Olympics ridiculousness, gas tax centrism, Brisbane's Airbnb misstep and why parties like the Greens should embrace mass online voting
Hi friends,
I hope you're all doing as well as can be expected in these tumultuous times. I
Wedgie-proofing the Greens? Direct online voting to resist establishment capture
Surely 'doing politics differently' should mean empowering ordinary people rather than leaving everything up to politicians?
Let the centrists push for gas export taxes – the Greens must call for a ban
We won't save the planet by wasting energy on sidequests
It’s not too late for Brisbane to pull out of hosting the Olympics
'Inevitable' is a political choice
Thousands of Brissie homes have been converted to Airbnbs – Why did the council backflip on regulating them?
As the rest of the world cracks down on short-stay rentals, Brisbane just opened the floodgates
Civil disobedience, cultural diversity, and left populism's colonialism problem - latest news and articles
Hey all,
Here's another roundup of my recent publications, plus some upcoming events and other stuff I'
Short-circuiting civil disobedience: Do your local leaders hand out stimulants or sleeping pills?
Why don't progressive politicians and communities engage in civil disobedience more often?
Colonialism by any other name... The nationalist limits of 'tax the 1%'
What are we conceding when we only propose to redistribute wealth domestically?
Perhaps it's time the Greens stop recommending preferences to Labor?
Political campaigners often keep doing what they've always done even if a tactic no longer works. They persist
Local governments make major multi-million dollar decisions, but no-one’s scrutinising them anymore
Periodically in Australian politics, everyone starts talking about a ‘scandal’ where a state or federal government has misspent ‘millions of
