Wednesday, June 30, 2004



Tracking Policies & Investigative Stories: Pervasive Deception: Tony Fitzgerald
In order to perform our democratic function, we need, and are entitled to, the truth. Nothing is more important to the functioning of democracy than informed discussion and debate. Yet a universal aim of the power-hungry is to stifle dissent. Most of us are easily silenced, through a sense of futility if not personal concern..
· Margo Kingston: Full text of Justice Tony Fitzgerald's speech launching the book'Not happy John! Defending our democracy', at Gleebooks in Sydney on June 22
· · See Also Michelle Grattan reported on the speech today at Fitzgerald berates both sides of politics
· · · See Also The US Supreme Court affirms detainees' right to use courts
· · · · See Also The Ugliness That Blooms in Secret: Nobody has any idea whether the really momentous decisions—the Hamdi, Padilla, and Guantanamo detainee cases