First published on The Drum: 15/03/2011 Context is everything. All of a sudden Labor’s political predicament does not seem as dire; no-one is dead or missing; nuclear reactors aren’t melting down; the […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 08/03/2011 The media works in eight-hour news cycles, politicians live and die by three-year cycles, while the planet’s climate is working on a significantly longer time frame. […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 15/02/2011 That philosopher to the common-folk, Tony Abbott, is this week dealing with his own slings and arrows as he enters the political twilight zone of disapproval […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 08/02/2011 When the floods have receded, the cyclone has blown, the bushfires have burned out and Sydneysiders can sleep again, one question will remain: what if the […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 21/12/2010 If our politicians are feeling bloody and bruised after a torrid year of spills and thrills, spare a thought for the one group on the national […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 14/12/2010 Here is the word cloud that will prick a thousand egos – and restore some reality to the debate about the future of the media. In […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 07/12/2010 It was a year ago today that the hottest gig in global warming opened in Copenhagen, amidst expectations that the world’s leaders would rise above their […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 30/11/2010 The magic of Christmas lies in the expectation. You hang out the stocking, leave a piece of cake and a stubbie for Santa and head off […] Read more