I was sharing a coffee with a friend of mine recently and he was recounting an all-too common story of being tailgated by a young 'hoon' in a hotted-up ute with 'mag' wheels. At the traffic lights, the music was blarring and the young man was proudly flashing his 'tatts' on his sun-bronzed arms and played with his 'goaty' beard as he tapped the steering-wheel aggressively. As the lights turned green, the ute raced-off, wheels screeching. We both agreed that beneath the young man's aggression and 'loudn…
The Arab Spring looks to Indonesia as a democratic role 'muddle' Ross B. Taylor and Professor Colin Brown The winds of change are sweeping through the Arab world and leading the democratic revolution called the ‘Arab Spring’ is North Africa. Egypt’s Mubarak is gone and Libya’s dictator Gaddafi is dead. A new dawn for two of North Africa’s most influential countries as their people seek a democratic future. But where can Egyptians, Libyans - and the other emerging members of the Arab Spring - look for a role model to lead t…
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