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Ambit Gambit
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Australian bushfires on Turkey’s answer to Al Jazeera
8th January, 2020, 10:35am
Last night I was interviewed by TRT – Turkey’s answer to Al Jazeera – on a panel moderated by Adnan Azwaz on the ... more
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Don’t discriminate against Israel Folau
12th April, 2019, 8:42am
This is a vital free speech issue, so I’ve initiated a petition “Don’t discriminate against Israel Folau” and ur... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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After the Tragic Wildfires: History is Rewritten or Forgot
13th January, 2020, 5:50pm
The infernos of January 2020 will be remembered for destroying so much of southeastern Australia. I weep for the burns... more
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It has been hotter, fires have burnt larger areas
4th January, 2020, 12:59pm
The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment, as though particular events coul... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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Why do you need a Content Management System?
4th August, 2016, 4:10pm
According to recent studies more than 65 percent of the web development Brisbane projects do not use a content managemen... more
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An inexpensive website freshen up
4th March, 2016, 3:22pm
Earlier this year I was approached by an organisation I volunteer for, Cochlear Implant Club and ADvisory Association ... more
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Club Troppo
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The poverty of intellectual correctness – Part One: Neo-
24th December, 2019, 5:11pm
I wrote this essay a few years ago as part one of a two-part article that would illustrate some parallels between intell... more
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Corporate Social Policy Responsibility
20th December, 2019, 12:28am
CSR, shared value and its old establishment incarnation, pro bono work, arose from the old sense of noblesse oblige. Act... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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Self-refuting scholarship
14th December, 2019, 9:46am
[NB: this piece has been updated to incorporate links to further relevant scholarship.] One of the signs of the increasi... more
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Working class alienation as a driver of political polarisa
17th November, 2019, 10:29am
This is based on a comment I made here. The US has a legislated two Party system. (Left-cynics say that if the Soviet Co... more
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En Passant
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Let’s call Manus Island and Nauru detention centres what
2nd July, 2019, 8:30pm
I listened to the discussion on Wednesday from the Press Gallery of the 3 major media outlets in Australia all lamenting... more
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The Israel Folau case: the weaponising of hate speech
26th June, 2019, 8:45am
In writing about the Folau saga recently, I showed compassion to those rank and file Christians who felt under threat. ... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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The Labor loss in 2019
11th June, 2019, 9:26pm
We conducted two polls during the election. The first poll was late in April, which you can access here, and the second ... more
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Could this be a watershed poll?
14th May, 2019, 8:43pm
Our latest qualitative poll was conducted late in April, and we have just finished completely analysing the results. The... more
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