+ Selection of opinion articles on social, educational and political topics

1. 'Tiny bones pose humanity's big questions,' Science & Theology News (USA) December 2004
2. 'The need to cater for the precocious before they pass their peak,' Sydney Morning Herald, 21 December 2004.
3. 'Invest in destiny,' Teacher Magazine (Times Education Supplement, London), October 3, 2003, p. 2.
4. 'Horses for (university) courses,' The Times Higher Education Supplement (UK), 20 June 2003
5. 'Global is the only way to go,' The Advertiser, 17 May 1999
6. 'Millennium just an accident of evolution,' The Advertiser, 10 May 1999
7. 'Future not so shocking,' The Advertiser, 3 May 1999
8. 'Sadly, our splendor is a secret,' The Advertiser, 26 April 1999
9. 'National pride issue run up the flagpole,' The Advertiser, 19 April 1999
10. 'Kosovo is all the world's concern,' The Advertiser, 15 April 1999
11. 'Go all the way with a private Telstra,' The Advertiser, 12 April 1999
12. 'The evil within us all,' The Bulletin, 6 April 1999
13. 'Kosovo is all the world's concern,' 'Consciousness' The Advertiser, 5 April 1999
14. 'Wait for it, the Hilton in the heavens,' The Advertiser, 29 March 1999
15. 'The case for a nuclear dump,' The Advertiser, 27 March 1999
16. 'A letter from Yehudi Menuhin,' The Advertiser, 22 March 1999
17. 'Australia, a society that cares,' The Advertiser, 15 March 1999
18. 'Life gushes the press: the reality is different,' The Advertiser, 8 March 1999
19. 'Minority rule is not democracy,' The Advertiser, 1 March 1999
20. 'A world forum but no SA,' The Advertiser, 22 February 1999
21. 'No matter if Bloggs was the Bard, ' The Advertiser, 15 February 1999
22. 'Time to end sullied Olympics,' The Advertiser, 8 February 1999
23. 'No Noah, but maybe a deluge,' The Advertiser, 1 February 1999
24. 'The open road for me,' The Advertiser, 25 January 1999
25. 'Seeking the real Jesus,' The Advertiser, 18 January 1999
26. 'Blair's euro challenge,' The Advertiser, 11 January 1999
27. 'Sputtering in the Year 2000,' The Advertiser, 4 January 1999
28. 'That tragic day at Lockerbie,' The Advertiser, 28 December 1998
29. 'Chilling menace of bio-war,' The Advertiser, 21 December 1998
30. 'Pinochet case sets a precedent,' The Advertiser, 14 December 1998
31. 'Telephone directory nightmare,' The Advertiser, 7 December 1998
32. 'Centenary salute to folk heroes,' The Advertiser, 30 November 1998
33. 'The answer is new cities in the north,' The Advertiser, 23 November 1998
34. 'The legal pedants of Adelaide,' The Advertiser, 16 November 1998
35. 'Star wars could wreak havoc,' The Advertiser, 9 November 1998
36. 'Laying bare ugly double standards,' The Advertiser, 2 November 1998
37. 'Vanity has its place in space,' The Advertiser, 26 October 1998
38. 'Reach for the sky,' The Advertiser, 24 October
39. 'Battling the Asian downturn,' The Advertiser, 19 October 1998
40. 'Not a bad election to lose,' The Advertiser, 12 October 1998
41. 'Picnic tricks to whop the wasp,' The Advertiser, 5 October 1998
42. 'Learn a trade, young man,' The Advertiser, 28 September 1998
43. 'Scrap the unfair migrant tax,' The Advertiser, 21 September 1998
44. 'If you're out there, ET, log on,' The Advertiser, 14 September 1998
45. ' Facing the final frontier,' The Advertiser, 12 September 1998
46. 'The folly of too many elections,' The Advertiser, 7 September 1998
47. 'When size doesn't matter,' The Advertiser, 31 August 1998
48. 'Duped by flying saucery,' The Advertiser, 24 August 1998
49. 'The GST we had to have, ' The Advertiser, 17 August 1998
50. 'Sadly, our TV doesn't compare,' The Advertiser, 10 August 1998
51. 'The clever country? Not yet!' The Advertiser, 3 August 1998
52. 'In the beginning, there was.....?' The Advertiser, 1 August 1998
53. 'Sad creed of can't be done,' The Advertiser, 27 July 1998
54. 'Technology and the new age of jobs,' The Advertiser, 20 July 1998
55. 'A glimpse of Eden in our State,' The Advertiser, 13 July 1998
56. 'Dumb drivers! That's Adelaide,' The Advertiser, 6 July 1998
57. 'Asteroid: not if but when,' The Advertiser, 29 June 1998
58. 'Evolution of the soccer hooligan,' The Advertiser, 22 June 1998
59. 'Surcharge on super is super stupidity, ' The Advertiser, 15 June 1998
60. 'Nuke-free world is a fantasy,' The Advertiser, 8 June 1998
61. 'Scandal of the punters who think they'll win,' The Advertiser, 1 June 1998
62. 'Time to exploit the riches on our coast,' The Advertiser, 25 May 1998
63. 'What a pretty city: pity about the graffiti,' The Advertiser, 18 May 1998
64. 'It ain't broke but it still needs fixing,' The Advertiser, 11 May 1998
65. 'Who needs visas? Not unfriendly Australia,' The Advertiser, 4 May 1998
66. 'A la carte, plus music from hell,' The Advertiser, 27 April 1998
67. 'Like it or not, cloning is coming,' The Advertiser, 20 April 1998
68. 'A return to Diana's palace,' The Advertiser, 13 April 1998
69. 'Moving to Australia is a wealth hazard,' The Advertiser, 6 April 1998
70. 'Apocalypse soon?' The Advertiser, 30 March 1998
71. 'Come on in but sorry no job for you,' The Advertiser, 23 March 1998
72. 'Before the Big Bang!' The Advertiser, 16 March 1998
73. 'Let's link death and taxes,' The Advertiser, 9 March 1998
74. 'The book as a commodity,' The Advertiser, 2 March 1998
75. 'Folly of the locked doors,' The Advertiser, 23 February 1998
76. 'What's your poison?' The Advertiser, 16 February 1998
77. 'Wharfies' last stand,' The Advertiser, 9 February 1998
78. 'Symbol - or supreme executive?' The Advertiser, 2 February 1998
79. 'Taxed by the burden of earning,' The Advertiser, 26 January 1998
80. 'Alien probe faces cash blackhole,' The Advertiser, 19 January 1998
81. 'Is it pollute or perish? ' The Advertiser, 12 January 1998
82. 'Longing for chains under the hammer,' The Weekly Telegraph (international), 16 June 1997.
83. 'The arts have lost it,' The Australian, 19 - 20 October 1996
84. 'The arts have lost it,' The Sunday Times (UK), 18 August 1996
85. 'MFP planners failed to grasp a crucial function,' The Australian, 19 June 1996
86. 'Foreign funds tax continues to fleece migrants,' The Weekend Australian, 15-16 June 1996
87. 'Megacity madness a recipe for disaster,' The Australian, 17 April 1996
88. 'Time to tear down the universities?' The Australian, 12 April 1996
89. 'A fudge too far,' The Times Higher Education Supplement 1 December 1995
90. 'Don't isolate higher ideals,' The Australian, 19 April 1995
91. 'Things are looking up down under: Opportunities beyond the cultural cringe,' New Scientist, 29 October 1994
92. 'Science without maths just doesn't add up,' The Australian, 1 September 1993
93. 'The truth about national curriculum,' The Australian, 28 July 1993
94. 'Let's talk about sex,' Physics World, September 1992
95. 'Why I chose Australia,' The Sun-Herald, 12 July 1992
96. The MFP: Are we looking a gift horse in the mouth?' New Scientist, 14 December 1991, p.4
97. 'Fleeing the philistines,' Eureka Street, July 1991, p.13

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