We are not America
Australia is transitioning from our old colonial master to a self-selected new colonial master. We have those with power nostalgic for the glories of imperial […]
Articles by Lucy Hamilton
Unite to block the Right’s campaign to divide and conquer
Australia must not allow our politicians and “thought” leaders on the right to push us down the destructive path being pursued by the Republicans. The […]
Fascist politics targets the LGBTQI+ community
JK Rowling recently tweeted a defence of her bigotry, conflating trans people with “violent, duplicitous rapists.” The massive, unsupported generalisation in this message stinks of […]
When culture war games trend lethal
The right-wing ecosphere throws an idiot ball into the civic discourse with depressing regularity. The latest one is a faux fierce defence of gas cooktops. […]
Distracted by hate, we are robbed
We are at a crossroads. The Ultra High Net Worth Individual (UHNWI) class is creating a new international feudal order, assisted by the professional enabler […]
From 2016: Captained by Crusaders
This account of an event at the Melbourne Club in 2016 was published on the New Matilda site. That site has ceased to exist, so […]
The Liberal Party is dead: can it be revived?
We see a tendency to blame individuals for the crisis in our politics across the AUKUS nations. This is facile. Donald Trump did not create […]
Hope. The (mostly) uplifting one
We stood at the bottom of the rotten road, gazing with dread at the incline. Fifty kilo suitcases full of books needed to be hauled […]
Defending our democracy from infiltration
The Age last year revealed that special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith wore the provocative symbol of a crusader cross on his breast over his uniform […]
The fight against paranoid nostalgia
Around the west, authoritarian right-wing parties are fighting the changes to the world that scare them. Protecting western liberalism is a challenge proponents of the […]
The Right is toxic: what next for conservatives?
The international right is cynical and dangerous. It is crucial we look beyond the surface rhetoric to understand what it represents because Australia is not […]
Victorian Election: Liberals under siege from extremist religious groups
The Victorian election is a mess. This is the product of the destruction of our conservative forces by international right wing radicalism; for people in […]
Greed is the problem, not workers
Of course, The Australian republished Andy Kessler’s ridiculous Wall Street Journal column, “The decline of work in a spoiled society.” Those News Corp bedfellows continue […]
Our media is failing us
Our media is failing us. At a moment when one side of politics has abandoned the bases of democracy as an impediment to their grasp […]
Covid Hindsight: Victoria acted on nightmare potential for system collapse
The press has been spattered in recent weeks with hindsight wisdom about Australia’s – and particularly Victoria’s – handling of the pre-vaccine pandemic. The relatively […]