Viva la revolución

Our leaders are focused on the next few years, of staying in office, appeasing the electorate instead of making the world a better place for all.

Tabi on racial matters: Are we missing out on our anti-racism efforts?

Let’s understand racism for what it really is, to help galvanise our anti-racism efforts from stories of awareness into clear concrete actions that change racist systems.

Australia’s new space command

Australia has copied the American model in creating a ‘space command’ to unify its space faring efforts and counter hostile actions by Russia and China in orbit around the Earth.

A question of heritage

Australia has welcomed immigrants from many countries, and, together with indigenous people, we should all be Australians first.

Tabi on racial matters – Happy Harmony Day

While Australia celebrates the 21st of March as Harmony Day, the rest of the world commemorates it as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Supply-chain lessons from the COVID years

The government needs to promote discussions with the private sector about supply-chain resilience, nation-building and sovereignty to ensure the lessons learned over the last two years lead to action in the future.

Movin’ to the country

While migration from abroad has suffered a two year hiatus, regional Australia has seen an influx of post COVID ‘tree and sea changers’, offering both benefits and challenges for small town Australia.

The potential – and pitfalls – of data science

So much data is collected and crunched in the modern world that any number of correlations can be found – many of which are clearly absurd – but over the last decade data science has unearthed many interesting trends in the social sciences and humanities.

Choosing who’s in charge of justice

A chief justice is more than just a court’s figurehead: they are responsible for defending and promoting the court’s institutional integrity, and this must be taken into account when appointing them.

The rise of the sovereign citizen

Paranoia over COVID vaccinations, a plethora of social media echo chambers, and a host of other factors have spurred the growth of anti-government movements around the world in recent years.

Universities bounce back

Many universities, facing revenue losses due to COVID-19, announced major staff cuts over the past two years, but as students return to the classroom, Australia’s tertiary sector may be about to bounce back.

Do your research – on why that doesn’t work

Telling someone who disagrees with you to ‘do their research’ is unlikely to win their heart or mind.