Note: I’ve had this drafted (with only minor modification) since late 2024 intending to release it in gun violence awareness month. However recent events have prompted me to bring forward its release, especially because the Queensland Government is not going to participate in the gun buyback. I was raised on a farm in North Queensland,Continue reading “Gun Violence Should Never Be Trivialised”
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It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It
Just imagine watching the 2035 NRL grand final beamed live from Las Vegas. Gone from NRL games are boring things like post-try conversions, penalty goals or field goals. It was once believed the breaks in play created by these, which allowed commercials to be shown during broadcasts, kept them safe from the incessant bastardisation ofContinue reading “It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It”
Hate Begets More Hate
Everyone who engages in hate of ‘others’ – based on religion, race/ethnicity/heritage, nationalism, politics, ‘class’, gender, sexual orientation, etc – shares a level of responsibility in all hate crimes because they have shown and/or taught acceptance for spreading hate. That is why it is so offensive to see those who perpetuate ‘othering’ and division inContinue reading “Hate Begets More Hate”
Rich Food, Rich Life
On Father’s Day I enjoyed the most authentic Italian food I’ve had in Australia and I wanted to share something about the experience. But this post is not really about food. This is about the value of immigration at a moment in history when immigration is being criticised, including – incredibly – by immigrants andContinue reading “Rich Food, Rich Life”
Aussie Trumpian
Harnessing hate and division, when it has been so thoroughly stoked by the orange despot and his mates afar, must be incredibly enticing to a young man with extreme political aspirations … Now that the hate machine of our domestic far right has run on from the racism they whipped up in the voice referendumContinue reading “Aussie Trumpian”
Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first
All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’ industry. The resource all employers mine is their people – specifically their ideas, energy and time – ‘just’ the most personal and precious of our resources which define us as human beings. Some workplaces have a culture where this mining is doneContinue reading “Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first”
The Great Reset at Work: An update on connections impacted by toxic workplaces
Three years on from writing “The Great Reset at Work“, readers will be saddened and shocked to learn the progress or fate of my connections that I mentioned therein, because my greatest concerns did not take long to manifest and in the most tragic ways. I fear that the threat to their psychological safety thatContinue reading “The Great Reset at Work: An update on connections impacted by toxic workplaces”
The Only Sustainable Strategy For An Authentic Centre Left
If it still exists … The following submission is written in full sincerity to be considered at Per Capita Australia’s “Community” Tax summit as a follow on to a debate I had with Emma Dawson, director of PCA, on LinkedIn on 6 Feb 2025 (my post was removed that evening for reasons and in aContinue reading “The Only Sustainable Strategy For An Authentic Centre Left”
Unheeded Prescience
In my 18 year history of blogging and writing essays on socioeconomics, most of my analysis details a contrarian view on contemporary society and what is and has gone wrong, often with a warning on what is likely to happen if authentic corrective measures are not taken. My choice of ‘homes4aussies’ as my website nameContinue reading “Unheeded Prescience”
Xcap
Noun. Short for Extreme capitalist. Antonym of woke. Someone with an unshakeable faith in and support for: manipulated markets to transfer wealth from the poor and vulnerable to the wealthy Elite; small government and thus limited to zero social safety nets and social justice programs (such as universal health and DEI initiatives); greed and selfishnessContinue reading “Xcap”
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