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Albanese's second term: one year in (Part 2)
Has the Labor government improved people's lives
May 7
Albanese's second term: one year in (Part 1)
Has the Labor government improved people's lives
May 5

April 2026

An off-ramp from the Middle East
The US has neither the capacity nor the responsibility to shape events in a region where it has no real interests
Apr 30
Remembering a tragedy
We must honour our heroes, but not those who sent them to die
Apr 25
What if we just stopped hyperscaling
Mistral makes its own case
Apr 22
Bobby, I Hardly Knew You
A blast from the past
Apr 18
The court ruling in Gina Rinehart’s mining dispute reveals a lot about the nation’s inherited wealth
My latest in The Conversation
Apr 17
How many babies do we want ?
How many babies will we (more precisely, young women) have
Apr 14
Good news from Hungary
Turning the tide of dictatorship
Apr 12
Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s
My latest in The Guardian
Apr 6

March 2026

Robots and ravens
My first paper written with AI assistance
Mar 30
What now for Labor and the Greens ?
The massive transfer of Liberal party support in the SA election and some smaller swings against Labor raise the question of whether something similar…
Mar 27
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