthony Ashbolt
Time For A Real Education Revolution, Anthony Ashbolt
Anthony Ashbolt
News that elite private school fess are becoming increasingly less affordable hardly comes as a surprise. What would be genuinely surprising is news that they had become increasingly accessible to poorer sections of the community. That, of course, is not going to happen. Elite private schools service the elite. Forget the occasional dramatic publicity about Aboriginal scholarship students. They are publicity tokens propping up the illusion that social justice informs these school's charters. Elite Catholic schools are particularly good at manufacturing images of social concern and commitment. The images disappear at the front door. Rigorous selection criteria, based now more …