Tag: budget

"In 1968 anthropologist Bill Stanner spoke of the Great Australian Silence in relation to the…

Indigenous Australia and the 2016 Budget: The Great Australian Fiscal Silence

24 May 2016

In 1968 anthropologist Bill Stanner spoke of the Great Australian Silence in relation to the historical mistreatment of Indigenous peoples, a national myopia. The just announced 2016 Budget could be similarly termed ‘the Great Australian Fiscal Silence’, a fiscal myopia incommensurate with the level of need.
"The snake-oil solutions proffered by Turnbull & Co. in their attempts to renew growth deserve…

Politics and the Budget Plan

19 May 2016

The snake-oil solutions proffered by Turnbull & Co. in their attempts to renew growth deserve two kinds of comment. First, that our present problems arise out of transformations associated with the shift to globalisation that took off in the 1980s. Second, growth is not really the main point.
"Visions of society and democracy in the Abbott/Hockey budget

Abbottville by Boris Frankel

Arena Magazine no. 130

Boris Frankel

Jun 2014

Visions of society and democracy in the Abbott/Hockey budget
"The moral crisis at the heart of the neoliberal university

Servitude for Students by John Holmwood

Arena Magazine no. 130

John Holmwood

Jun 2014

The moral crisis at the heart of the neoliberal university