Pearls and Irritations – Public policy journal
WEB1 day ago · The contested politics of housing reform. While most Australians remain well-housed, few public policy experts would argue that our housing system is today in good shape. Homelessness continues to increase and both rental and mortgage affordability stress are widespread. By Hal Pawson Sep 10, 2024. Community, Government, Politics.
A new hope - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · A new hope. By Simon Holmes à Court. Sep 17, 2024. Australia can graduate from a ‘dig it up and ship it out’ quarry to a leader in the global transition to clean energy. Our vast array of minerals-in-high-demand processed with our low-cost clean energy can secure prosperity for generations of Australians. An excerpt from the 2024 Manning ...
Five-minute scroll - Pearls and Irritations
WEB2 days ago · By Pearls and Irritations. Sep 16, 2024. We start the week with our five-minute scroll on X to bring you a sample of the world and local issues that may not be found in our mainstream media. Today the first posts we saw include the plea to educate yourself on the history of Israel’s actions in Gaza, Malcolm Turnbull talks reality regarding ...
A solution in Ukraine? - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · A solution in Ukraine? By Gregory Clark. Sep 17, 2024. There must be a negotiated end to the Ukraine War. The alternative is nuclear armageddon. The Russian demands are more negotiable than realised. Following the US-backed Maidan coup of 2014, and the subsequent 2014-5 Minsk accords, Russia gained the promise of autonomy for the two Russian ...
The risks of nuclear power - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · The historian/journalist Daniel Ford, reviewing Wellock’s work, writes: “In 1982, I wrote… about the risk of another major accident following the one at Three Mile Island…. The numbers suggested that another major nuclear accident would come due in about three years. The Chernobyl disaster occurred roughly on schedule, four years later ...
All articles - Pearls and Irritations
WEBThe Kantian imperative and the case for dissent. The Pearls and Irritations platform, with its commitment to fact-driven critique, exemplifies dissent as a profound act of civic engagement. Immanuel Kant, the renowned Enlightenment philosopher, offered a powerful defence of this kind of loyal, evidence-based dissent.
'Our other face' - Pearls and Irritations
WEBThe aboriginal, the outcaste, and minorities reveal a darker side to what we fondly call civilisation. Janus, the Roman god, remembered every year in our month of January, was a two-faced deity, and his two faces gazed in opposite directions. I can’t help thinking that most of our public events ...
Podcast - Pearls and Irritations
WEBJohn Menadue, Editor-in-Chief of Pearls and Irritations, interviews Dr Mike Gilligan on the challenge of building a self-reliant Australian defence force, dealing with a rapacious America intent on its own interests, avoiding a US-proxy war with China, and the loss of Australian sovereignty under the 2014 Force Posture Agreement (FPA).
About - Pearls and Irritations
WEBAbout. Pearls and Irritations is an Australian platform for the exchange of ideas from a progressive, liberal perspective, with an emphasis on peace and justice. We publish informed analysis and commentary on issues that matter to Australians, with a focus on politics, public policy, foreign policy and world affairs, defence and security, the ...
Weekly Roundup Saturday 27 April - Pearls and Irritations
WEBWeekly Roundup Saturday 27 April. By Ian McAuley. Apr 27, 2024. War memorial Forbes. The so-called “cost of living” crisis is a low-wage problem of the Coalition’s making, the dangerously simplified world of central bankers, spooks and cops on the threat from social media, democracy becomes collateral damage from fear campaigns.
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