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Richard Flanagan, Heresies, and Freedom in Australia

Australians love the government’s fist around their leash and in their mouth

14 hrs ago • Oz

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September 2026

New Zealand: British Abandonment (Part 6)

“As for us, our mother left home.”

Sep 27 • Oz

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New Zealand: Immigration (Part 5)

Alien invasion, selection, and toleration

Sep 19

12

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New Zealand: Men of Nerve (Part 4)

Governors and soldiers: the making of New Zealand's fighting character.

Sep 13 • Oz

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New Zealand: Colonisation & Settlement (Part 3)

Christian utopias, pirates, and speculators

Sep 5 • Oz

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August 2026

New Zealand: The Māori (Part 2)

New Zealand’s first people

Aug 29 • Oz

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New Zealand: Introduction (Part 1)

Selection effects all the way down

Aug 22 • Oz

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Australia is sick

Our political economy is eating itself

Aug 1 • Oz

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July 2026

What’s in a Name?

To transfigure destiny

Jul 18 • Oz

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Rethinking Skyler White

Skyler is a good wife, actually

Jul 11 • Oz

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The Handmaid's Tale's Reactionary Ending

An emblem of 2010's peak progressive era collapses into a reactionary finale

Jul 4 • Oz

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June 2026

Contra Robert Manne on Israel

Counterfactual fantasy and a penchant for beautiful losers

Jun 27 • Oz

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