Young Liberals could be ruling campus bully-pulpits for decades to come, this time in coalition with a reliable partner — the right wing of the ALP.
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Young Liberals’ senate inquiry fails
A young conservative forced to discuss an idea with which he doesn’t agree? Oh my god — something must be done, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Liberal Students get decisive on student unionism
Liberals have this hang up about voluntary student unionism. The your ones especially so, writes Bernard Keane.
Professor Google and those left wing academics
How can undergraduates with little exposure to a discipline or subject be expected to criticise their lecturer or tutor before gaining an understanding of the discipline or subject itself, asks Irfan Yusuf.
Young Libs still chasing their whale
In The Oz today, Janet Albrechtsen gives a free plug to the Young Liberals’ “Education, not indoctrination” campaign, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Mythbusters: ten sorry excuses exploded
There’s nothing like a little ‘sorry’ debate to get white Australia all red and puffy. Here’s a punter’s guide to exploding 10 of the more virulent myths surrounding a national apology to members of the Stolen Generations, writes Chris Graham.
Libs-Nats merger talk: as ever it’s all about the Labor Party
A recurring response to Coalition electoral defeat is the call for a merger between the Liberal and National parties. It never goes anywhere, and probably never will, but it can be quite revealing to see just who is pushing the idea and why, writes Charles Richardson.
Abjorensen: Many more Commie sympathisers under suspicion
The government is quite right to draw attention to Julia Gillard’s alleged links with a student organisation that had ties with the Communist Party. But what about young Rupert Murdoch? asks Norman Abjorensen.
Paper cuts sustained in civil war among ACT Liberals
A little reported civil war, like a small war in Africa, continues to rage in the thin ranks of the ACT Liberals, with a branch meeting last night ending up in a melee with the attendance records being torn up.
