Latest from Richard Glover
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Australia is standing up to Facebook and Big Tech. It shouldn’t fight alone.
For those who have long argued that Facebook is too powerful, Zuckerberg has just proved them right.
- Feb 19, 2021
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Seven months after the bush fires, Australia is still devastated
Why have these fires been so different to those of the past? Scientists say climate change has made the difference.
- Jul 30, 2020
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Australia’s leader is winning the argument on the coronavirus
It’s Team Australia in a way that would have seemed impossible just two months ago.
- Apr 21, 2020
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Has Australia’s leader learned from the catastrophic fires? The coronavirus is a test.
Denial will get you only so far. In the end, there’s a reckoning.
- Mar 4, 2020
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Australia’s bush fires reveal how Scott Morrison has lost his way
Leadership is about the bad times more than the good.
- Jan 3, 2020
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Australia’s catastrophic bushfires should be an inflection point
Politicians issued instructions that it was inappropriate to discuss climate change while the fires were actively being fought.
- Nov 25, 2019
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Scott Morrison’s attack on boycotts is no stand for liberty
Australians think of themselves as suspicious of authority. So why is our government so keen to constrain our liberty?
- Nov 4, 2019
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Trump’s Australia phone call was no way to treat a friend
The idea that we’ve been part of a conspiracy against the president is as insulting as it is delusional.
- Oct 2, 2019
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Why Australians are worried about Chinese influence — in universities and beyond
Ongoing protests in Hong Kong have created a surge of alarm in Australia, where pro-Beijing students are aggressively supporting authorities at home.
- Aug 9, 2019
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10 key lessons from Australia’s poll-defying election results
It’s now clear that Australian politics will now be more risk averse.
- May 20, 2019