Janet Albrechtsen

Credit where it’s due

Janet Albrechtsen - May 14, 2008 - 1:00am

THERE is a certain familiarity to the concomitant series of actions and reactions when disaster strikes in the world. The US stands ready, willing and...

Conservatism is an inch deep

Janet Albrechtsen - May 7, 2008 - 1:00am

IT is report card time. Having assumed the mantle of Prime Minister almost six months ago, how is Kevin Rudd measuring up on the message...

Dangerous sex as the state enters bedroom

Janet Albrechtsen - April 30, 2008 - 1:00am

IF you are a man, sex got a whole lot more dangerous. Consider this scenario. A woman meets a man in a bar or at...

Beware the galloping imperialist judiciary

Janet Albrechtsen - April 23, 2008 - 1:00am

DO not mistake the unseasonal rush of warmth over the weekend with global warming. Put it down to those advocating a charter of rights for...

University is not the place to crush ideas

Janet Albrechtsen - April 16, 2008 - 1:00am

SINISTER (adj) 1. Suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2. Wicked or criminal. 3.An evil omen. Sinister was the word chosen by The Sydney...

Bring on the reading revolution

Janet Albrechtsen - April 9, 2008 - 1:00am

IF the steady stream of dismal statistics has numbed the national consciousness about indigenous educational failures, consider this. In remote learning centres - note they...

PM’s salute much ado about nothing

Janet Albrechtsen - April 6, 2008 - 1:39pm

CUT the Prime Minister some slack. Regardless of your politics, Kevin Rudd has done a fine job representing our economic and foreign policy interests on...

West awakens slowly from suicidal slumber

Janet Albrechtsen - March 26, 2008 - 1:00am

IT is, by any measure, a sunny day when moralising elites are forced to eat their words. Only a few short years ago many were...

Pay gap between sexes not such a bad thing

Janet Albrechtsen - May 11, 2008 - 2:29pm

SOMETIMES a dose of breathtaking common sense simply takes one’s breath away. Perhaps that explains why the mostly female audience at the National Press Club...

Not every tragedy demands government action

Janet Albrechtsen - May 3, 2008 - 6:36pm

The tragic accident on Sydney Harbour which left six young men and women dead has brought yet another tsumani of people demanding that governments “do...

Feminism is finally growing up

Janet Albrechtsen - April 27, 2008 - 4:36pm

FINALLY feminists are ‘fessing up. And growing up.

The 2020 Summit – symbolism or substance?

Janet Albrechtsen - April 20, 2008 - 4:03pm

What a surprise. The headline big new ideas for the new century are all from the Young Labor wish list from the last century. 

Power games over at The Age

Janet Albrechtsen - April 12, 2008 - 7:08pm

The first rule of modern propaganda (also known as PR or spin) is to find the perfect, heartstring pulling slogan. Perhaps that is why journalists...

PM’s salute - much ado about nothing

Janet Albrechtsen - April 6, 2008 - 1:39pm

Cut the Prime Minister some slack. Regardless of your politics, Kevin Rudd has done a fine job representing our economic and foreign policy interests on...

When women claim sexual harassment

Janet Albrechtsen - April 3, 2008 - 1:00am

"THAT’S Rich: sexual harassment case ends in the money, and smiles”; “Richer, happier: partner wins harassment payout”; “Rich pickings top $5m”. These were headlines to...