Mark Arbib

Mark Arbib

Mark Arbib is a Labor Senator for NSW and the Minister for Sport, Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Social Housing and Homelessness. He was general secretary of the NSW ALP from 2004 to 2007.

Articles by Mark Arbib

The kids are alright, Tony

The kids are alright, Tony

01 Dec 11 Tony Abbott’s claim this week that only the “right kids” should be encouraged to stay in school misunderstands the jobs…... Read more

To go or not to Delhi 2010 should be up to individuals

To go or not to Delhi 2010 should be up to individuals

24 Sep 10 Watching Robert de Castella win the marathon at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games is one of my favourite sporting memories.…... Read more

Indigenous All Stars - more than just a footy match

Indigenous All Stars - more than just a footy match

12 Feb 10 When the Indigenous All Stars run on to Skilled Park tomorrow night it won’t be just another game of football.…... Read more

Work while you can, but not ‘til you drop

Work while you can, but not ‘til you drop

03 Feb 10 This week’s release of the 2010 Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Wayne Swan brought the issue of mature-age workers rightly into…... Read more

My speech on Gen Y was about tough love

29 Jul 09 In a speech to Young Labor seven months ago I said that generations were often unfairly criticised by the ones…... Read more

Child abuse is still our national shame

22 Jul 09 The shocking case last week of a two-year-old Victorian girl being savagely beaten has once again raised the issue of…... Read more

Frightening the life out of voters over debt

18 Jun 09 The late Lee Atwater is a legend in the US Republican Party. Hailing from South Carolina he successfully rewrote the…... Read more

How the new jobs minister will help keep you employed

09 Jun 09 There aren’t many things that are more important than making sure someone has a job. If you want to fix…... Read more

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The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou

The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou

In I Spit On Your Grave, a young woman is gang raped in a remote woodland. She is beaten and tortured…

Cash mobs aren’t so flash

Cash mobs aren’t so flash

For a moment in the mid-naughties, they were the coolest of all cool social media-fuelled meme-thingos.…

If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television

If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television

“Some day, far into the future, this here machine will become a powerful medium with the potential…

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choice ringside rantings

From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012

marley says:

I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]

From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics

Erick says:

Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]

Gentle jabs to the ribs

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more

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