Colin James PhD
@colinj51.bsky.social
Living on Awabakal land in Australia, never ceded.
Lawyer, coach, educator, researcher, and runner ...sort of.
Selected publications - https://tinyurl.com/5dxv67v9
NEW BOOK OUT NOW on trauma-informed law - https://tinyurl.com/cht8rdtc
Lawyer, coach, educator, researcher, and runner ...sort of.
Selected publications - https://tinyurl.com/5dxv67v9
NEW BOOK OUT NOW on trauma-informed law - https://tinyurl.com/cht8rdtc
Build more houses!
Australia has a housing crisis due to successive government inaction. Fixing it isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it. - Richard Denniss
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia has a housing crisis due to successive government inaction. Fixing it isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it. - Richard Denniss
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Build more houses!
Australia has a housing crisis due to successive government inaction. Fixing it isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it. - Richard Denniss
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia has a housing crisis due to successive government inaction. Fixing it isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it. - Richard Denniss
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Despite their relative wealth, Australians are moderate, at best, in generosity to charitable causes.
theconversation.com/how-charitab...
theconversation.com/how-charitab...
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Despite their relative wealth, Australians are moderate, at best, in generosity to charitable causes.
theconversation.com/how-charitab...
theconversation.com/how-charitab...
Hey US lawyers, check this out, and stand up.
"The Role of Lawyers in Mature Democracies When the Rule of Law is Under Attack"
www.elgaronline.com/abstract/boo...
"The Role of Lawyers in Mature Democracies When the Rule of Law is Under Attack"
www.elgaronline.com/abstract/boo...
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey US lawyers, check this out, and stand up.
"The Role of Lawyers in Mature Democracies When the Rule of Law is Under Attack"
www.elgaronline.com/abstract/boo...
"The Role of Lawyers in Mature Democracies When the Rule of Law is Under Attack"
www.elgaronline.com/abstract/boo...
A history of corruption in Tasmania, viewed from Sussex.
Networking elites in business, government and the economy over time led to convenient, self-serving alliances and distinctive forms of corruption – an Elite Cartel syndrome,
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
Networking elites in business, government and the economy over time led to convenient, self-serving alliances and distinctive forms of corruption – an Elite Cartel syndrome,
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
A history of corruption in Tasmania, viewed from Sussex.
Networking elites in business, government and the economy over time led to convenient, self-serving alliances and distinctive forms of corruption – an Elite Cartel syndrome,
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
Networking elites in business, government and the economy over time led to convenient, self-serving alliances and distinctive forms of corruption – an Elite Cartel syndrome,
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight.
1. The climate crisis is bad and getting worse.
2. Overshooting 1.5oC is now inevitable.
3. Net zero is a loophole that is delaying genuine reductions in fossil fuel emissions.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
1. The climate crisis is bad and getting worse.
2. Overshooting 1.5oC is now inevitable.
3. Net zero is a loophole that is delaying genuine reductions in fossil fuel emissions.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight.
1. The climate crisis is bad and getting worse.
2. Overshooting 1.5oC is now inevitable.
3. Net zero is a loophole that is delaying genuine reductions in fossil fuel emissions.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
1. The climate crisis is bad and getting worse.
2. Overshooting 1.5oC is now inevitable.
3. Net zero is a loophole that is delaying genuine reductions in fossil fuel emissions.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Can Australians reverse the loss of species due to native forest logging. theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Can Australians reverse the loss of species due to native forest logging. theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
This Tawny Frogmouth is NOT impressed with Australia continuing to subsidise native forest logging and clear-felling. (Picture by Doug Lithgow, Highfields NSW.)
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This Tawny Frogmouth is NOT impressed with Australia continuing to subsidise native forest logging and clear-felling. (Picture by Doug Lithgow, Highfields NSW.)
Lacking integrity,.. and guts.
As One Nation rises by recycling anti-immigration rhetoric, both major parties are fumbling their response.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
As One Nation rises by recycling anti-immigration rhetoric, both major parties are fumbling their response.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Lacking integrity,.. and guts.
As One Nation rises by recycling anti-immigration rhetoric, both major parties are fumbling their response.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
As One Nation rises by recycling anti-immigration rhetoric, both major parties are fumbling their response.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Annual Global Temperature Compared with Pre-Industrial Era.
(average temperature each year from 1900 to 2025, projected).
(average temperature each year from 1900 to 2025, projected).
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Annual Global Temperature Compared with Pre-Industrial Era.
(average temperature each year from 1900 to 2025, projected).
(average temperature each year from 1900 to 2025, projected).
Applied compassion.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Applied compassion.
This is how our climate is changing.
Will we change our habits in time to avoid.....whatever we are heading towards?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Will we change our habits in time to avoid.....whatever we are heading towards?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is how our climate is changing.
Will we change our habits in time to avoid.....whatever we are heading towards?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Will we change our habits in time to avoid.....whatever we are heading towards?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Pope's view, too true.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pope's view, too true.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
As Europe dithers, Trump secretly conspires with Putin on a "deal" to force Zelenski into an appeasement, and Russia kills 26 Ukranian civilians, injures 142 and causes blackouts across Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com/emergency-po...
kyivindependent.com/emergency-po...
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
As Europe dithers, Trump secretly conspires with Putin on a "deal" to force Zelenski into an appeasement, and Russia kills 26 Ukranian civilians, injures 142 and causes blackouts across Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com/emergency-po...
kyivindependent.com/emergency-po...
Neo-Nazis or neo-numpties.
view.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au?qs=2faece510...
view.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au?qs=2faece510...
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Neo-Nazis or neo-numpties.
view.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au?qs=2faece510...
view.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au?qs=2faece510...
Think again: Rising electricity prices have nothing to do with renewables.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Think again: Rising electricity prices have nothing to do with renewables.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Turning the Ship.
Rising Tide is preparing for the world's largest climate protest at the worlds largest coal port - Newcastle Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aw...
Rising Tide is preparing for the world's largest climate protest at the worlds largest coal port - Newcastle Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aw...
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Turning the Ship.
Rising Tide is preparing for the world's largest climate protest at the worlds largest coal port - Newcastle Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aw...
Rising Tide is preparing for the world's largest climate protest at the worlds largest coal port - Newcastle Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aw...
Good News Dept.
Finally, a good political decision!
NSW to phase out single-use plastics and other harmful chemicals. Big thanks to Penny Sharpe, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Heritage.
Finally, a good political decision!
NSW to phase out single-use plastics and other harmful chemicals. Big thanks to Penny Sharpe, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Heritage.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Good News Dept.
Finally, a good political decision!
NSW to phase out single-use plastics and other harmful chemicals. Big thanks to Penny Sharpe, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Heritage.
Finally, a good political decision!
NSW to phase out single-use plastics and other harmful chemicals. Big thanks to Penny Sharpe, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Heritage.
The Sydney Knitting Nanas confront Whitehaven Coal at their AGM. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/04/n...
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Sydney Knitting Nanas confront Whitehaven Coal at their AGM. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/04/n...
Mapping femicides.
australianfemicidewatch.org/mapping-femi...
australianfemicidewatch.org/mapping-femi...
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Mapping femicides.
australianfemicidewatch.org/mapping-femi...
australianfemicidewatch.org/mapping-femi...
A petition for environment laws that protect the environment.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A petition for environment laws that protect the environment.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
What Israel's genocide has laid bare
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
What Israel's genocide has laid bare
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Good News Dept: Progress in renewables with VicGrid narrowing down its preferred route for offshore wind transmission line.
reneweconomy.com.au/vicgrid-narr...
reneweconomy.com.au/vicgrid-narr...
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Good News Dept: Progress in renewables with VicGrid narrowing down its preferred route for offshore wind transmission line.
reneweconomy.com.au/vicgrid-narr...
reneweconomy.com.au/vicgrid-narr...
Trump's hypocrisy in the Caribbean.
Venezuela has never been a major drug culprit.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Venezuela has never been a major drug culprit.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump's hypocrisy in the Caribbean.
Venezuela has never been a major drug culprit.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Venezuela has never been a major drug culprit.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...