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Media Release Residents are urged to wear red at a major rally as the campaign to save historic Marian St Theatre enters its final weeks. For over 100 years, Marian Street Theatre has been a […]

Culture, monoculture, multiculture. What does it all mean and why are these things bandied around as though our lives are dependent upon them being deemed to be correct, whatever ‘correct’ means. Probably a good starting […]

I was hungry for some justice – the best that I could find, perhaps a pound of jurisprudence from a great judicial mind? I started in a ghetto in a forgotten broken mile it was […]

The Incentive Economy Part 2 – The Business of Consumption Buy Now. Think Later. Dad’s Test Did I have this problem five minutes ago? Who benefits if I believe I do? What happens if I […]

The Incentive Economy Part 1 – The Business of Dissatisfaction Did I Have This Problem Five Minutes Ago? “Markets are brilliant at solving many human problems. They are also brilliant at creating incentives. Sometimes those […]

In September 1964, Beatlemania was sweeping the United States. Everywhere they went, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were greeted by screaming fans, packed stadiums and unprecedented media attention. The Beatles could […]

The Spear and the Shield – When Safety Becomes Surveillance Dedicated to my wife – who taught me that real safety is never achieved through cameras and algorithms. Introduction: The Illusion of Safety In 2025, […]

Media Release The world’s failure to protect the children of Gaza is a stain on us all, says aid organisation Plan International Children should never be targets: Plan International calls for full humanitarian access and accountability following […]

I came across the views of Marta Havryshko in a YouTube video on June 15th, in a lengthy audio essay. What struck me about this speech, was that it comes from a Jewish Ukrainian woman, […]

Dedication: To Justin Glyn, S.J. – All relationships start with a conversation. “The conversation is not a debate. It is a dance. And the dance – the dance is the only thing that has ever […]

How many destitute cannabis addicts have you seen littering the streetscape recently? How many hard smoking cannabis users have you come across that frequently go home after a night smoking cones to beat their wife […]

Oxfam Australia Media Release More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined. More than one in five killed over last […]

By Maria Millers  Before there were flags, before there were passports, before maps stitched borders across mountains and seas, there was a pot. From a bowl or mug to a fine porcelain tureen, from a home […]

A Science Fiction Story Part One: The Void Between The spacecraft Odyssey had been travelling for seventeen years. Its mission was simple: cross the interstellar void, study the distant galaxies that the James Webb Space […]

With love, respect and apologies to Bryan Dawe, and to the memory of John Clarke (1948–2017), whose weekly interviews taught a generation of Australians to listen for the gap between what is said and what […]