Year: 2026

Dedicated to my wife – my co-conspirator, my always, the one who has always understood that the thread never truly frays. Introduction: Two Witnesses to the Same Fire Karl Marx and Charles Dickens were not […]

Climate Media Centre Media Release Local government leaders from across Australia will vote on a landmark motion at the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) National General Assembly next week, 23–25 June 2026 in Canberra. The […]

Ranking universities remains a misleading, fatuous exercise as useful as comparing the tasteful qualities of, say, dependable Russian piroshki with those of an aromatic beef rendang. Chalk and cheese; apples and oranges. But this nasty […]

Dedicated to my wife – who knows exactly which bears to poke. Introduction: When the Bear Blocks First I posted a comment on X. Nothing extraordinary – a mild jest, a raised eyebrow, a screenshot […]

Pauline Hanson is not an isolated Australian figure. She forms part of an international pattern of right-wing populist politics that has reshaped debate in many Western democracies. Leaders like Trump in the United States, Farage […]

By Peter Brown In her address to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson targeted immigration, spending, and social policy, relying on several assertions that clash directly with official data and legislative facts. […]

RMIT University Media Release At One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson’s first address at the National Press Club, she vowed to remove taxpayer funding from SBS and significantly curtail the ABC’s reach and accessibility. An RMIT […]

By Denis Hay   Description How do political donations and lobbying influence Australia? Examining foreign policy, international law, transparency and democracy. Introduction Australia prides itself on being a democratic nation governed by the rule of […]

By Peter Brown  For a moment, it was easy to forget that the speaker standing at the National Press Club was Pauline Hanson. The themes were familiar. Immigration was blamed for almost every social problem. […]

Never make laws regarding the unmeasurable and the uncontainable. The silliness of these injunctive measures can only come back and bite. Prohibit brothels, and decent whoring goes into, quite literally, dens of unmonitored squalor, lacking […]