Tuesday, May 19, 2015

THE FUTURE OF WORK

This piece begins anchored in the current domestic debate about the Budget, but that's not what it's about.

This man doesn't even know what's coming
courtesy SMH

It's about this.

outback australia image

The new wave of computerisation of work will change everything,

As I wrote in the Canberra Times, not even journos are safe . . .


Tuesday, May 12, 2015

ANOTHER TAKE ON THE BRITISH ELECTION

When one is never enough.



This column, written first, appeared today in the Canberra Times . . .


Monday, May 11, 2015

BRITAIN

There's an inevitable tendency to regard elections as immutable; a "decision of the people's will"; something that will "change everything".

Maybe that's true.

Outside No 10 for another 5 years
Courtesy The Telegraph

This piece for the Strategist considered the two significant ways in which the UK has changed . . .


Tuesday, May 5, 2015

REDEFINING REASONS FOR ACTING

I'd been tempted to headline this yarn as "split over ISIL", or "Andrews and Abbott disagree about why we're in Iraq". 

Unfortunately, although possibly justified neither of these assertions are quite true. 

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews at the RUSI

When we went into Iraq Tony Abbott insisted Daesh was a "death cult".

The key point is that Andrews specifically rejected this as a reason to deploy forces. 

He drew a more logical picture of why we're involved, by distinguishing between nation-states (which, implicitly, one can deal with) and other forces (operating outside the Westphalian system), as this column for the Canberra Times details . . .