Pearls and Irritations – Public policy journal
WEB1 day ago · The contested politics of housing reform. While most Australians remain well-housed, few public policy experts would argue that our housing system is today in good shape. Homelessness continues to increase and both rental and mortgage affordability stress are widespread. By Hal Pawson Sep 10, 2024. Community, Government, Politics.
On green growth land, we meet each other - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · On green growth land, we meet each other. By Zijian Qi. Sep 19, 2024. As the curtain of the Paris Olympics fell, I was thinking of the first Olympics I had experienced and reported back in 2000 when I was a Chinese correspondent based in Canberra. That experience and those of many other people after the Sydney Olympics showcase that two …
Dependency or protectorate? - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · At times our responses make us look more like a US dependency or protectorate rather than an ally – foolish as even the latter concept may be. Emblematic of this over decades are the attitudes of the political class (staffers, politicians and press gallery) towards political TV viewing. Once this class …
Five-minute scroll - Pearls and Irritations
WEB3 days ago · By Pearls and Irritations. Sep 16, 2024. We start the week with our five-minute scroll on X to bring you a sample of the world and local issues that may not be found in our mainstream media. Today the first posts we saw include the plea to educate yourself on the history of Israel’s actions in Gaza, Malcolm Turnbull talks reality regarding ...
A new hope - Pearls and Irritations
WEB3 days ago · A new hope. By Simon Holmes à Court. Sep 17, 2024. Australia can graduate from a ‘dig it up and ship it out’ quarry to a leader in the global transition to clean energy. Our vast array of minerals-in-high-demand processed with our low-cost clean energy can secure prosperity for generations of Australians. An excerpt from the 2024 Manning ...
A solution in Ukraine? - Pearls and Irritations
WEB3 days ago · A solution in Ukraine? By Gregory Clark. Sep 17, 2024. There must be a negotiated end to the Ukraine War. The alternative is nuclear armageddon. The Russian demands are more negotiable than realised. Following the US-backed Maidan coup of 2014, and the subsequent 2014-5 Minsk accords, Russia gained the promise of autonomy for the two Russian ...
All articles - Pearls and Irritations
WEBA five-minute scroll. The stories we witnessed on a five-minute scroll on X this morning include Julian Assange, Pope Francis, author Ilan Pappé, the Tent Massacre in Gaza and the IDF leaked footage of October 7. By Pearls and Irritations Sep 11, 2024. Defence and Security, Government, International relations, Politics.
The risks of nuclear power - Pearls and Irritations
WEB2 days ago · The historian/journalist Daniel Ford, reviewing Wellock’s work, writes: “In 1982, I wrote… about the risk of another major accident following the one at Three Mile Island…. The numbers suggested that another major nuclear accident would come due in about three years. The Chernobyl disaster occurred roughly on schedule, four years later ...
The democracy metanarrative - Pearls and Irritations
WEBBy Teow Loon Ti. Sep 9, 2024. In its strategic competition with Russia and China, the United States has constructed a metanarrative based on democracy versus authoritarianism (i.e. good versus evil). Such a narrative harks back to the political thinking of the first half of the 20th century which saw the fighting of two world wars.
War is Peace - Pearls and Irritations
WEBWar is Peace. By Richard Cullen. May 19, 2024. “War is Peace” was an anchoring concept within the astonishing dystopia portrayed in George Orwell’s “1984”. This extraordinary, ground-breaking novel was a warning to the world, which drew on Orwell’s deep understanding of Stalin’s USSR. But even Orwell, in 1984, did not conceive of ...