A fine delivery
A fine delivery
11 December 2006In this article for The Sunday Age, Michael Fullilove recounts some of the great Australian cricketing speeches.
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Pointers on how to make the already dull duller
Pointers on how to make the already dull duller
14 December 2006In this op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fullilove takes aim at a parliamentary report calling for the introduction of PowerPoint into the House of Representatives chamber. Michael is the editor of a recent collection of Australian speeches, 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest Modern Speeches (Vintage).
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Ban's debut is a chance for Asia to step into the spotlight
Ban's debut is a chance for Asia to step into the spotlight
19 December 2006In this comment piece in The Financial Times, Dr Michael Fullilove explores the significance of Ban Ki-moon's election to the office of UN Secretary-General at precisely the moment that Asia emerges into the geopolitical sun.
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Heavy artillery trained on PM
Heavy artillery trained on PM
13 February 2007Dr Michael Fullilove comments on the disagreement between Prime Minister John Howard and Senator Barack Obama in this op-ed in The Australian Financial Review on 13 February 2007. Dr Fullilove argues there are two troubling developments. First, the tenor of the Prime Minister's intervention will have undercut Australia's influence with the Democrats at precisely the time we need to engage with them. Second, Senator Obama's response highlighted the gap between the Government's extensive commentary on the importance of the war in Iraq and the scale of our actual deployment there.
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UN bashing
UN bashing
1 March 2007Dr Michael Fullilove reviews a new book on the UN and Iraq in the March 2007 edition of the Australian Book Review. The book in question is David M. Malone, The International Struggle over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005 (OUP, 2006).
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