News that Australia has, for the second year in a row, come second — behind Norway — in the United Nations’ Development Program’s Human Development Index is an opportunity for reflection, writes freelancer David Ritter.
Australian way of life
The Apprentice Dog Whistler
As a federal election draws closer, the Coalition is again employing underhand tactics to send an inflammatory message about race to the electorate. This time the Prime Minister’s deputy dog whistler is Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews, writes Josh Fear.
… and then, thanks Kevin, race entered the race
You might have noticed the people charged with killing 18-year-old Sudanese migrant Liep Gony bear exotic names like “David” and “Dylan”. Yet Kevin Andrews expresses no outrage about the violence of white culture – no, it’s the murdered Sudanese kid who refuses to accept the “Australian way of life”, writes Jeff Sparrow.
