With turnout lower than expected, Modi’s tone has changed. “Economic growth and prosperity” has been replaced by “internal threats and external grandeur.” Back is the sly anti-Muslim rhetoric he used during his long tenure as Gujarat’s chief minister. inside.org.au/one-election-t…

Dynasty’s end?
Singapore faces a future without a Lee, writes Michael Barr inside.org.au/dynastys-end

“As chief US negotiator Joseph Yun put it, ‘The most important thing we get out of them is, of course, access to their land, their air, and their water.’”
Nic Maclellan on the US’s intensifying military build-up in Micronesia insidestory.org.au/global-waves-h… inside.org.au/global-waves-h…

The propagandist: How a shape-shifting journalist turned the Germans’ techniques back on them.
By Jane Goodall inside.org.au/the-propagandi…

“Gonski’s equity funding solution became a victim of political timidity, compromises and bastardry, and was never in itself going to deal with the cause of the problem: the segregation of student enrolments.” Chris Bonnor on how MPs’ schools have fared inside.org.au/the-changing-f…

Really good synopsis of where Tory UK is 👇

Gary Stevenson’s epiphany came once he’d joined the top ranks of London’s foreign-exchange traders. Brett Evans reviews his new book, The Trading Game inside.org.au/working-class-…

“Malleson make this abstract figure more meaningful by imagining a parliament with 100 seats distributed according to wealth. In the US, the richest third of Americans would have 92 seats. The picture in Australia is almost as alarming.” inside.org.au/the-case-for-b…

I’ve tried to summarise what’s been happening in UK politics for an overseas audience. Couldn’t resist the opening metaphor. (Spoiler alert: it’s something to do with raw sewage.)

“In polling, Morrison & Dutton both registered single digits in 2018, & if it was up to voters Turnbull’s replacement would have been popular deputy Julie Bishop. But she was very much of Turnbull’s ideological ilk, & it was time for a conservative.” inside.org.au/lib-leadership

Inside Story So what does a 'high integrity' #carbon credits project look like? I went to Solomon Islands to find out. #forests #ClimateAction #ClimateJusticeNow #Pacific via Yale Environment 360

“After fourteen years of Tory rule, Britain often feels like a country where nothing works any more.” Michael Jacobs on sewage in the Thames and Rishi Sunak’s government in trouble inside.org.au/down-the-drain

Villages are banding together in the Solomon Islands to show that carbon credits can have multiple benefits, reports Jo Chandler inside.org.au/selling-the-fo…

The job of Liberal leader once swung from the party’s left to its right. But a lot has changed in recent years, says Peter Brent inside.org.au/lib-leadership

As raw sewage gushes into the Thames and voters turn away in droves, Rishi Sunak’s government enters its doomed home stretch, reports Michael Jacobs in London inside.org.au/down-the-drain

🔎 March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states.

Learn more about the dynamics between Russia's and its Muslim communities in Visiting Fellow's Jon Richardson's latest article. buff.ly/4big1JL

CAJ senior lecturer and THE CITIZEN editor Jo Chandler on whether 'high integrity' carbon schemes are possible. Read it now, in Inside Story

In a world of dodgy #carbon schemes, is it possible to grow truly high integrity projects? I took myself to Solomon Islands to see up close how money grows on trees. Thanks Inside Story: (slightly extended/localised version of yarn for Yale Environment 360) insidestory.org.au/selling-the-fo…

Do Australians pay too much income tax? 6 charts on how we rank against the rest of the world theconversation.com/do-australians… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

A beautiful tribute by Ann Curthoys to her cherished friend Lyndall Ryan, one of Australia's most significant historians who will also be remembered as a generous colleague, teacher & collaborator, and as an inspirational feminist. Vale.
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