by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2014 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism, unions
Tad Tietze and I have an article on the state of the unions in the wake of the Qantas job cuts, which has been stirring up some discussion at The Guardian‘s Comment Is Free section. Here’s a preview, and you can read the full article here. It is no...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Dec 28, 2012 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism
This post was originally published at Overland Journal. *** For the last post of 2012 we were asked to reflect on politics over the last year. In thinking on this for the last week I’ve drafted about ten first paragraphs. The writer’s block arises not from nothing to...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jul 17, 2012 | Neoliberalism
This post was first published at Overland Journal. *** [M]yth has the task of giving an historical intention a natural justification, and making contingency appear eternal – Roland Barthes One of the founders of the German Greens, Jutta Ditfurth, left her party in the...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 20, 2012 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism
This post was first published on the ABC’s The Drum website. *** Australian politics has a strange ‘centre’ at the moment, and the dial seems increasingly to fall at the feet of Malcolm Turnbull. His presence on shows like Q&A results in both calls for...
