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  • Relief for international law

    The feeling of euphoria over Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony that many of us experienced last week reflected a shared sense of relief that an appalling era of American politics was finally coming to an end.  Guantanamo Bay will represent one of the few legacies George Bush will leave in the history books - a legacy of torture, human rights abuses and making a mockery of multiple international treaties.

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  • New horizons breed a positive outlook

    This year, many of us are merely putting our heads down and working our hardest as once-sure deals begin to break, infrastructure project funding dries up and Australia nudges closer to recession. A new year is always the time that we look not only for change, but for hope as we aim for the future. This time last year we stood on the cusp of change and a new era of politics.

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