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Australian Politics from Crikey.com Meet Haiti’s 1%Haiti is known as a country wrecked with poverty and struggling to survive after the disasterous earthquake of 2010. But there's a lot of rich people -- mainly families who migrated from Europe a centruy earlier -- calling the island home. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 4:28 pm Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status at risk of being lostThe World Heritage Committee (WHC) is about to send a delegation to Australia for eight days to look at the Great Barrier Reef, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:59 pm Better Access program: success in whose interests?The Better Access program, introduced by the Howard government in 2006 to improve access to treatments for common mental disorders, was controversial before it even began. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:59 pm More evidence of why donation disclosure laws are hopelessFor several years now Crikey has engaged in the ritual denunciation of our Commonwealth electoral donation laws. It's worth repeating. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:59 pm Mayne v Andrews: big parties awash with pokies cashPokies industry donations for 2010-11 got a brief mention in yesterday’s coverage and they certainly make for interesting reading when totalled up. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:58 pm Moscow protests: authorities’ gloves may come offThe protests are small enough, isolated enough, and moderate enough in their aims to fizzle out of their own accord, writes Matthew Clayfield, a freelance correspondent in Vladivostok. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:58 pm Brussels is summit of a contrast, Trappist bier notwithstandingBrussels resembles a mini-state unto itself, with demography, culture and politics a thing apart from the rest of the nation, freelance writer David Ritter reports from Brussels. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:58 pm Dudgeon: constitution helps undo silence harming Aboriginal AustraliaThe causes for distress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities leading to youth suicide are broad and steeped in historical, social and economic circumstances, as well as the contemporary choices of individuals, writes professor Pat... Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:58 pm Rundle12: vigorous primaries toughen candidates like fire tidies a roomWith the exception of Colorado, each contest is getting some attention. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:58 pm Death, violence and protests: chaos continues in EgyptAfter violent football riots killed 71 people, nearly 10,000 Egyptians took to the streets on Thursday demanding retribution, reports Al Jazeera. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 11:22 am Julian Assange: Australia’s most powerful thinkerTownsville's most famous former computer hacker is changing how the media and diplomats operate. Julian Assange speaks Tom Cowie about the role of WikiLeaks and its power. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 10:57 am ‘Legally invisible’: law reform matters for Aboriginal healthAustralia is one nation, yet its federal structure and Constitution have not encouraged laws creating a clear governance structure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, explains a team of experts on Croakey. Posted on 3 February 2012 | 8:00 am Cox: 40 years on and the equal pay gaps continueIt will be 40 years in December since the incoming Whitlam government asked the Arbitration Commission to reopen the equal pay case. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm OurSay: disability and poverty leads questionsA question on Australia's parlous record on poverty and disability currently leads the OurSay People's Question. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Politicians and the awful reality of a strong dollarFor all her problems, Julia Gillard understands just how important the strong dollar will be not just for business but governments, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Repealing a tax will ‘save’ b? Er, no, Tony AbbottTony Abbott is boasting of saving billion, which will be long gone when he gets into office. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Mayne: now’s not the time for Rinehart to be be saying ‘look at me’Journalists love nothing more than speculating about the future of media companies, so Gina Rinehart has created an avalanche of commentary with her high-profile raid on Fairfax Media. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Queensland flood inquiry recalled as victims left in limboThe Queensland flood inquiry heard less than two days of evidence in April last year about the events in the Lockyer Valley, including Grantham, writes Amanda Gearing, a freelance journalist based in Toowoomba. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Residential property market continues to struggleDespite the best attempts by housing bulls, banks and politicians to resuscitate the flailing residential property sector, the Australian market (Sydney excluded) continues to struggle Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Canberra says no to grazing — so what are states for?At least as the federal government sees things, the controversy over cattle grazing in Victoria's Alpine National Park is now over. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm Shoes over substanceYes, we're in. We're falling in line with every other media schmuck today and giving the quite upmarket shoe brand some more free publicity for what is, it must be said, a genius PR move on their part. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:39 pm The risk of leaving Afghanistan earlyThe US Defense Secretary said overnight that US and NATO were aiming to end all combat in Afghanistan by the end of next year. But what will the earlier withdrawal mean for Afghanistan? asks David Ignatius. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 12:25 pm Farmers will attack the govt but not their supermarket giant customersFarmers appear to have no qualms about attacking the government, but the raised fist turns into a cat’s paw when the time comes to criticise their largest customers, the retail giants, writes Matthew da Silva. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 11:38 am How can public transport work better in Australia’s cities?Around 90% of all travel in Australia is by car. While public transport usually serves CBDs well, it's quite ineffective at travelling across suburbs, writes Alan Davies. Posted on 2 February 2012 | 8:29 am Abbott’s nostalgia for Howard’s Oz is no basis for an economic policyNostalgia is a fine political tool if you can use it and half his luck if Abbott can make it work for him. But it’s no basis for an economic policy. Posted on 1 February 2012 | 4:30 pm |