christmas island cruelty theatre
We paid $180m for Scott Morrison to have a press conference on Christmas Island. The blunder could be the most politically costly press conference ever.
3 April 2019
Scott Ludlam
cypherpunks and surveillance power
Let’s go looking for the best examples of how people are building something better, something that delivers on the internet’s original promise. Let’s signal boost the good stuff for a change.
1 April 2019
remember wikileaks
Despite this remarkable publishing record, almost nobody in the mainstream press writes about the disclosures themselves. Instead, commentary is drawn almost exclusively to the character and conduct of founder and editor Julian Assange.
19 December 2018
trapped in a national security script
In two crisp sentences on an Insiders panel, News Corp columnist Niki Savva expressed everything that’s wrong with how the media and political classes deal with the strands of authoritarianism creeping into Australian life
6 December 2018
Can progressives actually defeat the Morrison government
Yes, Australia is turning away from the hard-right. Yes, the federal government is in chaos. But Labor and the Greens can hardly sit back and assume a 2019 federal election win.
30 November 2018
never forget samarco
Attention fades faster than the destructive impacts of the Samarco dam disaster
3 November 2018
is this Australia’s refugee tipping point?
There is a tipping point where suddenly political advantage comes from demonstrating humanity rather than working to extinguish it. But has Australia reached that point yet?
29 October 2018
learning from history in bougainville
Recently released economic analysis could signal great things for the PNG island, but only if lessons are learned from its catastrophic history.
12 September 2018
fighting for the forests of the south west
A decade-long campaign to protect old-growth forests was successful. But in the intervening years something has gone terribly wrong
7 September 2018