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National Times

The Pulse

Politics wrap: May 22, 2012

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Katharine Murphy 6:14pm Opinion Welcome to our live coverage of politics from the national capital. All times in AEDST. You can also follow me on Twitter @murpharoo

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Question Time

The elephant in the chamber

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Judith Ireland Opinion For the first half of question time it was like Craig Thomson’s statement had never happened.

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Godless Gross

Confessing to an atheist heresy

Godless Gross

Dick Gross Opinion The relationship between faith and state is inevitable because of the historical strength of faith and the current numbers of the faithful. It is absolutely legitimate for the Christian community to expect that in this pluralistic society, their ideological interests, in balance with the rest of the secular policies, have respect and resonance.

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Rocco Blog-Go

A Greek Tragedy for all

Rocco BlogGo

Rocco Fazzari Opinion Having gifted cartoonists and headline writers with the best ever metaphors and analogies - Pandora’s Box, Achilles heel, wooden horse, etc - democracy’s founding fathers and mothers, the ...

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The Vulture

Vile Kryal? Not when it comes to flogging Victoria to the world

The Vulture

Karl Quinn Opinion Tourism Australia wants to flog Victoria by attracting foreign dollars, and tourists, to Kryal Castle.

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Blunt Instrument

Soft and materialistic, we won't cope with the next depression

Blunt Instrument

John Birmingham Opinion Soft and materialistic, we won't cope with the next depression.

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The Religious Write

How the mighty are fallen

The Religious Write

Barney Zwartz Opinion Secularists root out a great evil as Britain's High Court bans tiny Bideford Council's prayers.

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Wokkapedia

Jethro Tull's Little Milton, at 50

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Warwick McFadyen Opinion How would Gerald Bostock have gone in his NAPLAN tests? He was, it was said, something of a wizard with the pen and ink, back in the days before computers. Would his parents have allowed him to sit them?

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WorldView

The danger in getting defensive

WorldView

Daniel Flitton Opinion ''We must always be outgoing,'' Keating said. ''We must be alert, dextrous and positive: never defensive.''

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