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1. The Howard enigma

1. These percentages are from J Howard, 10 June 2002, ‘John Howard’s Formula for Winning Elections’, viewed 10 June 2002, at http://www.australianpolitics.com/news/2002/06/02-06-10.shtml .

2. War

1. J Howard, 20 March 2003, ‘Address to the Nation on Committing Australian Forces to War in Iraq’, at http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2003/speech79.cfm .
2. J Howard, 22 February 2003, ‘The 7.30 Report’, ABC Television, at http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s786544.htm .
3. United Nations Charter 1945, at http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ .
4. ibid.
5. G Barker, 1977, ‘The Public Service’, in C Hamilton and S Maddison, Silencing Dissent, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW.
6. A Wilkie, 2004, Axis of Deceit, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz_Publishing" "Schwarz Publishing" Schwarz Publishing, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%2C_Australia" "Melbourne, Australia" Melbourne, Victoria.
7. H Göring, 1947, Gilbert’s Nuremberg Diary, quoted on Wikiquote at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hermann_Göring .
8. J Goebbels, quoted in A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, by Robert Fisk, accessed 9 March 2007, http://www.robert-fisk.com/the_evidence.htm
9. L Roberts, R Lafta, R Garfield, J Khudhairi & G Burnham, 20 November 2004, ‘Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey’, The Lancet, vol. 364, issue 9448.
10. M Kingston, 2004, Not happy, John!: defending our democracy, Penguin, Camberwell, Victoria.
11. M Fraser, B Hawke, G Whitlam, P Gration, A Beaumont & M Hudson, 26 September 2002, ‘Letters’, The Age, p. 12.
12. S Crean, 23 October 2003, transcript of speech welcoming United States President George W Bush to the Australian Parliament, at http://australianpolitics.com/news/2003/10/03-10-23b.shtml .

3. Terrorism

1. J Howard, 12 September 2003, Press conference, Washington DC. http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Interview/2001/interview1239.cfm
2. Project for the New American Century website at "http://www.newamericancentury.org" .
3. Project for the New American Century, letter to President Clinton in 1998, at "http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm" .
4. Project for the New American Century, Rebuilding America’s Defenses, at http://www.newamericancentury.org .
5. J Carlson, 16 August 2006, Australian Government Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO), at http://www.dpmc.gov.au/umpner/submissions/77_sub_umpner.pdf .
6. A Downer, 16 January 2007, "http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=%
22view+that+the+Bush+administration%22&pb=afr& dt=selectRange&dr=3months&
so=relevance&sf=text&rc=100&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AFR070116BUFU160TKDG" Downer signals Indian uranium deal’, Financial Review, p. 4
7. HM Kristensen, February 2005, US Nuclear Weapons in Europe: A Review of Post-Cold War Policy, Force Levels and War Planning, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, at http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/euro/euro.pdf p. 70-74.
8. J Bolton, 1994, Human Rights, Global Governance, and Strengthening the United Nations, Debate, Institute for Policy Studies, http://www.ips-dc.org/comment/bennis/boltontrans.htm
9. Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) website at http://www.nuclearsuppliersgroup.org .

4. Minorities

1. T Wright, 8 April 2000, ‘The Dog Whistler’, The Age, p.1.
2. ABC Radio National 28 February 1999, ‘Push Your Vote Our Way’, on Background Briefing, accessed 9 March 2007, at "http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s19393.htm" .
3. ibid.
4. D Fickling, 18 November 2004, ‘Marginals are the key to victory’, The Guardian, accessed 9 March 2007, at http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1353578,00.html .
5. N Hager, 2006, Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception, Craig Porton Publishing, Nelson, NZ
6. ibid., p. Ch. 10
7. The Economist, 23 March 2005, ‘High pitch, low politics’, (quoted in Hager, op. cit. p. 152).
8. N Hager, 2006, Ch 10
9. ibid.
10. These percentages are from J Howard, 10 June 2002, ‘John Howard’s Formula for Winning Elections’, viewed 10 June 2002, at http://www.australianpolitics.com/news/2002/06/02-06-10.shtml .
11. S Crean, 23 November 2002, quoted by M Riley, ‘PM rejects chador ban after backlash’, Sydney Morning Herald, p. 20.
12. T Wright, 8 April 2000, ‘The Dog Whistler’, The Age p. 1.
13. ibid.
14. D Fickling, 18 November 2004, ‘Marginals are the key to victory’, The Guardian, accessed 9 March 2007, at http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1353578,00.html .
15. Australian Greens 2006, Talking Honestly, An Analysis of Migrants’ English Language Proficiency, accessed 9 March 2007, at http://www.kerrynettle.org.au/files/campaigns/extras/Talking%20Honestly%20-%20screen.pdf p. 7.
16. D Welch, 10 April 2007, ‘Jones rapped for pre-riot ‘scum’ remarks’, Sydney Morning Herald, accessed 13 April 2007 at "http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/10/1175971070038.html" .
17. ibid.
18. D Horne, 9 November 2002, ‘Best-case scenario’, Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum,

5. The economy

1. I McAuley, 9 August 2006, Interest Rates: Getting Real on Interest rates, quoting data from The Economist, 29 July 2006 to 3 August 2006 and the Reserve Bank of Australia, 3 August 2006, in New Matilda, at http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetailmagazine.asp?ArticleID=1735&CategoryID=148
2. Housing Industry Association 22 January 2007, Housing Affordability at its Lowest on Record, at http://hia.com.au/Latest%20News/Article.aspx?CID=&RID= {42CB0DD2-F51C-4278-89F8-6A59809FCEF1}&
yearmonth=200701&title=January%202007&AID={69A399DD-4BCF-417E-B420-6931E8DF0D20} .
3. J Garnaut, 19 July 2004, ‘Capital gains tax cuts to go to highest earners’, Sydney Morning Herald, at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/18/1090089038612.html?from=storylhs .
4. A Kohler, 29 June 2004, ‘Blind Freddie can see why house prices soared’, The Age, at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392599893.html?from=moreStories .
5. G Combet, 20 November 2006, ‘A new Australian consensus for the 21st century’, address to the Ninth Annual Hawke Lecture, Adelaide, at http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkecentre/events/ahl/2006_ahl_combet.asp#Ninth_ .

6. The environment

1.G Nelson, 1994, ‘The Bankruptcy Files’ Wilderness, Summer, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://gadfly.igc.org/e-ethics/quote_bin.htm .
2. Department of the Environment and Heritage 1996, Australia: State of the Environment 1996, accessed 15 February 2007, at http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/1996/index.html .
3. I Lowe, 2004, ‘The environment’, in R Manne (ed), The Howard Years, Black Inc. Agenda, Melbourne.
4. Department of the Environment and Water Resources 2006, Australia State of the Environment 2006, accessed 15 February 2007, at "http://www.deh.gov.au/soe/2006/index.html" .
5. ibid.
6. J Howard, 1997, ‘Safeguarding The Future: Australia’s Response to Climate Change’, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.ecobusiness.com.au/grn/green.html .
7. I Lowe, 2005, Living in the Hothouse, Scribe Publications, Melbourne.
8. ibid., p. 187
9. ibid., p. 187
10. J Chandler, 13 February 2006, ‘Scientists bitter over interference’, The Age, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/
scientists-bitter-over-interference/2006/02/12/1139679479548.html.
11. I Lowe, 2007, ‘The research community’, in Silencing Dissent, C Hamilton & S Maddison (eds), Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW.
12. J Howard, 1997, ‘Safeguarding the Future: Australia’s Response to Climate Change’, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.ecobusiness.com.au/grn/green.html.
13. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 2004, Securing Australia’s Energy Future, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/energy_future/docs/energy_chapter_8.pdf .
14. J Quiggin, 18 November 2004, ‘No reserve for rainy days’, Australian Financial Review, at http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/johnquiggin/news/2004-12-02-AFR.htm .
15. Senator Ian Campbell, 14 February 2006, Australian Senate, Environment, Communications, Information Technology And The Arts Legislation Committee: Department of the Environment and Heritage: Discussion, http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=100657&table=ESTIMATE
16. N Stern, 12 February 2007, Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, United Kingdom, at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/
stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm.
17. Marian Wilkinson, 2007, 'Delayed Reaction', Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March, p25.
18. J Howard, 1997, ‘Safeguarding the Future: Australia’s Response to Climate Change’, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.ecobusiness.com.au/grn/green.html .
19. K Hargroves & MH Smith, 2005, The Natural Advantage of Nations, Earthscan, London. See also "http://www.earthscan.co.uk" .
20. ibid., p. 9
21. ibid., p. 9
22. ibid., p. 9
23. Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change, accessed 6 March 2007, at http://www.businessroundtable.com.au .
24. C Hamilton, 2007, Scorcher: The dirty politics of climate change, Black Inc Agenda, Melbourne.

7. Border protection

1. J Quiggin, 2005 ‘A completely misleading description: The US–Australia free trade agreement’, at http://evatt.labor.net.au/publications/papers/128.html .
2. The Australian Interest, http://www.AustralianInterest.com
3. L Weiss, E Thurbon & J Mathews, 2004, How to Kill a Country: Australia’s devastating trade deal with the United States, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, New South Wales.
4. E Thurbon & L Weiss, 23 February 2006, ‘From player to pawn, Howard’s trade legacy’, The Australian Review of Public Affairs, University of Sydney, at "http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/02/thurbon_weiss.html" .
5. ibid.
6. ibid.

8. In whose interest?

1. J Howard, 26 October 2004.
2. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm .
3. Los Angeles Times, quoted on DemocracyNow, June 30, 2006, accessed 27 March 2007, http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/30/1334224
4. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, Article 3, at http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/prisonerwar.htm .
5. J Burnside, 23 August 2006, Human Rights: Of Secret Trials and National Security, at http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetail.asp?ArticleID=1761 .
6. M Kingston, 16 September 2003, ‘Drilling for truth on John, Dick and ethanol’, Sydney Morning Herald, at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/16/1063625029755.html .
7. N Thompson & L Rhiannon 2004, ‘Political Donations – A Corruption of the Political Process?’, Australian Prospect, Spring 2004, at http://www.democracy4sale.org/about.php?pageName=Follow&Id=22 .
8. Rosslyn Beeby, 2007, ‘Industry can gag research: CSIRO’, Canberra Times, 15 February, p. 1.

9. The noise makers

1. G Henderson, 5 July 2006, ‘The Howard Government and the Culture Wars’, address to the Australian Liberal Student’s Federation 2006 Federal Council, The Sydney Institute, accessed 11 March 2007, at http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/ghseContent.php?ghseID=7www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au
2. A Bolt, 31 October 2004, ‘Our dream land is now divided’, Herald Sun, p. 23.
3. C Pearson, 5 April 2003, ‘Left misconstrues its right’, The Australian, p. 30.
4. C Pearson, 22 November 2003, ‘Elites face being Left behind’, The Australian, p. 22.
5. ibid. p. 22.
6. Exxon Secrets’ source "http://www.exxonsecrets.org" http://www.exxonsecrets.org and Carter’s profile and affiliations are listed on SourceWatch at http://www.sourcewatch.org .
7. P Akerman, 17 April 2003, ‘Eating her words’, Daily Telegraph, p. 28.
8. P Akerman, 10 April 2003, ‘The hot air that clouds Bob’s view’, Daily Telegraph, p. 31.

10. The social engineers

1. LF Powell, 23 August 1971, ‘Confidential Memorandum: Attack of American Free Enterprise System’, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate_accountability/powell_memo_lewis.html .
2. A summary of this history is in J Armstrong & M Moulitsas Zúniga, 9 August 2006a, ‘Catching up with the Republicans’ in New Matilda, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetailmagazine.asp?ArticleID=1724&HomepageID=154. For a more detailed account see also: J Armstrong & M Moulitsas Zúniga, 2006b, Crashing the Gate: How American Politics is About to Change, Pluto Press, North Melbourne.
3. The Heritage Foundation, ‘A History of Achievements’, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.myheritage.org/MyMembership/HistoryAchievements.asp .
4. Armstrong & Moulitsas Zúniga 2006a, op. cit.
5. P Kelly, 1992, The End of Certainty: The Story of the 1980s, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, p. 1-2.
6. Institute of Public Affairs: http://www.ipa.org.au .
7. Armstrong & Moulitsas Zúniga 2006a, op. cit.
8. G Johns & J Roskam, April 2004 Institute of Public Affairs, The Protocol: Managing Relations with NGOs, Report to the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://ipa.org.au/files/ProtocolWeb.pdf .
9. SourceWatch 2006, IPA targets non-government organisations (case study), accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=IPA#IPA_targets_non-government_organisations .
10. Johns & Roskam 2004, op. cit.
11. J Fitzgerald, 2006, Lobbying in Australia, Rosenberg Publishing, Dural.
12. SourceWatch: www.sourcewatch.org.
13. SourceWatch 2006, ‘The Institute of Public Affairs’, accessed 12 March 2007, at: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=IPA .
14. ibid.
15. ibid.
16. Non-profit Australia: http://www.nonprofitaustralia.org.au/.
17. Nonprofit Australia 2006, Our Structure & Governance, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.nonprofitaustralia.org.au/index.php?structure .

11. Corrupt American-style capitalism

1. J Fitzgerald, 2006, Lobbying in Australia, Rosenberg Publishing, Dural.
2. Americans for Tax Reform: www.atr.org
3. R Dreyfuss, 26 April 2001, ‘Grover Norquist: ‘Field Marshal’ of the Bush Plan’, The Nation, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010514/dreyfuss .
4. G Palast, 2006, The Armed Madhouse, Penguin Books, New York.
5. Multinational Monitor 2003, ‘The wealth divide: The Growing Gap in the United States Between the Rich and the Rest’, an interview with Professor Edward Wolff, in The Multinational Monitor, May 2003, vol. 24, no. 5, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html .
6. ibid.
7. G Palast, op. cit. p. 280
8. Center for Responsive Politics at http://www.opensecrets.org , quoted in Fitzgerald, J 2006, Lobbying in Australia, Rosenberg Publishing, Dural, p. 92.
9. White House for Sale.org, ‘Bush’s Rangers and Pioneers’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/ContributorsAndPaybacks/pioneer_search.cfm .
10. E MacAskill, 6 February 2007, ‘Bush slashes aid to poor to boost Iraq war chest’, The Guardian, accessed 13 March 2007, at http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2006618,00.html .
11. C Kennedy, 2006, quoted in P Williams, 27 January, ‘Sol trader’, Australian Financial Review Magazine, p. 32.
12. C Cray, L Drutman, D Helvarg, J Mark, J Shaw & P Woodall, May/June 2004, ‘Dissecting Bush: Bush Administration Policies under the Microscope’, Multinational Monitor, vol. 25, no.s 5 & 6, accessed 7 March 2007), at http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2004/05012004/may-june04corp5.html .
13. G Palast, 2006, The Armed Madhouse, Penguin Books, New York, p. 295
14. Public Utility Commission of Texas 2007, ‘Past PUC Commissioners’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.puc.state.tx.us/about/commissioners/pastcomm.cfm .
15. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary 14 August 2001, ‘President Bush to Nominate Wood to be Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010814-1.html .
16. Halliburton Watch, 26 September 2006, ‘Halliburton paid $4 million to politicians for 600% gain on contracts since 2000’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/halpolmoney.html .
17. E Pringle, 31 August 2005, ‘Halliburton Contracts Illegal – But Bush Busts the Whistleblower’, Democratic Underground, accessed 7 March 2007, at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/05/08/31_halliburton.html .
18. SourceWatch 2006, ‘J Steven Griles’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J._Steven_Griles .
19. ibid.
20. J Stevenson, May 2005, ‘Earth shakers: the counter-enviro power list, J Steven Griles: lobbyist’, Outside Magazine, accessed 7 March 2007, at: http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200505/counter-enviroment-power-list-18.html
21. A Griscom Little, May 2005, ‘Earth shakers: the counter-enviro power list, James Connaughton: Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality’, Outside Magazine, accessed 7 March 2007), at http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200505/counter-enviroment-power-list-11.html .
22. BR Mayrack, 2 February 2001, ‘The Bush Team: Bush’s New Chief of Staff Once Fought for Polluters’, The Center for Public Integrity, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=316 .
23. ibid.
24. AC Mulkern, 24 May 2004, ‘When advocates become regulators’, Denver Post, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/Advocates-Become-Regulators23may04.htm .
25. ibid.
26. Center for American Progress 29 September 2005, ‘The Second Term Revolving Door’, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.americanprogress.org/kf/revolving_door.pdf .
27. J Fitzgerald, 2006, Lobbying in Australia, Rosenberg Publishing, Dural, p. 91
28. United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform - Minority Staff, Special Investigations Division 2006, Dollars not Sense: Government Contracting under the Bush Administration, United States Government, Washington DC.
29. G Lakoff, M Ettlinger & S Ferguson, 2006, ‘Bush is Not Incompetent’, Rockridge Institute, accessed 7 March 2007, at http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/lakoff/incompetent .
30. G Bush, 21 January, 2004, State of the Union Address.
31. G Palast, 2006, The Armed Madhouse, Penguin Books, New York, p. 312.
32. National Education Association (USA), http://www.nea.org/esea/nclbsec9528.html
33. Yale University’s Investment In Corrections Corporation Of America "http://www.yaleunions.org/geso/reports/CCAreport.pdf"

12. Attack on democracy

1. C Hamilton & S Maddison (eds), 2007, Silencing Dissent, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, p. 28.
2. G McManus, 31 August 2004 ‘Greens back illegal drugs’, Herald Sun, p. 3.
3. J Howard, 31 August 2004, quoted in G McManus, ‘Greens back illegal drugs’, Herald Sun, p. 3.
4. Australian Press Council, February 2005, Adjudication No. 1270, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/APC/2005/3.html .
5. Nathan, M 31 August 2004, Institute of Public Affairs, quoted in McManus, ‘Greens back illegal drugs’, Herald Sun, p. 3.
6. Australian Electoral Commission, ‘6.3 Truth in Political Advertising’ in Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters; Conduct of the 1996 Federal Election, 29 July 1996.
7. W Carlisle, 30 April 2006, ‘Elusive Exclusive Brethren’, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1624361.htm .
8. ibid.
9. D Marr, 20 January 2006, ‘Where art thou, Brethren?’, Sydney Morning Herald, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2007/01/19/1169095977274.html .
10. D Marr, 27 February 2007, ‘Showdown looms for secretive sect’, Sydney Morning Herald, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/
showdown-looms-for-secretive-sect/2007/02/23/1171734021132.html.
11. Australian Electoral Commission 2004, Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters – Inquiry into Disclosure of Donations. Quoted on DemocracyWatch, [Online], 12/03/07, Available at: http://www.democracywatch.com.au/hideit.html
12. Editorial, Better disclosure on campaign finance' The Australian, 30 March 2005, p 10.
13. Senator A Murray, 2006, ‘Funding and Disclosure: Inquiry into Disclosure of Donations to Political Parties and Candidates – Dissenting Report’, accessed 14 March 2007, at http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/donations/report/dissent_murray.pdf .
14. F Argy, July 2005, ‘What is Happening to Australian Democracy?’, Democratic Audit of Australia, accessed 12 March 2007, at http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/papers/20050701_argy_oz_democracy.pdf .
15. Hamilton & Maddison 2007, op. cit.

13. What to do?

1. Forbes.com, 8 March 2007, ‘The World’s Billionaires’, accessed 14 March 2007, at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_
The-Worlds-Billionaires-North-America_6Rank.html.
2. J Armstrong & M Moulitsas Zúniga, 2006b, Crashing the Gate: How American Politics is About to Change, Ch 4 Laying the Groundwork, Pluto Press, North Melbourne.
3. ibid., p. 107
4. The Australia Institute website: http://www.tai.org.au .
5. See www.democracynow.org .
6. C Hamilton & R Denniss, 2005, Affluenza, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW.
7. A Gore, 2006, An inconvenient truth, a documentary feature film directed by D Guggenheim, distributed by Paramount Classics.
8. The Monthly magazine: http://www.themonthly.com.au .
9. The New Matilda magazine: http://www.newmatilda.com .
10. DemocracyNow daily podcast: http://www.DemocracyNow.com .
11. References to Howard’s Seduction of Australia: http://www.howardseduction.com.au .
12. DemocracyWatch ‘Take Action’ page: http://www.democracywatch.com.au/action.html. Also of interest: SEE Change SEE Change.
13. Australian Journalist Association Code of Ethics: http://www.australian-news.com.au/codethics.htm .
14. The Australian Environment Foundation: http://www.aefweb.info/ .
15. The Parents Jury: http://www.parentsjury.org.au .
16. For example, http://www.democracywatch.com.au .
17. Armstrong & Moulitsas Zúniga 2006b, op. cit.