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Vale Johnny Allen
Interview by John Stapleton Johnny Allen was the motivating force behind some of the most exciting activity in Australia during the 1970s, from The Arts Factory to the Nimbin Festival to Cabaret Conspiracy. He will be remembered as one of the seminal figures in our...
Memorial Drinks for Dr Stephen Edwards
For anyone who knew him, there are memorial drinks in Sydney at the El Rocco Room corner Brougham and William St Kings Cross from 6.30 to 9.30 pm on Tuesday December 9! Stephen passed away after a long struggle with cancer at the Sacred Heart Hospice late last month....
New Issue Of JOHNSTONE: The System Is Working Exactly As Intended
The new issue of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version. As with all my work, everything contained in this magazine is free to reuse, reproduce or republish in any way. There are, broadly speaking, two different types of people who are
Please Understand That Nothing Will Be Done About The Epstein Files
Reading by Tim Foley: I need you to understand that nothing is going to be done about anything in the Epstein files. Nothing. The people in the documents will suffer no consequences. The institutions responsible for the abuses you’ve learned about will not change anything
Meditations On A Delivery Robot Steering To Avoid A Homeless Man On The Sidewalk
Reading by Tim Foley: I saw a video of a food delivery robot navigating around the body of a homeless person lying on the sidewalk, and I can’t stop thinking about it. This video is as close to a self-portrait of western civilization as
READING A SIGNED EVERALD BOOK IS A VERY PLEASANT WAY TO ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS BREAK.
Nothing better can happen to you during the holiday season than to spend a couple of hours every day in a cool spot under a shady tree reading an entertaining book that has a page-turning message to renew your soul. It won’t surprise you to discover that I...
MEET ME AT REDCLIFFE ON MELBOURNE CUP NIGHT (TUESDAY)
An active group of Progressive Christians meet regularly at Redcliffe to debate the core issues of modern Christianity. They call themselves the REDCLIFFE EXPLORERS and they are interesting people who have expansive minds. I am delighted to have accepted their...
I INVITE YOU TO CLICK BELOW TO READ AND SIGN MY PETITION TO PARLIAMENT TO HAVE A PREAMBLE ADDED TO AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION STATING EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN.
(Alfred Deakin, pictured below, tried in 1895 to include a Preamble in our Constitution but Federation delegates couldn’t agree on its wording) https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 PETITION CLOSES 22 OCTOBER. Together, we can ensure that, before they...
Kiawal Toran (our presence our time): The urgency of eliminating racism from the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
“For a population of 15,000 having three to four [preventable] deaths per week was very alarming [and] traumatising…Having in the back of our minds, ‘why are people, our families, dying such deaths that could have been prevented?’” Mayor Phillemon Mosby, Torres Strait Island Regional Council For the past two years,
Debunking: Australia Day is about 1949, not 1788!
Disclaimer: First Nations readers please be advised that this article mentions acts of racism and features antiquated language. If, like me, you were foolish enough to spend any time in the comments section of the seemingly infinite barrage of racist posts and articles circulating on social media yesterday, you probably
Nuclear is the most reliable path to affordable electricity
Political leaders are increasingly prioritizing affordability (without the need for subsidies) as a cornerstone of electricity policy. They are now recognizing that high costs burden households, stifle economic growth, and fuel public discontent in wealthier nations that are providing taxpayer subsidies to support unreliable electricity from wind and solar.These same
Hedonism’s dance: how the governing classes fell for Jeffrey Epstein
How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment? New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake that he was, Jeffrey Epstein continues to nag living figures from beyond the grave and place them in a tight spot of bother. His correspondence with these individuals runs into
Fermi, on firming the grid: ‘Are you all crazy?’
The ready availability online of official Australian data on energy costings and of easily applied AItools allows any reasonably well-informed independent researcher to explore government claims about future costs of a clean renewables-based electricity supply. The results may surprise. It’s not hard to imagine the late Enrico Fermi, the world’s
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