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On a serious note, why should Gianni Infantino get away with this?
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
I woke up to see the news. I am aghast.
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
On a serious note, why should Gianni Infantino get away with this?
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
The SMH continues its bizarre obsession with private schools, providing a large article on the outgoing head of SCEGGS. Fine, but the SMH doesn’t carry articles by the heads of government schools, like Hornsby and Normanhurst, which perform better than the privates.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘We shouldn’t mimic mediocrity’: Outgoing SCEGGS head defends single-sex schools
Departing SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal Jenny Allum has warned teens worry about themselves too much in a culture that pathologises normal emotions.
www.smh.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The SMH continues its bizarre obsession with private schools, providing a large article on the outgoing head of SCEGGS. Fine, but the SMH doesn’t carry articles by the heads of government schools, like Hornsby and Normanhurst, which perform better than the privates.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
Pardon me that this is a little personal.
I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks with trembling hands. Its stupendous card catalogue blew my schoolboy mind. Search my name in the modern electronic counterpart today and it appears 125 times, mostly for works I researched there. My 84-year-old mother has been a volunteer library tour guide for more than a decade. Continue reading...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
Congratulations to the South Coast Writers Centre for the successful delivery of the True Stories festival.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Congratulations to the South Coast Writers Centre for the successful delivery of the True Stories festival.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
Playtime
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Playtime
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Playtime
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Peerless Assessments
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Peerless Assessments
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October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Peerless Assessments
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An event in Parramatta for my book, “Anti-Fascists”. parramatta-events.bookable.net.au#!/event-deta...
Bookable
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October 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
An event in Parramatta for my book, “Anti-Fascists”. parramatta-events.bookable.net.au#!/event-deta...
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Great editorial on the lingering stench of our previous PM…
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...
The one-man super scheme
Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Great editorial on the lingering stench of our previous PM…
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...
The tyranny of the blank page is broken.
Just wrote the first 150 words of my new project.
Just wrote the first 150 words of my new project.
October 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The tyranny of the blank page is broken.
Just wrote the first 150 words of my new project.
Just wrote the first 150 words of my new project.
Very happy to be speaking at the 2025 True Story Festival. Details, program and tickets here: southcoastwriters.org/true-story-f...
True Story Festival — South Coast Writers Centre
True Story Festival
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September 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Very happy to be speaking at the 2025 True Story Festival. Details, program and tickets here: southcoastwriters.org/true-story-f...
Thanks to Susan Templeman MP and Peter (BMUC) and Luke (Search Foundation) for this afternoon’s event remembering Jim McNeill, Ted Dickinson and the other brave Australians who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
August 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks to Susan Templeman MP and Peter (BMUC) and Luke (Search Foundation) for this afternoon’s event remembering Jim McNeill, Ted Dickinson and the other brave Australians who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
Is there any difference between a “lived experience” and what, in the old days, used to be called an “experience”?
July 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Is there any difference between a “lived experience” and what, in the old days, used to be called an “experience”?
An event in Newcastle for my book ‘Anti-Fascists’:
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macleansbooks.com.au/pages/9048-E...
Events - MacLean's Booksellers
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July 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
An event in Newcastle for my book ‘Anti-Fascists’:
macleansbooks.com.au/pages/9048-E...
macleansbooks.com.au/pages/9048-E...
An event in the Blue Mountains for “Anti-Fascists”.
Registration details here:
www.search.org.au/book_launch_...
Registration details here:
www.search.org.au/book_launch_...
Book launch "Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil War"
Democratic Ecological Socialism
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July 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
An event in the Blue Mountains for “Anti-Fascists”.
Registration details here:
www.search.org.au/book_launch_...
Registration details here:
www.search.org.au/book_launch_...
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In homage to Oliver Law, the first African-American commander of an American fighting unit, killed 88 years ago today on 9 July 1937 during the assault on Mosquito Hill in the midst of the battle of Brunete, whilst commanding the Lincoln battalion.
July 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In homage to Oliver Law, the first African-American commander of an American fighting unit, killed 88 years ago today on 9 July 1937 during the assault on Mosquito Hill in the midst of the battle of Brunete, whilst commanding the Lincoln battalion.
I was fortunate to be invited to talk about my book on the Afternoon Light podcast:
www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/podcast/mich...
www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/podcast/mich...
Michael Samaras on Jim McNeill & the Aussies who fought Fascism in Spain: "Soldiers of Conscience" | Robert Menzies Institute
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July 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was fortunate to be invited to talk about my book on the Afternoon Light podcast:
www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/podcast/mich...
www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/podcast/mich...
Mungo sunset.
June 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Mungo sunset.
The SEARCH Foundation very kindly had me on their podcast to talk about my book “Anti-Fascists”.
www.buzzsprout.com/1951857/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1951857/epis...
Michael Samaras in conversation - SEARCH Foundation Australia
Title: Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil WarAuthor: SAMARAS MICHAELFormat: PAPERBACKPublication date: 12/04/2025Imprint: CONNOR COURT PUBLISHING ISBN: 9781923224575Hel...
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June 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The SEARCH Foundation very kindly had me on their podcast to talk about my book “Anti-Fascists”.
www.buzzsprout.com/1951857/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1951857/epis...
I very much appreciated the opportunity to talk about my book, “Anti-Fascists”, on ABC Canberra this morning.
The interview starts about 1 hour 39 minutes in:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The interview starts about 1 hour 39 minutes in:
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Mornings - ABC listen
Mornings pulls apart the issues that interest the Canberra community
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June 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I very much appreciated the opportunity to talk about my book, “Anti-Fascists”, on ABC Canberra this morning.
The interview starts about 1 hour 39 minutes in:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The interview starts about 1 hour 39 minutes in:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...