Pray for sensible socialists and compassionate capitalists, son
There it was again, in a report about what Minister Bowen is planning next – that dreaded phrase … ‘dramatic…
Is Albanese’s outburst the beginning of the end?
Contrast Anthony Albanese’s response to Peter Dutton, with that of Richard Marles’ the next day. The first was emotional righteous…
Anti-family Albo?
The Prime Minister has shown his true colours, again… As reported in The Australian, Anthony Albanese agrees with an economist…
Immigration and the fires of separatism
We have seen abhorrent scenes in my home state of New South Wales. It has been thoroughly disappointing, but sadly,…
Education vs Wisdom: referendum voting patterns come under fire
Waleed Aly was technically correct, but perhaps discourteous, in the way he expressed the socio-economic difference seen within voting patterns…
Disinformation? Try ‘no’ information
The problem is not disinformation, Mr Ray Martin, it is that we have no information. Let me explain. Over a…
No special schools? Pull the other one…
Some commissioners have suggested removing special schools. They mustn’t have worked in the good ones! At one point in my…
Daniel Andrews was not a political genius
I have heard commentators from all kinds of political positions commenting that the retiring Premier of Victoria was a person…
From hopelessness to heartlessness: the vibe seems so hollow
We are not yet halfway through the run-up to the referendum on the Voice to Parliament, and already many of…
Illiterate, innumerate, and scared: be disappointed, but not surprised
Why would anyone be surprised at the latest NAPLAN results? Yes, they are disappointing, but the amount of hand-wringing expressed…
Socialists have made the left deaf to reason
There may be a reason why Anthony Albanese and his ministers do not answer questions about their signature policies, even…
From unsettled to unhinged
Judith Sloan has decided to name our Minister for Climate Change and Energy, ‘B1’. I prefer to think of Chris…
Albanese’s Voice tears the heart from Australian politics
It was W.B. Yeats, after the first world war, who wrote his poem that contained the phrase, ‘The centre cannot…
Teachers cannot teach what they do not know
Well, here we are with another review of teaching. Australia has itself a bit of déjà vu with a well-meaning…
Twin evils
Divorced from Christianity, our leaders devalue our humanity
Character, not category
We have lost ground on what good character means. It is because it has become harder and harder to know…
Putting the ‘artificial’ in intelligence: the morality of the digital mind
Artificial intelligence is, well, artificial. And the use of ‘intelligence’ in this label is a misnomer. AI machines cannot think.…
I am what I am – a family man
‘I am what I am – a family man. Mother, father, brother.’ Fleetwood Mac, 1987. Are we allowed to say…
The supremacy of feelings
We now have various psychological contexts being determined under regulation in Australia. One example is the workplace, which has changed…
False money, false budget, false hope
Even before the Budget is given, we know it is false. That is because too much of the money on…
Help? What’s that?
I have found myself sitting in gutters a number of times in my counselling psychology career. There is some kind…
A voice of emotion, not reason – of judgment, not mercy
We humans have always been emotional. It is part of who we are as self-conscious beings. But the use of…
The devolution of Western teaching
The National Curriculum is broken. So too is the profession of instruction and teaching. Each new Education Minister – be…
The psychology of moral evasion
I heard the term ‘severe climate anxiety’ again today. It was reportedly used as a defence to help someone achieve…
Can teaching be politically neutral?
Are people involved in a spiritual enterprise when they think, and therefore, when they teach? This might seem a far-fetched…
