Tag: Greens
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My ‘hot take’ on the Greens’ 2025 election performance
A week after polling day, finally the political commentary and hot takes are starting to sound less reactionary, less pushing a pre-existing agenda, less desperately seeking a byline. I turned down a couple of media opportunities early in the week, then on Thursday I ended up in a background conversation with an ABC radio producer…
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Sri Lanka – insurgency, war crimes and me
When I was growing up I knew next to nothing about Sri Lanka. I knew they played cricket, were in the Commonwealth Games and that one of the guys from my school was from there. Because of the sporting links I knew the country was part of the Commonwealth and so like Australia was a…