issues and opinion

Redefining Adelaide After much thinking and talking during 2003 about changing the way Adelaide performs and suceeds, now is the time for action, as Nigel Hopkins writes more

A cloudy forecast for the future Geoff Anderson asks what type of opposition will the Government face in the State political arena during 2004 more

Spelling out the ace authors 2004 Writers’ Week committee chair Katharine England suggests some authors worth reading this summer in preparation for Adelaide’s biennial literary festival more

Human rights and wrongs Recent Adelaide visitors John von Doussa and Father Frank Brennan propose a rational way forward on the tangled issue of human rights in Australia, as Karen Ashford reports more

Brace for a hard landing Household debt in Australia will hit critical levels with interest rates on the rise, as John Spoehr writes more

Small but significant The SA small business sector requires significant assistance to flourish, though the Rann Government wants business to fend for itself, as Barry Nosworthy writes more

Planning ahead After steering great change at the State Library, Bronwyn Halliday has new plans, as Deborah Bogle writes more

Speak, memory Contrary to Keith Windschuttle’s assertions, oral and “memorial” sources can add up to solid history, writes Peter Adamson more