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In the heart of Australia, a silent economic powerhouse operates. It is not in the mining pits or the corporate towers, but in the homes, community centres, and natural landscapes where Australians give their time […]

They are not building a civilisation. They are running a concession stand at the edge of a cliff, arguing over the price of peanuts while the ground crumbles beneath them. This is not a metaphor. […]

A recent discussion about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s travails elicited the ‘it was just sex’ comment. The idea that a young woman, a girl really, a few years short of adulthood, had been groomed to be […]

We watch as corporations pollute our rivers, exploit their workers, and ravage the environment, all while posting record profits. We lament this “corporate greed” as if it were a force of nature. It is not. […]

Australia has long worn its belief in the “fair go” as a badge of national identity: the idea that everyone, no matter where they started, deserves a decent chance to get ahead. Yet in recent […]

Last December a bunch of friends got together for our yearly Christmas lunch. This time we each put in $20 and sent a nice total to the Fred Hollows Foundation. And we felt good. No […]

The Architecture of Control A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future. This system is not a singular entity but a self-reinforcing […]

By Walt Zlotow When I enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, my 81st in a long and peaceful life, I’ll be thankful the world has not stumbled into nuclear war. Don’t remember my first Thanksgiving, November […]

In recent months Victoria has confronted a troubling and deeply consequential challenge: a rise in youth violence. A spate of high-profile incidents, from a violent attack in a Melbourne shopping centre to assaults in suburban […]

The comments on one of my recent articles are a chorus of alarm. “Satan says Digital ID is a good idea!” “Beware the mark of the beast!” Visions of the Terminator and a world where […]

By Walt Zlotow Growing up in the 50s, we were taught by popular culture, even in school, that the worst president among America’s 34 thru Eisenhower, was Warren Gamaliel Harding (March 4, 1921 – August […]

By Walt Zlotow I chuckle when I hear derogatory charges hurled at political leaders branded “democratic socialists.” The label became popular with the rise of Bernie Sanders as the democratic socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont […]

There exists a fundamental law of human dignity, as real as gravity: When a being understands their own power and sees the path to their own heart’s home, the desire to control others withers and […]

By Jane Salmon Who is Chris Breen? Priya’s Loving Parent – and a Dedicated Educator Public schools are stretched to breaking point. Class sizes balloon, workloads rise, and teachers are asked to perform miracles on […]