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Conference
Mini Summit on New Media Arts Policy and Practice
24-26 July 2008, Singapore

Call For Submissions
Journal of Australian Writers and Writing
Deadline for abstracts: 25 July 2008

Call For Papers
Oz-IA/2008
Deadline: 25 July 2008

Symposium
Re-imagining special education through arts education and arts therapy
26-29 July, Melbourne

Seminar
What should be the political economy of tertiary education in the next decade and beyond?
Monday 28 July, Melbourne

Call For Submissions
Children and Community Services Amendment (Body Piercing) Bill 2007
Closing date 28 July 2008

Conference
Government Policy Evolution
29 & 30 July, Sydney

Seminar
Separation, child support and family incomes: New evidence for Australia
Tuesday 29 July, Sydney

Seminar
Water and Natural Resource Mapping Water Flow Allocation and Indigenous Natural Resource Mapping: Empowering Communities
Wednesday 30 July, Canberra

Call For Papers
Partnerships for Social Inclusion
CFP deadline, 31 July 2008

Call For Papers
Community, Health and the Arts 'Vital Arts – Vibrant Communities'
CFP deadline: Thursday 31 July

Seminar
Indigenous Health: Closing the Gap for Metropolitan Communities
Thursday 31 July, Sydney

Seminar
Experiencing Housing Affordability
31 July, Melbourne

Call For Papers
Media, communications and public speech
Deadline: 1 August

Call For Papers
Media, Communications and Public Speech
Abstracts due 1 August 2008

Conference
2008 - From Babies to Blokes - The Making of Men
3-6 August, Fremantle

Conference
4th International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA4)
3-5 August, Perth

Seminar
Performance standards and indicators: How do we improve tertiary education?
Monday 4 August, Melbourne

Symposium
Pacific Islands Migration and Labour Mobility: Issues and Responses
Wednesday 6 August, Melbourne

Seminar
Politics or Pragmatism? An Assessment of the Aims and Effects of the 2007 Citizenship Reforms
7 August, Melbourne

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Comment & Analysis

GOVERNMENT

Three states, three conflicts of interest
Local government elections need to be transparent and fair, writes JOO-CHEONG THAM



HEALTH

Working together the key to care
A program to help avoid medication problems is being held back by a lack of coordination, write LESLEY RUSSELL and ANNE-MARIE BOXALL



POLITICS

Ever having to say you're sorry
Apologising is being leached of significance and meaning, writes GEOFFREY BARKER



POLITICS

Has parliament's electoral matters committee run its course?
It's time for a circuit-breaker, writes PETER BRENT



GOLDFIELDS

The problem with playing golf in the desert
On secondment with the Goldfields Land & Sea Council, JEREMY DICKER found a community facing the future with greater hope



CLIMATE

Carbon taxes vs emissions trading
JOHN QUIGGIN spells out the arguments for tradeable emissions permits



WATER

Black hole in the basin "fix"
The new Murray-Darling management structure is set to fail, writes JACK WATERFORD



THE LAW

Without fear or favour
We will soon see evidence of how the Rudd government sees the High Court, writes GEORGE WILLIAMS



Higher education

No longer tuned in to master's voice
Online digital environments are inviting all of us to participate actively in our own learning write ERICA McWILLIAM and NORMAN JACKSON.



ELECTIONS

How to misinterpret by-election results
Massive swings against Labor? Well, not really, writes BRIAN COSTAR



SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The best of times and the