A beautiful tribute by Ann Curthoys to her cherished friend Lyndall Ryan, one of Australia's most significant historians who will also be remembered as a generous colleague, teacher & collaborator, and as an inspirational feminist. Vale.
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Should there be a limit on how rich you can be?
Peter Mares reviews Ingrid Robeyns’s ‘Limitarianism,’ from Allen Lane via Penguin Books Aus inside.org.au/the-case-for-b…

“While accepting that some people will always be better off than others, both books argue that we should cap the amount anyone can earn or own… We’re familiar with a minimum wage, so why not a maximum wage?” Tom Malleson’s Against Utopia reviewed inside.org.au/the-case-for-b…

insidestory.org.au/dick-caseys-fo… 'A collection of thirteen gramophone records was recently exhumed from the University of Melbourne Archives. Damaged by dirt, water and sheer old age, the 33rpm discs were cleaned, conserved and digitised and are now on the archives’ website. That they can

Dapin concluded that airport demonstrations, spitting and jeers are the stuff of myth, not history.
The myth of the abusive protesters, on Inside Story
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Great review by Sara Dowse of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. The wall, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-wall

Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change theconversation.com/jobseekers-get… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

“If globalisation is in partial retreat, Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman provide a snapshot of the machinery the United States used to turn it around.” Jock Given reviews ‘Underground Empire’ from Allen Lane via Penguin Books Aus inside.org.au/the-plumbing-i…

On Anzac Day, 25 April, it’s always worth recalling that more French soldiers died at Gallipoli than Australians, and many of the allied troops were African and Indian. Myth making doesn’t help us understand the past (or the present).
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This is my ideal Anzac Day read... insidestory.org.au/from-a-distanc…

My review of Nathan Thrall's brilliant A Day in the Life of Abed Samara: The wall, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-wall

While China Matters winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education inside.org.au/think-tanked

Patrick Mullins I agree. An excellent piece from MargaretSimons re the fallout from the Higgins/Lehrmann case for journalism. There are further nuances about objectivity and advocacy to be teased out, some of which are in this piece I did. insidestory.org.au/were-not-at-wa….

(I'll be speaking on the jury/family history issue in the case, discussed here: insidestory.org.au/judging-kathle….)

“Lacking strong support for change, the govt scaled back and delayed the new fuel standard. But its near-silence on the health impacts of air pollution raises an important question: was this dimension of the policy fully explored?” inside.org.au/hot-air-triump…

Please enjoy this great piece from Australia’s preeminent Zizek Understander

Hot air triumphs over clean air. My latest for ⁦Inside Story⁩

Despite worrying evidence, the direct health effects of car-boosted air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
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A welcome tribute to a prolific scholar who coined (among others) the term 'soft power', to which I devoted (and I am still devoting) several years of my academic life an a dissertation: Joseph Nye.

#softpower #internationalrelations

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“I weep more at a wedding than a funeral.”
Kate Fullagar reviews Susannah Gibson’s ‘Bluestockings,’ from John Murray Press inside.org.au/i-weep-more-at…