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
Mar 16, 2019 |
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A look at votes in NSW on secular issues, and the influence of the religious lobby, and a...
Sep 21, 2015 |
Back in 2008, I had an on-line debate with Greg Clarke who was the then-director of the Centre...
May 03, 2015 |
Trying to get a handle on the diversity of reactions, ideas, the fair and the unfair, the...
Sep 27, 2014 |
An edited version of this article has been published in the Spring 2014 issue of ...
Aug 17, 2014 |
This document has been scorned by many as merely an anti-semitic exercise. For Umberto Eco,...
Jan 13, 2014 |
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Australian...
of interest
Feb 01, 2021 |
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,...
Nov 26, 2020 |
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...
Sep 10, 2020 |
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...
May 16, 2019 |
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...
Mar 09, 2019 |
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,...
Dec 27, 2015 |
There's a lot of hype around slowing down, or even reversing aging. Here's my view.
I've long been...
Nov 07, 2015 |
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...
Sep 21, 2015 |
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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