Rethinking indigenous policy is worth reading if you're curious about how Rudd differs from Howard - is he going to fail us after all? At the moment it seems he's definitely left room for improvement: rather than simply punishing parents for their children's non-attendance, the Government should be providing schools, teachers and resources that meet the needs of the Aboriginal community. This actually made me incredulous: When the school attendance policy was introduced, it was not done in a way that targeted parents who were not sending their children to school. Instead of a case-by-case approach, the Federal Government prescribed... ...

From the Guardian Travel section: Streets ahead: Kingsland Road in east London The tagline is, "Each week we visit an emerging neighbourhood in a different city". Emerging from what, exactly? From obscurity, or from freedom from tourists?... ...