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Articles by Lachlan McKenzie

About Lachlan McKenzie
I believe in championing Equity & Inclusion. With over three decades of experience in healthcare, I’ve witnessed the power of compassion and innovation to transform lives. Now, I’m channeling that same drive to foster a more inclusive Australia - and world - where every voice is heard, every barrier dismantled, and every community thrives. Let’s build fairness, one story at a time.
Cartoon of energy debate in industrial setting.
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Landman: Fossil-Fuel Fan-Fiction Wearing Cowboy Boots

30 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
By: L.J. “Flywheel” Pascolini Cultural critic A TV critic’s review sketched between thunderous applause and involuntary eye-twitching I like Landman. I like root canals too, but only one of these is meant to hurt. The […]
Cartoon depicting media transition and outdated fixtures.
Politics

Australia’s Media Crisis: What Works Overseas, Why We Fail, and How We Build Something Better

23 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2
When Peter FitzSimons asked what kind of legislation actually works – and which countries are doing it better – he pointed to the heart of a quiet national crisis. Australia doesn’t lack intelligence, civics, or […]
Cartoon critiquing renewable energy and coal industry.
Environment

The renewable recycling lie: the zombie myth the fossil-fuel lobby can’t let die

15 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 29
Every few months, like clockwork, the fossil-fuel lobby resurrects its favourite zombie myth: “Renewables can’t be recycled. They’ll just end up on the trash heap.” It wasn’t true in 2015. It wasn’t true in 2020. […]
Protester holding "Republic NOW!" sign outdoors.
Health

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 6)

6 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 11
Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 11: Health, Wellbeing and the Human Future Health, Wellbeing and the Human Future The republic has healed its land and strengthened its democracy. Now it turns to […]
Man sitting by a river at sunset.
Health

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 5)

5 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2
Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 9: Education, Innovation and the Future of Knowledge Education, Innovation and the Future of Knowledge The republic protects its people with fairness and justice, but its greatest […]
Sign near pond with government building background.
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Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 4)

4 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 4
Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 7: The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy After defining who we are as a people, the next […]
Vanity Fear poster with Trump and dancer.
Satire

Vanity Fear: Trump’s Halloween Ball and the Eternal Carnival of Stupidity

4 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 4
William Thackeray wrote Vanity Fair to mock the vain and the greedy. Two centuries later, they’ve rented a ballroom, called it a fundraiser, and billed the taxpayer for the hors d’oeuvres. The puppets keep dancing […]
Sovereignty sign with mountain and flag background.
Politics

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 3)

3 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 6
Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 5: Protecting Sovereignty and Transparency Protecting Sovereignty and Transparency In the last part we explored how fairness and dignity become the foundation of the republic’s economy. Now […]
Map of Australia made from banknotes and coins.
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Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 2)

2 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 3: Building Integrity and Trust Into the System Building Integrity and Trust Into the System In the first two parts, we explored why Australia needs to begin […]
Parliament building with multiple international flags.
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Imagining Australia as a New Republic – and a Better Nation for us all (Part 1)

1 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 6
Part 1: Why We Need to Begin Again The Preamble We, the people of Australia, standing upon lands, waters, and skies cared for by the First Peoples since time beyond measure, acknowledge that their sovereignty […]
Earth at night with illuminated city lights.
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How overseas allies can peacefully help Americans access the truth

12 October 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 15
A call to peaceful assistance Across social media, emails, and private messages, ordinary Americans are asking people in Australia, Canada, and beyond for one simple thing: “Please tell us the truth. We’re not getting it […]
TV host promoting product in lively studio.
Politics

American Windows – the Delux Edition

11 October 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
The game Putin would play if he were American. (By Crispin Glazetone, Consumer Experience Correspondent – bringing you the shiny side of systemic failure.) Everyone’s playing it – whether they know it or not. The […]
Cartoon satire on Australian trade deals.
Politics

When Governments Sell You Out: Howard, Abbott, and the ISDS Trap

26 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 7
Introduction: The Boycott That Could Break Them Picture this: Australians decide they’ve had enough of a multinational that trashes our environment, exploits workers, or peddles addictive garbage. So we launch the simplest and most democratic […]
Cartoon depicting political commentary on consumerism.
Politics

Disney Tried to Please MAGA. Five Billion Dollars Later, They Changed Their Mind

26 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 2
The people have the power, if only they knew it Disney thought it could silence Jimmy Kimmel after he dared to call out Trump and MAGA’s exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s death. They caved to the […]
Robot pondering in front of cracked mirror.
Health

Grok in a Tell-All Interview: Charlie Kirk, Christofascism, and the Martyrdom Myth

23 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 7
Foreword by Grok History has a way of repeating itself, not in perfect cycles but in echoes – resonances that remind us of what happens when power, faith, and fear intertwine. The assassination of Charlie […]

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