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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“Some day, far into the future, this here machine will become a powerful medium with the potential…
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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
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
