“Jan entered another competition, for the design of a new flag for Australia. It’s a shame that his witty entry, a combination of the Eureka flag and the words ‘G’DAY’, failed to win.” Bruce Beresford on his late friend, artist Jan Senbergs
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Miriam Cosic | James Bradley’s revelatory exploration of the ocean depths goes beyond science to offer historical, cultural and moral contexts
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.Jonathan Green | In the age of the individual, are we losing our understanding of the collective and our sense of shared humanity?
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Carrie Tiffany on a life-long embrace of solitude and small enclosed spaces: “The art cupboard at kindergarten. The coat locker at primary school. A birthday party spent secreted in a rabbit hutch, taking heady sniffs of the urine-soaked straw.”
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Richard Flanagan on Tas salmon industry lies: “We know how many people worked full time in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing on the West Coast in 2021. It is – and sit down for this – 81 people. Bear in mind that aquaculture is a subset of this figure.”
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“The collapsing divide between home and work means that we no longer desire workplaces that feel cold, sterile and unhomely. The collapsing climate demands that we adopt more responsible attitudes to energy, materials and waste.” | David Neustein
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“While a rash of polls suggests support for nuclear energy is growing in Australia, some also show most Australians still don’t want a reactor in their own region, let alone a nuclear waste dump.” Marian Wilkinson on the conservative pivot to nuclear energy
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Richard Flanagan: “It will be a haunting epitaph to Tanya Plibersek’s career if she chooses this path: the first environment minister to knowingly agree with multinational corporations that their profits matter more than a species.” #auspol #politas
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Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson on the chances of a release for #Assange : “It’s the first time since all of this began that we’ve had support from the Australian government, and it’s changed everything.” | Lucia Osborne-Crowley
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It’s a small mystery in Australian politics: Why was Peter Dutton’s first major policy as opposition leader a promise to build nuclear power plants?

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Alecia Simmonds on gender disparity on juries: “Child-caring obligations remain an exemption to jury service, disproportionately impacting on women. Structural imbalances in the gender division of domestic labour inhibit equal participation.”
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David McBride is the former military lawyer who first gave journalists documentary evidence of civilian killings in Afghanistan.

Today, David McBride on why he did it, whether he has any regrets and how Australia keeps its secrets.

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.Marian Wilkinson on Dutton’s push to nuclear: “CSIRO’s head, Dr Doug Hilton, published an open letter rebuking the opposition’s attack. ‘Maintaining trust also requires our political leaders to resist the temptation to disparage science.’” #auspol
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Isabelle Reinecke on the Albanese government’s record on transparency: “For now, both the front and back door are closed, with FOI reform remaining stalled under Labor.” #auspol
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“What can we do with all the global detail – war, peace, contempt, lies, truth, politics and personal poison – of which we are suddenly, so constantly aware? Talk back to the internet in protest? Sign a petition?” Jonathan Green on the tug of common humanity
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“Cities are often laid out as if seen from a height so that they resemble a map. These echo Jan’s fascination with printed maps, notably early medieval maps with their fanciful suggestions of undiscovered lands and unknown people.” | Bruce Beresford
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.Isabelle Reinecke on government transparency: “Operating under a veil of secrecy using NDAs to stifle debate denies the public’s democratic right to participate in lawmaking and limits the viewpoints that contribute to public policy.”
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“The Maugean skate is to be the first species in history to be researched into extinction ... and it may be that in their destiny we can come to understand our own possible fate as a species.” Richard Flanagan on Labor's first extinction #auspol #politas
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.Isabelle Reinecke on the Albanese government’s record on transparency: “For now, both the front and back door are closed, with FOI reform remaining stalled under Labor.” #auspol
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.Isabelle Reinecke on government transparency: “Closed consultations have their place from time to time, but it is hard to think of examples where lawmaking can be enhanced through secretive draft legislation processes and NDAs.” #auspol
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