Month: June 2026

The submission window closes today, 14 June 2026. This post introduces the six submissions made by this author to the Royal Commission, in the order they were lodged. Between March and June 2026, I made six submissions to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. A fifth submission was lodged and subsequently withdrawn prior … Read more

Submitted to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, June 2026 The Bondi attack was carried out by individuals. The Holocaust was carried out by a state. That distinction is the foundation of this submission. And it is the distinction that the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion appears, in its interim report … Read more

There was a time when every serious participant in Australian political life understood something so basic it barely needed stating. The state is more powerful than the individual. That asymmetry is the primary political problem that democratic government exists to manage. It sounds obvious. It used to be. Two Traditions, One Foundation Australian politics was … Read more