Submitted by Paul Daley on
This hawkish rhetoric denotes a new type of alpha-masculinity from the federal government to things defence and diplomatic
Who’s ready to go over-the-top with Mike Pezzullo?
Well, not so much with, perhaps. More like at his command (don’t he just wish!) – in a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do kind of way.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
This hawkish rhetoric denotes a new type of alpha-masculinity from the federal government to things defence and diplomatic
Who’s ready to go over-the-top with Mike Pezzullo?
Well, not so much with, perhaps. More like at his command (don’t he just wish!) – in a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do kind of way.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
Private Ted Ryan stands as a talisman for today’s personnel, whose masters have deployed and redeployed them, to their enduring detriment
This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
Private Ted Ryan stands as a talisman for today’s personnel, whose masters have deployed and redeployed them, to their enduring detriment
This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
A statue of Lachlan Macquarie calls him a ‘perfect gentleman’ but 205 years ago he ordered the massacre of Dharawal men, women and children
Two hundred-and-five years ago British soldiers, following orders of the fifth governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, massacred Dharawal men, women and children at Appin on the outskirts of today’s Sydney.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
A statue of Lachlan Macquarie calls him a ‘perfect gentleman’ but 205 years ago he ordered the massacre of Dharawal men, women and children
Two hundred-and-five years ago British soldiers, following orders of the fifth governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, massacred Dharawal men, women and children at Appin on the outskirts of today’s Sydney.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
Next time you’re urged to ponder how far we’ve come as a nation, remember the 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died in custody
If every life is equal, so too is every death.
Of course, this proposition is laughable. Not least in Australia, where the long arm of colonisation reaches far into the federation and its continued oppression and maltreatment of First Nations people.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
Next time you’re urged to ponder how far we’ve come as a nation, remember the 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died in custody
If every life is equal, so too is every death.
Of course, this proposition is laughable. Not least in Australia, where the long arm of colonisation reaches far into the federation and its continued oppression and maltreatment of First Nations people.
Submitted by Paul Daley on
It’s a time to be together, but without the urgency and freneticism that Christmas brings
On the eve of the Easter holiday I always feel as if the Australian tempo takes a welcome shift down a gear or two.
The year is just a quarter over. Already there is always an intense weariness in the air. This year, like the last, you can add to that a liberal dose of trepidation.