by Christopher Sheil | Dec 15, 2015 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 14
Tom Uren and Richard Flanagan on the Burma-Thailand railwayHistory is elusive. Often we can fix the dates of when things occurred, identify those involved, and draw on contemporaneous material, indirect sources and later memories to recover what really did or didn’t...
by Lesley Hughes | Dec 15, 2015 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 14
I feel very honoured to have been invited to speak at this event. I hope that Doc Evatt, as a person who fought against injustice and oppression of the poor and vulnerable, would have approved of the topic.The year 2006 was a big year for climate change awareness. Two...
by Christopher Sheil | May 21, 2014 | Issue 3, Journal, Papers, Volume 13
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty was published in the United States by Harvard University Press on 28 March. The book claims to define the ‘central contradiction of capitalism’, no less, expressed as ‘r > g’. The reception reads like a fairy...
by Tim Soutphommasane | Apr 24, 2014 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers, Volume 13
Freedom of expression and freedom from racial vilification In an address she gave in 1998, Professor Alice Tay reminded us that ‘the very notion of cultural diversity is clearly linked to the issue of human rights, such as the right to liberty and equality’. Support...
by Penny Wong | Apr 24, 2014 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers, Volume 13
Jessie Street was a remarkable woman. She devoted her life to campaigning for equality for women; justice for the disadvantaged; elimination of discrimination; and world peace and disarmament. Yet she never lost sight of the importance of securing practical outcomes,...
by Charlie Ward | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, Papers, Volume 13
A lifeline at the end of the lineageFor several years I’ve been learning what I can about my father from those who knew him as a younger man than I. This part of my biographical project will be coming to an end soon. Unexpected gold—like my correspondence recently...
