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15 essays · 2025–2026

  1. 18 June 2026 Australia · First Nations · Politics Premier Malinauskas Has Broken South Australia's First Promise Driving a wedge into the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment on a sacred Kaurna site — and the broken Letters Patent of 1836. Read on Substack ↗
  2. 16 June 2026 Arts · First Nations · Adelaide Whispers in the Wall: Confronting the Failures of a Colonial Past Unpacking the hidden stories inside The Queen's Wall — an Adelaide artwork that meets colonial history through VR. Read on Substack ↗
  3. 27 May 2026 Education · AI · Culture Convenience vs. Critical Thinking Where artificial intelligence and falling standards challenge the classic academic model — and the university becomes performance. Read on Substack ↗
  4. 15 April 2026 US Politics · Power · Media The Cycle Can Break: Trump's Profiteering and a Cult in Decline MAGA as the new Trump University — a grift on the economically vulnerable, and the first cracks in the cult. Read on Substack ↗
  5. 16 March 2026 Satire · Australia · Culture I Don't Like It: Satire Has Changed Sides Fondly recalling when we were all the front-row audience of the Backdoor Man — and how satire defected. Read on Substack ↗
  6. 17 February 2026 Politics · Centrism · The Left Flirting with Centrism: A Passionate Leftist Tempted to Swipe Right Alex gets politically bi-curious — and asks why the progressive movement keeps failing to deliver. Read on Substack ↗
  7. 16 February 2026 Politics · Polarisation · Australia Don't Let Terror Change Who We Are Holding our humanity in a polarised world — disrupting the binary illusion at the heart of public debate. Read on Substack ↗
  8. 21 December 2025 Ideology · Post-Truth · Culture Whose Truth is True? Political Ideology as the New Religion As 2025 ends, a reflection on the anxieties and grievances breeding competing realities in a post-truth world. Read on Substack ↗
  9. 18 June 2025 US Politics · Scandal · Power Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the Accusation of a Paedophile Presidency If Musk knew what he now claims, how could he have bankrolled the campaign? A feud that leaves everyone compromised. Read on Substack ↗
  10. 17 June 2025 Authoritarianism · Politics · Class The Fascist Swindle: When 'Victims' Become Tyrants The common thread tying American authoritarianism to the Nazis marching on Melbourne's streets. Read on Substack ↗
  11. 2 May 2025 Australia · Politics · Explainer A Wonk's Guide to Australian Politics A self-confessed wonk explains Australia's parties, its ideologies and its 2025 landslide — for friends who have never had to vote here. Read on Substack ↗
  12. 23 April 2025 Australia · Politics · Elections The Vibe Shift is Coming Dutton rides the MAGA wave as the PM pitches to the Australian people — and the imported playbook starts to misfire. Read on Substack ↗
  13. 8 April 2025 Politics · Power · Ethics On the Nature of Evil and the Price of Compromise As Elon Musk launches his America Party, a reflection on how hollow his idea of 'evil' really sounds. Read on Substack ↗
  14. 19 February 2025 Culture · Individualism · Ideology The Hidden Generals of the Culture Wars When individualism is lost and collectivism weaponised — why Alex will not be signing up to your 'community' any time soon. Read on Substack ↗
  15. 11 February 2025 Politics · US Politics · Populism Nigel Wants Us to Play Nice Now Dissecting the corpse of the Kamala–Walz campaign, the mirage of Nigel Farage, and how painful it is to watch history reset to 2016. Read on Substack ↗

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