Failing state
Monday, 1 August 2016 The Australian state 1 comment
As usual in Australia, race remains too central to the state to expect any sort of clarity on it.
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.