The Strings We Cannot See
We drift through our days like lanterns set afloat ...
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April 21, 2026
We Are Australian: The Timeless Hymn to Plurality
Woodley and Newton's "we Are One" embodies the elements of Australia in a profound and unique way.
April 17, 2026
Beyond What We Are: A Hard-Nosed Humanist’s Case for Human Possibility
Millennia has brought us to this point in time and has shown us that what we are to become is very much up to ourselves.
April 11, 2026
One Body, Four Confessions: The Arabian Nights and Social Cohesion
It is the unexpected events that criss-cross our days that draw a multicultural society together, more than ethnicity or faith.
April 4, 2026
Medical misogyny, bullying and professionalism: When regulation fails
Protectionism in health care is the blight that lends credence to medical conspiracy theorists.
March 30, 2026
The Machine That Never Stops: War, Capital and the Unending Carnage of Modern Conflict
Rather than an ideological difference of opinion, war is machine, an indictment of man's lack of insight and humanity.
March 26, 2026
The Unravelling Sky: War, Power, and the Expendable Millions
Old men at the end of their lives send young people at the beginning of theirs to fight and die for something they have no say in .
March 24, 2026
My Pipe Dream for Humanity
Before the first word was spoken, before the first hand pressed ochre into stone, we were iron and carbon ...
March 23, 2026
Sparks in the Abyss – Humanity, Honour, and Hope in the Great War
Accounts from the First World War demonstrate that even in the hells of the trenches humanity was not completely lost.
March 23, 2026
The Christchurch Mosque Attacks
Having faced on the worst terrorist events in recent times, Aotearoa has become an example for the world of inclusion after horror.
March 17, 2026
Wasted Youth: Remarque, Heroism and the Enduring Folly of War
Erich Maria Remarque's seminal novel All Quiet on the Western Front is an indictment of the heroism expounded by old men who never see the field of battle.
March 16, 2026
The Parsley Massacre and the Politics of Exclusion: Haiti and America
The exclusionary politics that devastated the Haitian people are being played out almost a century later in the United States.
March 15, 2026
Power, Fate and False Necessity: Society from Sophocles to Marx
Comprehension of the social and ideological foundations accepted by society are precursors to structural change.
March 14, 2026
Plural by Design: Multiculturalism, Faith and Australia’s Soul
Commitment to the concept of Australians as coming from a multitude of backgrounds will address social cohesion far better than Christian revisionism.
March 13, 2026
Bush Telegraph
Once a Jolly Swagman, wandering tracks ‘tween treesHitching rides by saddle-side or riding in a drayShared his stories, brought his tales and perhaps his billy tooBut most import was given…
March 5, 2026
The Spinning Prize Wheel of Fate
Step closer and watch the great Wheel turn, a burnished disc like Achilles’ Shield, etched with destinies you never chose. Hear it hum with the weight of unseen hands, those…
March 1, 2026
A Ballad of Humankind (in Fifty Fairytale Lines)
Mirror, mirror on the wall – Are humans really fairest of all? You shall go to the ball, they say – But midnight’s hopes don’t always stay. “All the better…
February 19, 2026
My unexpected time as a flaneur
Calling another by name says, without conjecture or analysis, you are not a statistic.
February 18, 2026
The Real Face of Australia – Reforging a National Identity for the Twenty-First Century
We must build a united Australia, that honours its past, embraces its present diversity, builds of mutual respect and purpose.
February 8, 2026
We Are 28 Million, We Are One
We are 28 million, we are one. We gather under cloudless skies or scattered rain, our cities shining beside rivers and oceans, our towns stretching from sunrise to far horizon.We…
January 26, 2026