Men at Work
The 75th Quarterly Essay arrived in my mail box, and it is Men at Work by Annabel Crabb. Here I have summarised and paraphrased: It’s about social de-engineering. Half a [...]
The Prosperity Gospel
The latest Quarterly Essay is by Erik Jensen, and entitled “The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison won and Bill Shorten lost”. It’s not an argumentative essay - it’s an essay [...]
Accidental Feminists
I bought Accidental Feminists after hearing Jane Caro speak on The Garrett podcast. I wanted to hear from a real feminist. Someone who is in my mum’s generation and has [...]
Australia Fair
The most recent Quarterly Essay - Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation by Rebecca Huntley - is fantastic! Rebecca doesn’t take a controversial stance, but makes a political point based [...]
Faction Man
With a federal election looming in the first half of 2019, there seems little choice but for the national politics to swing back around to have a Labour government. The [...]
Dear Santa
I hadn’t heard of this project until I was given this book for Christmas by a colleague - Dear Santa by Samuel Johnson. He apparently appealed to a whole bunch [...]
Follow the Leader
This quarter, the latest Quarterly Essay was another political piece - Follow the Leader by Laura Tingle - ‘democracy and the rise of the strongman’. After reading this, I have [...]
Dead Right
This quarter’s Quarterly Essay is Dead Right by Richard Denniss. I have seen Richard Denniss speak - an economist fighting for women’s issues - and I was really eager to [...]