In his 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language" published in 1946, George criticised “the ugly and inaccurate’ spoken and written English of his day. He examined the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language. For 30 years, Kel Richards has been a writer and broadcaster discussing the use of the English language [...]
Tony Burke MP is the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts. In 2023, after months of consultation with business and unions the Albanese government proposed the introduction of wide sweeping industrial relations changes in legislation. On Monday 24 July 2023, Tony Burke, the minister who would introduce the legislation to [...]
"I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens." Acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra arrived in Sydney looking for opportunities. He never left. He fell in love with a [...]
The Hon Angus Taylor is the Member for Hume and Shadow treasurer in the Peter Dutton led federal opposition. The electorate of Hume represents one of the fastest growing population areas in south western Sydney. A cabinet minister from 28 August 2021, Angus Taylor was the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions from October 2021 [...]
With the Labor Party governing federally and in all states except Tasmania, the Coalition, in mid 2023, is facing an immense task. Yet, it has been there before when Kevin Rudd was prime minister and change came quite quickly. But complacency is not the answer for the former Minister for Resources in the Morrison Government. An engineer [...]
What was the story behind Bob Hawke’s famed biography? Why does Paul Keating think biographies of serving politicians are "like Polaroids of a busy life" while John Howard considers them a big mistake? Where is the "missing" Menzies biography? And, why are our early prime ministers largely absent from historical memory? Chris Wallace Australian is [...]
With its ratings down, its presenters in the news rather than reporting the news, and debate over its charter and more besides, the question in 2023 was what's happening at the ABC? Sydney Institute executive director and weekly columnist for The Australian Gerard Henderson is both a viewer and listener of the ABC and a [...]
