Month: February 2026

HOW LOCAL WAS TAKEN OUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT And Why Victoria’s Suburbs Are Now Governed by Algorithms, Ambition, and Aqueducts to Nowhere I. THE KENNETT EARTHQUAKE (1992-1999) When Jeff Kennett’s Liberal-National coalition swept into office […]

Adelaide University Media Release Adelaide University researchers have shown that pairing sniffer dogs with a simple air-sampling device could dramatically improve the detection of illegally trafficked wildlife hidden inside shipping containers. In a new paper […]

By James Moore “In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy” (John Steinbeck). My tendency has been to want to write a requiem for the Big Bend region […]

Within hours, the praise was everywhere. President Trump declared on Truth Social he was sending a hospital ship to Greenland to care for neglected and suffering people allegedly ignored by Denmark. Images of a gleaming […]

Imagine Sarah, nurse at St Vincents, on the Number 96 tram, Melbourne dusk bruising purple outside the windows. Twelve hours done. Her navy scrubs are faded and soft, worn to the shape of her, the […]

How one of the IPA’s most valuable parliamentary assets turned his first 48 hours as shadow treasurer into a masterclass in ego, incompetence, and serving the wrong Australians By Sue Barrett Who Is Tim Wilson, […]

Introduction: The Eternal Ledger There is a pattern that repeats across every religion, every culture, every century. It is so consistent, so universal, that one might almost think it was divinely ordained – except that […]

It is tempting to say that Australia has become more racist. The ugliness feels louder. Islamophobia feels less coded. Public language feels coarser. Spend even a few minutes scrolling through X and it is easy […]

Yes, there seems to be a bee in my bonnet, a buzzing in my brain, as I try to understand why religion can be such a comfort for some, but so marginalising for others, why […]

Cold Open A television in the Nation Building Authority reception area plays a news clip: Ø “The new assessment algorithm is delivering unprecedented consistency.” A ticker scrolls beneath: COMPLAINTS UP 68% Staff stare silently. TITLE […]

In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an antisemitic problem. After last December’s attacks on Sydney’s Bondi Beach by two […]