(2018) Karl and Amanda
Photos from the wedding of the year, Karl Howard and Amanda Kate Easson at St Mary’s Cathedral, then at the Museum of Contemporary Arts on 19 May 2018.
(2018) Writer’s Block
Between words:
Suspended
Like a gull’s wing
Cupping the wind
Before the bird
As if in thought
Swoops and snatches
A morsel in
Casual vigour.
(2018) A Peculiar English Christmas
In warm December 1792
the Atlantic sails. Port Jackson
wails and Bennelong’s family,
Yemmerrawanne’s too,
watch ’til the ship’s a speck
beyond view.
(2018) Who Were You?
The rumours, all true?
Was your character all surface?
Or were you a clear picture
of fountaining moods?
(2018) Promise
Green-blue sea of promise:
I bob to its surge,
waist then face submerged,
salty water up my nose,
lips a Plimsoll line,
toes a gimbal on sand
ready for the ocean.
(2018) Sir Richard Bourke and the Foundation of Australian Liberalism
David Kemp’s account of Australian liberalism is exceedingly interesting. He has put heart and soul into the first volume, The Land of Dreams, How Australians Won Their Freedom 1788-1860, part of a projected series of five books.
(2018) Alternatives to State-Socialism in Britain
Rich in insight, combative in insisting on fresh perspectives, Akers and Reid have tossed a grenade into the edifice of neo-Marxist interpretations of labour history.
(2018) Australian Liberalisms
An impressive achievement of David Kemp’s first of five volumes on the history of Australian Liberalism, The Land of Dreams, How Australians Won Their Freedom 1788-1860, is his confident assessment of the interaction between Australian and British debates, personalities and writings, as well as the shifts of moods associated with political change.
(2018) Super Changes Could Leave Thousands Without Enough Insurance
The new Prime Minister and new Treasurer are off to quick starts addressing significant challenges. Here’s another one: the place of insurance in superannuation.
(2018) Our Superannuation System is at Risk
Opening remarks on 21 November 2018 by the Chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) at the ASFA Conference, Convention Centre, Adelaide.