Spiked Concerns: The Melbourne Coronavirus Lockdown
It all looked like it was going so well for Australia and Victoria, in particular. They could point to the mishandling of the Ruby Princess, […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
While the Shark Still Swims: Boris Johnson, Super Saturday and Super Responsibilities
By most accounts, the response of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the coronavirus pandemic has been abysmal. When the architect of the response himself […]
Criminalising Journalism: Australia’s National Security Craze
There has been a lot of noise made in Australia about the need for broader protections when it comes to the fourth estate and the […]
Killing Koalas: The Promise of Extinction Down Under
The British conservationist Gerald Durrell once remarked that the koala was “the most boring of animals.” Its brain size, proportionally the smallest of any mammal, […]
Defending Australia: The Deputy Sheriff Spending Spree
There are few sadder sights in international relations than a leadership in search of devils and hobgoblins. But such sights tend to make an appearance […]
The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment
The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity with another superseding indictment against Julian Assange. This move by the US Department […]
A Trendy Rage: Boycotting Facebook and the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign
Rage can be that most trendy of things, and social media rage has become modish. If you dislike something, scream it in a certain number […]
Wasteful, Secret and Vicious: The Absurd Prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery
This week has not been a good one for the Australian legal system. For those who feel that an open justice process requires abuses of […]
Indicting Hashim Thaçi: The Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office Gets Busy
When it comes to the touchy, violent matter of Kosovar affairs, history keeps company with the devils of nationalism and vengeance. Serbia remains scornful of […]
Bolton’s Memoir Bolts from the Stable
President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton would have been confident. His indulgent The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir pitted […]
Dishonour on the Bench: Dyson Heydon and the Australian High Court
It is one of the oldest professions, stacked with rules, conventions and protocols. It is also tribal and hierarchical. The law, presided over its executors, […]
Dangerous and Uncertain: Coronavirus and the Nuclear Industry
Accountability has always been a problem in the nuclear industry, despite praises to the contrary. Constantly keeping its muddled head above water with government handouts […]
Secret Trials Down Under: Witness J, Witness K and Bernard Collaery
There are few more spiteful things in political life than a security establishment attempting to punish a leaker or whistleblower for having exposed an impropriety. […]
Obvious Maladies: Prepublication Reviews and Trump’s Bolton Problem
Again, they cheered, and again, the Schadenfreude chorus sounded off key. It was another atrocious week for US President Donald Trump, whose efforts to prevent […]
Reverse Logic: Trump Sanctions the International Criminal Court
The decision by the Trump administration to sanction members of the International Criminal Court defies logic, in so far as there is any logic to […]