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Downfall: A Study In Political Narcissism – Then and Now

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PRESCRIPT: This is the text of an op-ed piece I wrote for Engage Mail, the online journal of […]

January 20, 2021 Prose

A Tale of Two Crises: Reflections on Bushfires and COVID-19

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PRESCRIPT: This article originally appeared (in a slightly different format) in the Winter 2020 edition of Zadok Perspectives, a […]

July 29, 2020 Prose

Accidental Fascists: Progressive Politics and the Dilemma of Censorship

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PRESCRIPT: This is the text of an article I originally published in Engage.mail, the online journal of the […]

June 30, 2020 Prose

The Israel Folau ‘Controversy’: A Study in Corporate Censorship and Capitalist Hypocrisy

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PRESCRIPT: For international readers who may not be aware of all the identities who are the subject of […]

March 24, 2020 Prose

Cricket, Redemption, and the Myths of Modernity

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PRESCRIPT: For those of you who are unfamiliar with cricket, it is a sport which emerged in England […]

September 25, 2019 Prose

Political Pragmatism And Asylum Seekers: The Ugly Truth of Australian Politics

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The recent decision by the ALP National Conference to back Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s push to adopt the […]

June 8, 2019 Prose

Unionism: A Pastoral Perspective

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Science is a collaborative enterprise, spanning the generations. When it permits us to see the far side of […]

May 27, 2019 Prose

Elections, Union Bashing, and the Truths of History

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Confronted by a resurgent Opposition and persistently poor opinion polls, the federal government has responded by targeting the […]

May 27, 2019 Prose

When In Doubt – Sing From A Familiar Songsheet

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In 2007, as a desperate Howard Government tried to fend off the resurgent Labor Opposition under Kevin Rudd, […]

May 27, 2019 Prose

History, Politics, and Memory

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While it is a matter of public record that the Turnbull government blocked attempts to establish a royal […]

May 27, 2019 Prose

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