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It's a man-maid stranger danger

Posted: 22/09/2008 | Once upon a time finding a mate was easy. It was a childhood sweetheart, someone from church or if you were ugly, the other ugly person. |

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Floundering in a sea of change

Posted: 8/09/2008 | When I heard that some obscure woman from Alaska had been selected as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, my first reaction was not to check the cable news channels, or even the internet news sites. No, my first reaction was to go to YouTube. |

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The failure of schools to educate

Posted: 8/09/2008 | Many of today's teenagers are screenagers. They look, comment and criticise from the comfort of the couch. And schools are not helping them. |

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Much to celebrate after 40 years on the roller-coaster of life

Posted: 5/09/2008 | THIS WEEK I turned 40. How does that explain the schoolgirl figure and youthful looks? |

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Feminists roll out guns against Palin

Posted: 4/09/2008 | You would think the prospect of a woman in the White House as US vice-president - and a working mother to boot - would be welcomed by feminists. Not one bit. |

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Hit for tats

Posted: 1/09/2008 | Tattoos were once the domain of sailors, pirates, prisoners and freaks. |

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The terrifying cost of feeling safer

Posted: 1/09/2008 | We hear a lot less these days about the risk of a terrorist attack in Australia. |

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Taking a sporting break from the great issues of the day

Posted: 13/08/2008 | Catherine Deveny is no fan of sport. So why is she parked in front of the TV, with bowl of chicken soup in hand? |

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Housing's downhill run has upside

Posted: 6/08/2008 | I've always been taken by the catch-cry of the great American con man, Bernie Cornfeld: "Do you sincerely want to be rich?". |

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All children need is to know that they are loved.

Posted: 1/08/2008 | It's really quite simple. Parent as if you were a grandparent, writes Catherine Deveny. |

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Save on interest - you deserve it

Posted: 24/07/2008 | The great contradiction of life in a modern capitalist economy is that to be a winner you have to resist most of the blandishments of the capitalists. |

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A paper not that green

Posted: 18/07/2008 | NO WONDER the Opposition is struggling in its efforts to pick a fight with the Government over its emissions trading scheme. |

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All nations should heed Garnaut

Posted: 7/07/2008 | Ross Garnaut's draft report presents a clear picture of the possible future impact of climate change on Australia, and begins the process of determining what we must do about it. |

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Vale, Alexander the not-so-great

Posted: 4/07/2008 | Farewell to the Clouseau of foreign ministers: pompous, slightly ridiculous and self-important. |

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Log on for Jesus? You ain't fooling me

Posted: 18/06/2008 | The Catholic Church's new social networking site gives the illusion of progress. |

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Vows first, for a better life together

Posted: 16/06/2008 | It has been said that marriage is highly likely to be our last and best chance to grow up. |

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Ketchup theory will slow economy sharply

Posted: 16/06/2008 | If our luck runs out we'll slow to the point of recession. If we do reach that point, my bet is the recession will be a severe one. |

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Too gutless to give us the bad oil

Posted: 11/06/2008 | I think I've stumbled on a new law of politics: the harder life becomes in this capitalist economy, the more our supposed leaders soft-soap us. |

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You've come a long way, baby

Posted: 4/06/2008 | Our computerised cars are far more reliable and less rust-prone. Our homes are much bigger, with more bedrooms, bathrooms and living space. But has all this material success made us any happier? |

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Iraq withdrawal makes sense and leaves US alliance rock solid

Posted: 2/06/2008 | In late February 2007 Kevin Rudd met the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, arch neo-con of the flailing Bush Administration. Undeterred by their first meeting or Cheney's fearsome reputation, Rudd confidently explained the strategic and operational rationale behind Labor's policy to withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq by the middle of 2008. |

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Festival of filth and wagging tongues

Posted: 27/05/2008 | POLITICIANS should keep out of art. Kevin Rudd all but ruined his new-found cachet with the artistic community last week by declaring that photographer Bill Henson's work was "revolting". |

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Rudd's waffling pure pollie-speak

Posted: 26/05/2008 | Kevin Rudd is brilliant at using language that either makes no sense or few people comprehend, writes Phillip Coorey. |

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Pseudo battlers should get a grip

Posted: 21/05/2008 | The self-pity of the well-off will always drive me to the keyboard. And what an outpouring of it we've seen in response to Wayne Swan's praiseworthy decision to impose a $150,000 limit on eligibility for the baby bonus, family tax benefit part B and the dependent spouse tax offset. |

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They're hot up north but still only second bananas

Posted: 21/05/2008 | Those on the wrong side of the Tweed say the only good thing about NSW is that it keeps Victorians out of Queensland. |

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Acting now would be a quixotic error

Posted: 20/05/2008 | KEVIN RUDD'S lead over Brendan Nelson as preferred prime minister is the biggest that any party leader has enjoyed in the 36-year history of the Nielsen poll. |

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Shift from feudalism no easy leap

Posted: 19/05/2008 | For almost 600 years, the monks of the Sera Monastery in Lhasa have debated each other in the same courtyard. |

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Rudd thinks election still under way

Posted: 13/05/2008 | The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, talks tough. He trumpets it as a budget to "fight inflation first," yet it is a budget that actually squibs the fight. |

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Night of the wolves for Nelson

Posted: 12/05/2008 | The wolves are howling in the hills. They are stalking. They are hungry. And they have identified their next victim. This is the cruel and menacing spectacle we have in Australian public life - yet again. |

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So. You're looking forward to a budget tax cut.

Posted: 7/05/2008 | So. You're looking forward to a budget tax cut. I've got some disappointing news. The tax changes being talked as budget tax cuts are not actually budget measures. You won't find them in next week's budget bills. |

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Grant's watertight excuse for overhang

Posted: 7/05/2008 | Grant Hackett's physical overhang, not the norm for an elite athlete, is more a result of a wardrobe malfunction rather than a diet of hamburgers and beer. |

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