Writing
NEW ARTICLE: “Humanist Ethics in John Sayles’s Casa de los Babys”
My latest article on “Humanist Ethics in John Sayles’s Casa de los Babys” has just been published in the Film International journal: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=19929/
A Science Party for Australia
In the wake of the federal election, some online communities have begun to speculate on the need for a Science Party in Australian politics. This is something I’ve been considering for some time; with momentum gathering behind the idea, it seems a fine moment to float my musings on how such a party might work…. Read more
Australian Independent Media Inquiry
The Australian media inquiry is currently taking submissions until Oct 31 2011, and I urge everyone to get involved. Email media-inquiry@dbcde.gov.au to make your submission, or use NewsStand’s online form at http://www.newsstand.org.au/make-your-submission. You might consider the following points: 1. Media ownership: do we need to break up New Ltd’s 70% market share and cross-media control,… Read more
COUNTERCULTURAL AND INDEPENDENT MUSIC REVIEW: Q&A with a Couple of Sydney Artists
Not long ago I sent the following interview questions to some friends and colleagues who are all in some way engaged with countercultural music-making in Australia. The questions were my way of attempting to understand what was going on in our heads when we thought about the role music has and could have in our… Read more
Locking up asylum seekers is an expensive political campaign
It’s expensive to keep anyone in detention, especially the remote, grim detention centres found on Christmas Island, so it is worth asking why our government would want to squander so much money locking up asylum seekers for such limitless periods – what are we getting in return? Obviously we are getting psychological abuse of a… Read more