A not so Good Friday
Today is Good Friday April 10, 2020. The latest modelling shows that although Australia’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, talk of its suppression seem as a […]
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Cosmic Gangster Capitalism: Elon Musk Crowds the Heavens
“I don’t trust glib reassurances from satellite operators without precise details.” (Alice Gorman, space archaeologist, May 26, 2019). Astronomers tend to have their eyes, and […]
Home Schooling, Democracy and Covid-19
From the Southern Cross University “At the same time as fighting the virus on a medical level, we are also involved in the tension around […]
JobKeeper legislation passes Parliament: Australians should get ready and set before they go
Media Release from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand With the JobKeeper legislation being pushed through Parliament today, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA […]
Julian Assange and Lockdown Injustice
Scribes of the Julian Assange case must surely gawk with a sense of horrified wonder at each proceeding unfolding at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in […]
Banal Terrors: Pandemics and the Ordinary Business of War
The twaddle of framing the confrontation of the coronavirus as a “war” has proven to be a cheapening, misguided exercise. France’s president Emmanuel Macron has […]
University Bailouts, Funding and Coronavirus
In a set of stable circumstances, funding higher education should be a matter of automatic persuasion. If you want an educated populace, the taxpayer should […]
COVID-19 – A Journey without Maps
By Dr John Töns Politicians around the world are treating the COVID-19 as a short-term crisis – the economy will go into hibernation and once […]
Boastful Pay Cuts: The Coronavirus Incentive
It has become a source of pride. Highly salaried executives – often, it should be said, receiving pay very much disconnected from the value of […]
Death of a Princess
By Graham Nowland From the car park on the roof of Coles in Fremantle shoppers can see the MV Artania. It’s on the old Passenger […]
Dangerous Gifts: Coronavirus and Trump’s Sanctions Regime
The global effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic has been one of stutters and staggers. There are go-it-alone instances of severity, and cases of blasé […]
Doing a Wuhan
By Graham Nowland Only when COVID-19 testers get to test more widely do we stand a chance of avoiding the worst this virus can dish […]
Signing in and Dropping Out: Coronavirus and the Virtual University
It was made with little thought but a good deal of high-minded urgency: Evacuate your office, take what you can, and prepare for the virtual […]
The Swedish Alternative: Coronavirus as a Grand Gamble
As draconian lock-downs, punitive regimes and surveillance become the norm of the coronavirus world, Sweden has treaded more softly in the field. This is certainly […]
An Inglorious Opportunity: Coronavirus and Emergency Powers
There has been a hurried spate of cancellations and suspensions of elections across the globe because of the risk posed by COVID-19. The trend is […]