What's underneath the surface.
Essays
Political EconomyEveryone Has a Theory Except Us
Australia is caught between two superpowers with civilisational projects. It doesn't have one of its own.
SatireBrave New Laws Keep Aussies Safe as Whingers Complain
Nobody can explain what any of this has to do with a father and son who walked onto a beach with firearms. But everyone agrees something had to be done.
MediaEmail to the ABC: "Bondi: Path to Terror — a missed opportunity"
Ten months, the full resources of the ABC, and they produced a repackaged episode and a school friend who called Naveed Akram 'quiet.'
InvestigationPeripheral Figure: Part 2 — The 'Dissipated Threat'
The system knew about all of them. It watched. It documented. It failed to act.
InvestigationPeripheral Figure: Part 1 — Inside the Network That Made a Terrorist
Court documents reveal not a loose collection of angry young men. It was an ecosystem. A machine for manufacturing extremists.
PolicyAfter Bondi: The Conversation We're Not Having
Before Bondi, the most serious attacks on Jewish Australians were directed by Iran using criminal proxies. Yet the policy response targets protesters, not the intelligence failures.
Data & PolicyAntisemitism in Australia: What the Data Shows and What It Doesn't
The numbers are stark. The methodology deserves scrutiny.
National SecurityAfter Bondi: Will Australia Learn from the War on Terror, or Repeat It?
The emotional logic is familiar: atrocity demands action, and action means expanding state power. But examine what actually happened.
LawWe're Different. And If You Don't Understand the Separation of Powers, You Don't Know Jill
You're not just an employee with a law degree. You're a constitutional actor.