Race

Monday, 24 August 2015   Society, The Australian state   10 comments 

Or it may be possible that having got itself into a ludicrous position through culture war over-reach, that it could do nothing about even on its own terms, the anti-racist campaign against the public quietly tip-toed away from situation before it could get out of control.

Lifestyle

Monday, 16 March 2015   The Australian state   10 comments 

The idea of shutting down remote communities because they are economically unviable is, of course, rubbish.

Home front – an update

Wednesday, 24 December 2014   Society, The Australian state   45 comments 

Rather than a rise of Islamophobia imagined by the left rising up against a foreign terrorist threat imagined by the right, what we had were people seeming to react to what it was, a small, but disturbing sign of social fracturing.

Whitlam

Wednesday, 22 October 2014   Political figures, The Australian state   18 comments 

It’s perhaps for the best that Gough’s not around to see the hash they’ll make of it.

Home front

Thursday, 28 August 2014   International relations, The Australian state   11 comments 

Why should community leaders be as responsible as anyone else for these jihadists and why would they be able to do anything about it?

Chaos

Monday, 11 August 2014   State of the parties, The Australian state   13 comments 

We are talking not about a threat from overseas, than Australians going overseas to spread their chaos in other countries.

A hollow debate

Monday, 7 April 2014   The Australian state   21 comments 

The government has tried to use libertarian arguments to nullify and roll back a piece of anti-racist legislation but has nowhere to take it back to.

Sovereignty

Monday, 24 February 2014   International relations, The Australian state   26 comments 

The last six years have shown that what asylum seekers have more to be concerned about is an insecure, out of control political class that targets the most vulnerable to make itself look in command.

The New Regionalism – an update

Wednesday, 4 December 2013   International relations, State of the parties, The Australian state   10 comments 

The left have been portraying Indonesia as the victim and Australia as the bully but the reality is more the reverse.

Action

Monday, 30 September 2013   Tactics, The Australian state   12 comments 

The problem Abbott faces is that there are real barriers to implementing his program but behind him is a party of which some sections are determined to make sure he does.

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