The Imigration Minister's figures on asylum seekers are more spin than substance, writes Margaret Simons.
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These are a sample of cases that Minister Chris Evans has recently rejected, writes Margaret Simons.
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Let's be clear here, writes Damien Kingsbury, the Burmese military dictatorship does not exist to serve the Burmese people; the Burmese people exist in order to support the military.
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What makes Hillary run? And run and run and run, wonders Guy Rundle.
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After every change of government, dismal polls become a staple for the political misery that is Opposition. But what is happening to the Coalition and Brendan Nelson is unprecedented, writes Possum Comitatus.
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Some things are not yours Chu-Chu...
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Apart from aggressive media management, a key tactic throughout the government appears to be either not responding to inquiries or offering the blandest of bureaucratic talking points on anything faintly sensitive, reports Bernard Keane.
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Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
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News came through that we were to become the highest paid teachers in the land. Trevor Diogenes surveys the staffroom.
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The farming communities of regional NSW, especially in the Griffith area and the northern rivers region near Nimbin, were celebrating this week when the Iemma Government introduced the Hemp Industry Bill.
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The rampant wining and dining of doctors may soon be a thing of the past, if the latest recommendations of a powerful medical group are to be implemented, writes Ray Moynihan.
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As the UN estimates that at least 1.5 million Burmese have been "severely affected" by Cyclone Nargis, most of the affected are still waiting for aid to not only arrive in the country but to arrive where it is needed most.
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Some commentators say that Hillary Clinton is calmly preparing to concede defeat. But there's no conciliatory tone in Bill Clinton's letter today, writes Sophie Black.
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And recently…
Though it still has a hefty logger and farmer population, by and large they're Republican, and this is a closed primary. Your average Oregon democrat is well, is some dude with a Celtic tattoo who recycles his own sh-t. Bama will take this state by 15%.
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TOAST! That's the headline The New York Post is running under a big picture of Hillary's head. Is it really over? asks Sophie Black.
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Immigration Minister Chris Evans says that he has used ministerial discretion in some "730 cases". But where are they, wonder refugee centres. Margaret Simons reports.
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How much aid does the USA, the world’s richest country, offer a decimated Burma? That would be $250 000 - the same amount received by the winner of the American version of The Biggest Loser, writes Jeff Sparrow.
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The introduction of the Hon John Howard MP at the Millennium Forum dinner last night – the version Alexander Downer should have given.
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Labor is being tougher and more ruthless with asylum seekers than the Howard Government, writes Margaret Simons.
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