"Australia is secure when Papua New Guinea is secure. Papua New Guinea is secure when Australia is secure", observes the Hon Dr Billy Joseph, Minister for Defence, PNG with Minister Conroy at ASPI 2025 Conference

I waited my whole life for this moment on the weekend! A vegetarian democracy sausage!

That was a classy speech from Dutton and I love that we get to do elections peacefully in this country. It ain't like that everywhere and we should never take it for granted.

Been waiting my whole life for this moment! Vegetarian democracy sausage! Stoked to finally be included in this proud Aussie tradition.

A review of "National Security Law in Australia" from the Victorian Bar @nscanu.bsky.social

Autumn, Quangers.

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Thanks to the National Security College, Federation Press, and all guests for launching "National Security Law in Australia". Great to hang with some contributing authors. Believe it or not, we had 230 registrations for the event! A discipline for the times.

Something for us all to think on we finalise syllabus for the upcoming smester. I also find an occassional whole of class extension also lowers grandmother deaths.

2025 Performance Review Goals

And three of my favourite novels from 2024 (as in, that is the year in which I read them) are ...

And I loved them for ...

Belated pallette of 2000km + of summer roadtripping in 'Tilly the campervan, including - to keep it real - me, the dog, and the van getting towed on the eve of Christmas Eve 🤣🤣 (thanks to some epic kindness of mechanics & other strangers, still made it!).

Sounds like a plan.

In addition to the actual sensible arguments (pluralism and respect are healthy things, etc), I think the Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are beautiful. They invoke our landscape and (as a non-Indigenous Australian), I feel really proud when I see them. May they always fly proud.

Beautiful Cabarita (reminiscences from a trip north last week)

Beautiful Wollumbin as seen just out of Murwillumbah. Bundjalung country. Home town.