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Sat, 18 May 2013 12:46:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/02/the-dutch-disease-down-under-how-did-high-resource-prices-work-out-for-australia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/02/the-dutch-disease-down-under-how-did-high-resource-prices-work-out-for-australia/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:00:11 +0000 Stephen Gordon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365762 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/02/the-dutch-disease-down-under-how-did-high-resource-prices-work-out-for-australia/feed/ 0 High resource prices worked out quite well for Australia, says Stephen Gordon http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/up-to-15-miners-reportedly-fired-for-harlem-shake-performance-inside-australian-gold-mine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/up-to-15-miners-reportedly-fired-for-harlem-shake-performance-inside-australian-gold-mine/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:00:07 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356474 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/up-to-15-miners-reportedly-fired-for-harlem-shake-performance-inside-australian-gold-mine/feed/ 0 Agnew Gold Mine cracks down on dancing workers http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-commons-holier-than-thou-as-long-as-thou-is-greece/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-commons-holier-than-thou-as-long-as-thou-is-greece/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:23:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316956 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-commons-holier-than-thou-as-long-as-thou-is-greece/feed/ 0 Aaron Wherry sums up Question Period http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/learning-to-love-julia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/learning-to-love-julia/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:27:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306864 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/learning-to-love-julia/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister's fiery takedown of Australia’s Opposition leader is changing hearts and minds http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/air-canada-crews-helps-locate-yacht-in-distress-off-australia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/air-canada-crews-helps-locate-yacht-in-distress-off-australia/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:01:50 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=303709 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/air-canada-crews-helps-locate-yacht-in-distress-off-australia/feed/ 0 SYDNEY - Air Canada is being credited with helping rescue officials pinpoint the location of a yacht in trouble off he coast of Australia. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/leave-the-trolls-alone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/leave-the-trolls-alone/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:00:25 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296379 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/leave-the-trolls-alone/feed/ 0 Memo to Australia: No need for new laws to crack down on jerks http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/even-fish-arent-safe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/even-fish-arent-safe/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:22:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=282206 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/even-fish-arent-safe/feed/ 0 It's happening in Australia. Right under that ozone hole... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/toxic-toads-poison-themselves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/toxic-toads-poison-themselves/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:00:01 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269376 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/toxic-toads-poison-themselves/feed/ 0 University of Sydney scientists figure out a simple way to turn deadly amphibians against themselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/a-dingo-took-her-baby-coroner-rules/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/a-dingo-took-her-baby-coroner-rules/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:35:56 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=266148 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/a-dingo-took-her-baby-coroner-rules/feed/ 0 An Australian coroner decided on Tuesday a dingo indeed took baby Azaria from a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/13/vegemites-spreading-decline/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/13/vegemites-spreading-decline/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:06:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260526 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/13/vegemites-spreading-decline/feed/ 0 Aussie kids just won't have it anymore http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-dingos-got-my-country/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-dingos-got-my-country/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:45:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242976 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/06/the-dingos-got-my-country/feed/ 0 Australia opens a new examination of the famous case http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-small-country-that-made-the-right-choices/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-small-country-that-made-the-right-choices/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:06:10 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241485 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-small-country-that-made-the-right-choices/feed/ 0 Note that the partisan stripe of Australia's governments has been just about the opposite of Canada's for 15 years http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:05:14 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233237 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/feed/ 0 Some of Melbourne’s most brazen “charitable donations” included broken furniture, dirty diapers, and old Christmas trees http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/an-act-of-sabotage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/an-act-of-sabotage/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:37:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229431 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/an-act-of-sabotage/feed/ 0 Japan, India and Tuvalu add their concerns. The tiny South Pacific island nation of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/how-much-is-an-mp-worth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/how-much-is-an-mp-worth/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225391 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/how-much-is-an-mp-worth/feed/ 77 Never mind how many we need, how few could we get away with? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/sex-and-the-%e2%80%98x%e2%80%99/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/sex-and-the-%e2%80%98x%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:30:33 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222035 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/sex-and-the-%e2%80%98x%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently announced that it may add the terms “Parent 1” and “Parent 2” to its passport applications http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/more-than-just-a-nanny-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/more-than-just-a-nanny-state/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:05:59 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219261 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/more-than-just-a-nanny-state/feed/ 2 A federal court in Sydney places a 16-year-old girl on a watch list to prevent her parents from sending her to Lebanon http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/what-goes-on-under-the-flag/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/what-goes-on-under-the-flag/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:50:24 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217508 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/what-goes-on-under-the-flag/feed/ 0 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is under fire for depicting the PM having sex under the country's flag http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/soft-lights-dead-toads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/soft-lights-dead-toads/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:45:28 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216455 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/soft-lights-dead-toads/feed/ 0 'We know that females like low voices because that indicates a larger male' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/sex-wcandal-may-topple-australian-labor-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/sex-wcandal-may-topple-australian-labor-party/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:59:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211506 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/sex-wcandal-may-topple-australian-labor-party/feed/ 2 Backbencher accused of brothel spending on tax dime http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:40 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/feed/ 112 That’s the average value of a milk quota per cow under a supply-management system http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/australian-state-gives-police-new-powers-to-remove-burkas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/australian-state-gives-police-new-powers-to-remove-burkas/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:31:58 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200469 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/australian-state-gives-police-new-powers-to-remove-burkas/feed/ 2 Residents could face fines, jail time for refusing to remove face covers http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/save-the-earth-kill-a-camel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/save-the-earth-kill-a-camel/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:55:04 +0000 Stephanie Findlay http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197310 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/save-the-earth-kill-a-camel/feed/ 5 Australia is turning its cross-hairs on gassy camels http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/rural-route-to-love/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/rural-route-to-love/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:10:41 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194904 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/rural-route-to-love/feed/ 0 If you want a man in Australia, get out of the city http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/opening-the-field/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/opening-the-field/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:50:39 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194897 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/opening-the-field/feed/ 29 Australia abolished theirs. Are we next? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/wombats-not-worth-saving/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/wombats-not-worth-saving/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:10:56 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/wombats-not-worth-saving/feed/ 5 In Australia, some species are too expensive to protect http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/no-logo-we-mean-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/no-logo-we-mean-it/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:40:12 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186120 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/no-logo-we-mean-it/feed/ 0 Australia steps up its war against smoking http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/this-navy-is-hardly-shipshape/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/this-navy-is-hardly-shipshape/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:58:42 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181037 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/this-navy-is-hardly-shipshape/feed/ 0 Alcohol and sex aren't the only problems in the Australian military http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/too-many-elections-please/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/too-many-elections-please/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:36:58 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/too-many-elections-please/feed/ 35 Barring coalitions, things can only get worse from here on in http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/the-haves-and-the-have-nots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/the-haves-and-the-have-nots/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:48 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176651 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/the-haves-and-the-have-nots/feed/ 0 New South Wales used to be Australia's economic engine. Now, it's set to receive equalization. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:00:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/feed/ 0 Kim Campbell schools the U.S. right, Naomi Campbell’s ‘Frost-Nixon moment,’ and Nabokov was right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/no-beer-please-were-ozzies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/no-beer-please-were-ozzies/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:20:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=168916 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/no-beer-please-were-ozzies/feed/ 1 Australians are increasingly turning to wine instead of suds http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/20/baby-its-awful-outside/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/20/baby-its-awful-outside/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:54:24 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167537 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/20/baby-its-awful-outside/feed/ 4 From the Maritimes to Australia, wild weather is wreaking havoc http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/brisbane-spared-worst-case-scenario-flood/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/brisbane-spared-worst-case-scenario-flood/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:26:09 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166577 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/brisbane-spared-worst-case-scenario-flood/feed/ 0 River peaked more than one metre below what officials feared http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/northwestern-australia-under-water/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/northwestern-australia-under-water/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:20:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165667 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/northwestern-australia-under-water/feed/ 3 Flood waters likely to remain high for another week http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/newsmakers-46/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/newsmakers-46/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:00:35 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=156924 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/newsmakers-46/feed/ 0 Emma Watson’s really big moment, the Dog Whisperer’s disappointing day, Pamela Anderson’s good deed’s too dirty http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:58:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154052 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/the-commons-who-loves-ya-baby/feed/ 0 To the Conservatives, some takeovers are more foreign than others http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/the-taser-debate-down-under/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/the-taser-debate-down-under/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:40:33 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=152148 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/18/the-taser-debate-down-under/feed/ 0 A video of police tasering an Aboriginal man 13 times has led to outrage, and demands for an inquiry http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-upside-down-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-upside-down-us/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:56:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=152023 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-upside-down-us/feed/ 0 Emboldened by Canada’s defeat, Australia now seems well-placed to win a seat on the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/23/australian-algebra/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/23/australian-algebra/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:24:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=143916 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/23/australian-algebra/feed/ 0 However loopy matters were here in the early winter of December 2008, we can... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/thats-a-bit-personal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/thats-a-bit-personal/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:20:28 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=141149 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/12/thats-a-bit-personal/feed/ 0 Her opponent pulls out the family card in an effort to topple the childless Prime Minister down under http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/02/a-devastating-critique-of-the-nations-political-journalism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/02/a-devastating-critique-of-the-nations-political-journalism/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:20:46 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=140978 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/02/a-devastating-critique-of-the-nations-political-journalism/feed/ 0 WELLS: Australian election coverage is a funhouse-mirror reflection of the way things work here http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/23/down-under-upside-down-or-names-that-rhyme-with-mudd/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/23/down-under-upside-down-or-names-that-rhyme-with-mudd/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:42:27 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=134501 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/23/down-under-upside-down-or-names-that-rhyme-with-mudd/feed/ 36 So the Labor caucus in Canberra will vote at 9 a.m. — soon —... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/19/a-democracy-bonus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/19/a-democracy-bonus/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:21:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=127357 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/19/a-democracy-bonus/feed/ 69 Eight years ago, in an essay for Policy Options, professor Bruce Hicks made the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/03/and-speaking-of-australia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/03/and-speaking-of-australia/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:26:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=113573 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/03/and-speaking-of-australia/feed/ 15 The Liberals made note this morning of the similarity between the title of today’s...