i. checkmate

There is an old story about the original creator of the game of chess, a wily mathematician who submits his invention to the ruler of the country. Asked by the delighted queen what he would require by way of reward, the mathematician requests to be paid in gold. He proposes the queen place one single…

your taxes, mapped: the openeconomy project

Web-based financial data visualisation

WA2.0 — a preview

An impressionistic view of the place we want to create: home town, home state

loss

It’s the end of an era for the Greens (WA), and also a harsh reminder that talent and hard work alone are no guarantee of a seat in Parliament when the conservative tide turns.

In May we gathered at events to celebrate and acknowledge the work of our MPs Giz Watson and Alison Xamon MLC. Both…

#14votes

So we’re seven days into the search for #14votes, and there are probably another seven days to go.

slow fuse

“We don’t discuss intelligence matters,” Australia’s bewildered Prime Minister told the media again this morning, making him the only person left on earth not discussing intelligence matters. Finally, seven months after the fuse was lit, the scandal of the US National Security Agency surveillance state has…

spook #estimates

Senate Estimates committees are my favourite parliamentary obscurity, a thrice-yearly ritual of tense cross-examination and…

when asked anything

Couple of weeks ago I dipped a toe in the wilds of Reddit for the first time, hosting an Ask Me Anything for an hour and a half after Parliament had risen for the night

(The thread is here…

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