The "rights" based debate is much confused, with much distortion of the english language and...
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A show, including copyright and the Australian Aboriginal flag ( about 1 1/4 hours in)
Intellectual Property : The Abuse, From a talk at the Sydney Mechanics' School of arts.
Repairs, Spares and Abuse in Australia - an interview on a show I host, "Roving Spotlight"
Some other radio discussions :
Associate Professor Leanne Wiseman of Griffith University, on the "Right to Repair".
Mark O'Connor on population issues.
Topical
Somehow, the promise has been betrayed. Just what was society - the economy - and indeed, the...
Hockey's budget has come out to a mixed reaction. Some say the...
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Welcome to John August : Permutations
Religion
A look at votes in NSW on secular issues, and the influence of the religious lobby, and a...
Back in 2008, I had an on-line debate with Greg Clarke who was the then-director of the Centre...
Trying to get a handle on the diversity of reactions, ideas, the fair and the unfair, the...
An edited version of this article has been published in the Spring 2014 issue of ...
This document has been scorned by many as merely an anti-semitic exercise. For Umberto Eco,...
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Australian...
of interest
Taking a look at Al-Jazeera coverage, and the conspicious absence of some events overlapping between Australia and Qatar.
While visiting my Aunt in Wollongong,...
I’ve long been interested in Chomsky’s writings, but I could always see good and bad in them. I’ve struggled to understand foreign policy and how the US fits in. It’s...
This piece is derived from a talk I gave at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. So, it is a bit more "talky" than my other articles. I have had some appreciation...
A top-level look at the current tensions in politics in Australia, and a plug for the Pirate Party.
Understanding the political world around me...
I gave this presentation on the 7/2/19 at Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club.
I am not presently planning to stand for the next NSW State election,...
There's a lot of hype around slowing down, or even reversing aging. Here's my view.
I've long been...
I hit another vehicle from behind - and proved in court it was the other drivers' fault. And along the way I learnt a lot about the courts, topping up my cynicism tank...
Back in 2008, I had an on-line debate with Greg Clarke who was the then-director of the Centre for Public Christianity. The subject was just how much influence the...
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