Political Analysis and Progressive Ideas — Professional Bio I emigrated from Hobart, Australia to Toronto, Canada in 2013. I then moved back to Australia and am currently on the Gold Coast as of May 2022. I’m a University of Tasmania Economics graduate, technical project manager, progressive think tank contributor, and amateur political writer. When it comes to writing…

Talking to the Other Side — They say that religion, money, sex, and politics make for poor dinner conversation. I say that while not everyone needs to be “interested” in politics, it can be very rewarding to have a level-headed discussion about an issue when handled correctly, even when you don’t see eye to eye. Do…

2022 Australian federal election part 2: late seat-by-seat predictions — We made it. At the time of writing this pre-polling has been open for a couple of weeks, I personally submitted my postal vote weeks ago, and the main polling booths are about to open. Millions of Australians are going to pick up their stubby little pencils and make a…

It’s time to include more ideas for democracy’s sake — Living in Canada for almost 10 years and following multiple countries’ democratic processes has given me perspective. But before I get into that, let’s talk about Australia. For starters: Aussies freakin’ love reality television. They also love gambling. Having been away for so long it’s really difficult for me to…

2022 Australian federal election part 1: early seat-by-seat predictions — May 21st, 2022. That’s the day. Being the hugest election nerd that exists, it’s an understatement to say I am BUZZED. So buzzed, in fact, that I spent the last few days painstakingly reviewing every single one of the 151 federal seats, one at a time, and making an early…

Something I did not expect to come out of the 2022 Australian Election Campaign (that technically hasn’t started yet) was reopening of old trauma I carry related to the 2005 Cronulla Riots. The absolutely scathing interview between The Project’s Waleed Aly and former Liberal candidate Michael Towke accusing the…

Australian Fabians Review — Summer 2022 — Continuing on from the momentum of previewing September 2021’s second issue of Fabian, below I have done the same for the third instalment of an increasingly important publication for Australian progressive politics leading up to May’s federal election. In his editorial: False Divide? Labor’s Two Great Bases, Zann Maxwell gives…

Although I like to mostly write about politics these days, every year I change it up to talk about the music that has kept me company over the last 12 months. In 2018, 19, 20 I gave some bullshit excuse about not having time to do one of these properly…

Highlighting standout Australian political cartoons that tell the story from the previous month with a splash of commentary inspired by Barry Cassidy & Mike Bowers of ABC’s Insiders. On top of our normal COVID-19, China, Submarines and Election content, October was loaded with (anti) corruption proceedings, Pandora paper leaks, Climate…