The Great Covid Panic: now out!
It's here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10...
On censorship in Australia and elsewhere
What do you do as an Australian parliament when a foreign company censors mainstream media content in Australia, undermining free speech? Do you organise an...
Why “final offer arbitration” is Russian Roulette for Google
The legislated "bargaining" process between Google and News Corp is unmoored from reality. Its "final offer arbitration" is unsuited to the task. [caption id="attachment_34634" align="alignleft"...
The Drew Pavlou case: business with China versus the American lobby
In a week from now, UQ student leader Drew Pavlou will face an internal hearing at the University of Queensland to decide whether or not...
George RR Martin just reminded us of the horrors of war and our role in them.
Episode 5 of the final season of Game of Thrones showed us a vengeful fallen angle, Daenerys Targaryen, after whom thousands of children in the...
Some Game of Thrones Season 8 speculation
Let me indulge, purely for entertainment value, in some fan-speculation on what we will see on-screen after the Long Night is over and the final...
Could sortition help against corruption, part II
In part 1, I looked at whether it made sense to have random individuals inserted into parliament, or to let policies be decided by juries...