The first issue to settle in discussing aboriginal affairs is who defines the issues and who is supposed to solve them.
Pierre Trudeau was quoted in Morris Shumiatcher’s book Welfare: The Hidden Backlash, as saying “all of us feel a sense of guilt, not so much toward the Indian, as toward the fact that we haven’t [...]

Wishful thinking and guesswork are behind the daft 2am lockout policy.
PREMIER John Brumby probably wasn’t expecting a backlash this big.
Nearly 30,000 distressed drinkers have signed just one of the many Facebook petitions opposing the 2am lockout — the Victorian Government’s new policy that will ban entry to bars, pubs and clubs in the inner city [...]

Ernst Hirsch Ballin told parliament it would be easier to prepare and assess possible risks if the government knew when populist Geert Wilders planned to release his film and what was in it, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
Wilders, who says the Koran is a fascist book that incites violence, has given few details about his [...]

The couples rolling up in brand-new SUVs bought after double-digit capital gains on the house are looking nervous. But the aspiring home owners left behind by soaring prices over the past five years wonder if the housing slump could prove to be their silver lining. They should steel themselves for more bad news.
There may be [...]