Don’t give me a home amongst the park trees
Recently in The New Yorker, author Andre Dubus III wrote about a weekend enjoying the high life in New York. The premise was I had been […]
Politics
They should know better
At a time where the government admits a considerable number of Australians are feeling cost of living pressures and the Reserve Bank seems intent on […]
Are you listening to The Voice and what it’s really saying? (Part two)
Continued from Part 1 Peter Dutton’s motives for supporting the No vote are questionable. I devoted most of part one to the character of the man […]
A Matter of Interest: The RBA, Inflation and Corporate Profits
He is one of the least empathetic of beings, a cold fish, bothered and irritated. Captured by the cradle of numbers (he is an economist); […]
Are you listening to the Voice and what it’s really saying?
The muddying of the waters has begun. As did Howard and Abbott with the Republic referendum, Peter Dutton and others have taken another step in […]
Promoting the Indigenous Voice: From Empire to Legitimate Recognition of 60,000 Years of History
By Denis Bright As support for the Voice referendum tightens, more discussion about the rationale for the constitutional change might assist voters who are now […]
Diluted Sovereignty: A Very Australian Example
Australian concepts of sovereignty have always been qualified. First came the British settlers and invaders in 1788. They are pregnant with the sovereignty of the […]
The bottom feeders
There are a number of species in the animal world that survive on the leftovers of others. As animals higher up the food chain satisfy […]
The rebirth of Donald Trump has biblical overtones, but can he win?
Who else but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would be game enough to shape up to Donald Trump? A man who encouraged a pack of lowlifes […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: The Breaking of a Plaster Saint
It was an ugly case lasting five years with a host of ugly revelations. But what could be surprising about the murderous antics of a […]
AUKUS, Congress and Cold Feet
The undertakings made by Australia regarding the AUKUS security pact promise to be monumental. Much of this is negative: increased militarisation on the home front; […]
Modi in Australia: Down Under Bliss for Hindutva
There is an interesting thread that links the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the owner of the gargantuan conglomerate that bears his name, Gautam Adani, […]
Why the Conservatives cannot win the next election and why Labor will go early
You are probably thinking, referring to the headline, that it is a stupid thing to say, and on the one hand, you might be right […]
Education at the Showground
In the conurbation that is South East Queensland, most of the towns that have been consumed by population growth still have their agricultural show. The […]
New coal mines and protests crushed: is Labor resigned to doom?
It is more shocking watching Labor governments implement draconian anti-protest measures than it is the right-wing parties. The latter are by definition opposed to Labor’s […]