Policy Forums

Peter Christoff, Austral Policy Forum, 3 December 2007, 07-24A

Richard Tanter, Director of the Melbourne Office of the Nautilus Institute, writes, “Australian nuclear policy does indeed need to be reviewed. But such reconsideration of our current policy failures needs to be genuinely and comprehensively realist, informed by abiding commitments to the avoidance of nuclear next-use, and eschewing any suggestion that if our half-hearted arms control measures do not bear fruit, then Australia too will take the genocidal option, and once again and try to join the nuclear club.”

Test 1 – table ssaasas assADasASD Country Population(million) TotalemissionsMillion t. (2005 or nearest) Global ranking for GHG emissions Protocol Annex B  GDP($US billion – approx) GDP per capita,$US approx Climate Vulnerability Australia 20 560 13 Yes 230 11,000 High New Zealand 4 77 32? Yes 100 24,900 Moderate Indonesia 226 3000+ 3 No 370 1,640 […]

Tessa Morris-Suzuki from the ANU writes that “the denial of responsibility for the fate of the ‘comfort women’ is, of course, an extremely important issue for Japan’s relations with its Asian neighbors and regional partners, including Australia.” The Japanese government notes Morris-Suzuki, “seems unable to grasp the extent of the damage which comments such as Abe’s cause to Japan’s international image in many other countries, particularly those (like Australia) where memories of the war remain an emotive issue.” The story concludes Morris-Suzuki, “is depressingly familiar. The victims this time are first and foremost the surviving ‘comfort women’ themselves, who are once again being insulted and denied justice by the morally bankrupt hair-splitting rhetoric of politicians. But the other group of victims is the Japanese people themselves, whose relationship with neighboring countries is being damaged by the short-sighted and inept behavior of their political leaders.”

Carolin Liss, 29 November 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-23A

Garry Woodard, 22 November 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-22A

Martine Letts, 12 November 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-20B

Carolin Liss, 25 October 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-19A

Carolin Liss, 22 October 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-18A

Robert McClelland, 13 September 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-17A