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What's the attraction of gambling?
Online survey now seeking submissions

Seminar
Sharing info on the 'Semantic Web' or 'Giant Global Graph': unresolved legal issues
Wednesday 14 May, Sydney

Conference
Open Road 2008 Conference: Multilingualism and the Information Society
15-16 May, Melbourne

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Open Road 2008 Conference: Multilingualism and the Information Society
15 - 16 May, Melbourne

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Transitional Leadership: the retiring Premiers
Thursday 15 May, Hawthorn

Call For Papers
Destination Inclusion- SACOSS Stronger Communities Conference 2008
Friday 16 May, Adelaide

Conference
Pervasive 08: Sixth International Conference on Pervasive Computing
19-22, May, Sydney

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Connecting Up 08
19 - 20 May, Brisbane

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11th Annual Open Forum for Metadata Registries: Metadata DownUnder - Metadata, Semantics and Interoperability in Practice
19 - 22 May, Sydney

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Library and Information Week 2008
19 - 25 May

Seminar
Jean Martin and a Sociology for Nation-Building
Tuesday 20 May, Sydney

Forum
Should the NSW Government have an interest in the State's creative future: How do we resuscitate the arts?
Wednesday 21 May, Sydney

Call For Submissions
eResearch Australasia 2008
Deadline: 23 May, Melbourne

Call For Papers
Communications Policy and Research Forum 2008
Deadline: 23 May 2008

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Higher Education as a National Priority: What Sort of Revolution is Needed?
Wednesday 28 May, Brisbane

Seminar
New Policy Buzz Words: Prevention and Primary Care
28 May, Sydney

Public lecture
Social Policy in the City
28 May, Sydney

Call For Papers
ArtsHealth Symposium #1
Deadline: Friday 30 May 2008

Call For Submissions
Emerging Scholars Workshop – DEMOCRACY
Application deadline: Friday 30 May

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Old-Age Security in Korea: The Strengthened Role of the State?
Tuesday 3 June, Sydney

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Comment & Analysis

THE LAW

Making governments lift their game
A charter of rights will enrich rather than diminish democracy, argues ANDREW LYNCH



GOVERNMENT

Budget 2008: the case for deep spending cuts
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues STEPHEN ANTHONY



AUSTRALIA 2020

The post-Summit buzz
The Governance stream at the Summit produced enough ideas to keep us going until 2020, writes MARIAN SAWER



A complex view from the Summit
Governance isn't easily reduced to slogans, but it’s fundamentally important, writes ANNE TIERNAN



THE MEDIA

What the internet means for the way journalists write
The internet is creating a more dynamic and interactive understanding of what disinterested reporting can mean, writes MARGARET SIMONS



FOREIGN POLICY

Courageous first moves
Kevin Rudd has made an impressive start as a foreign policy prime minister, writes GEOFFREY BARKER



POLITICS

Two very different reformers
John Button and Clyde Cameron helped get Labor into shape for electoral success, writes PAUL STRANGIO



HOMELESSNESS

A roof over every head
Homelessness will be a test of the Rudd government, write DAVID MacKENZIE and DAVID ELDRIDGE



ELECTORAL LAWS

Steps in the right direction, despite political footwork
John Faulkner's proposals deserve support, writes NORM KELLY, but don't go far enough



INNOVATION

Winner creates all?
Almost all creative ventures fail, but the successes can be spectacular, write PAUL ORMEROD and STUART CUNNINGHAM



REVIEW

How do we want to live?
Mary Leahy reviews Anne Manne's Love and Money



2020

The summit is no 'big block of cheese' day
Delegates to the 2020 summit should heed the advice of The West Wing's Leo McGarry, argues JENNY LEWIS



POLITICS

Is demography moving against the Coalition?
Twenty years of pre-election survey data confirms a trend way from the Coalition among older voters, reports IAN WATSON in this updated analysis for APO



DEFENCE

Promises, promises
Worryingly, the government's cuts to the defence budget came without warning, writes GEOFFREY BARKER



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