Delegates, good people can agree on the spirit of a resolution –like the one before us – even if they disagree on some details. There can be no peace without justice, but equally there can be no justice without truth. The central and tragic truth of the Israel-Palestinian conflict is that two peoples, the Jewish…
DetailsNine days before Kissinger’s visit, nine months before Nixon’s, Australian Opposition Leader Whitlam visited China in July 1971. On no diplomatic issue has the McMahon government suffered more embarrassment than that of relations with China.
DetailsWelcome, everyone. My name is Dominic Meagher. I am the deputy director of the John Curtin Research Centre, and this is ‘In Conversation’ with Michael Easson.
DetailsSimon Crean, who died unexpectedly of heart failure after an asthma attack in Germany yesterday, following a morning exercise, was Australia’s most successful trade minister, whose contributions to the Australian labour movement ranged over fifty years, including as ACTU President during the Accord era.
DetailsInterview between Tom Switzer and Michael Easson broadcast on Friday 9 June 2023 on the ‘Between the Lines’ program on ABC Radio National.
DetailsTwo launches of my monograph, Whitlam’s Foreign Policy, occurred in early May.
DetailsReview of Joyce Moullakis’ and Chris Wright’s The Millionaires’ Factory: The Inside Story of How Macquarie Became a Global Giant, Allen & Unwin, Australian Book Review, No. 453, May 2023, pp. 18-20. Respected, not always loved, Macquarie is an exceptional “Australian and global financial success story”. So says Steve Harker, a rival investment banker from…
DetailsIsrael is in the midst of unprecedented political turmoil. Three alarms are sounding.
DetailsNotes “dipped” into in delivering remarks at the Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University, on 21 February 2023 at the launch of Scott Prasser & David Clune, editors, The Whitlam Era.
DetailsThis book of essays, The Superpower Transformation (2022), elaborates, expands, debates, and raises difficulties associated with Ross Garnaut’s pioneering study, Super-Power. Australia’s Low-Carbon Opportunity, published in 2019 by the same publishers.
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