Pearls and Irritations – Public policy journal
2 days ago · Read progressive, liberal commentary on issues that impact Australians. Our daily articles focus on politics, public policy and world affairs.
Summing up - Pearls and Irritations
The world and its people are facing serious local and global challenges. Climate change, economic instability, limits to free speech, threats to independent media reporting, and increasing social inequality all signal the breakdown of democratic systems across the world.
Summing up - Pearls and Irritations
Dec 2, 2024 · The world and its people are facing serious local and global challenges. Climate change, economic instability, limits to free speech, threats to independent media reporting, and increasing social inequality all signal the breakdown of democratic systems across the world.The genocide in Gaza and the war in Ukraine are ongoing.
All articles - Pearls and Irritations
China holds the world’s climate future in its hands. China has experienced “the greatest development surge in human history driven above all by an unprecedented and spectacular surge in urbanisation,” writes historian Adam Tooze.
A five-minute scroll - Pearls and Irritations
14 hours ago · We start the week with Prime Minister Albanese setting the record on Peter Dutton and nuclear power (and more) from Launceston. At the UN, the double standards for Gaza send a chilling message to the Global South, while in Gaza people follow the planes for the food drop and a young amputee adjusts to his new mobility.
John Menadue, Author at Pearls and Irritations
John Menadue. John Menadue is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Pearls and Irritations. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of …
The carving up of Syria - Pearls and Irritations
4 days ago · My heart is breaking over Syria, and it was already broken over Gaza. I watch the television reports of the ‘joy’ in Damascus and wonder what alternative planet the mainstream media inhabits. The head-chopping salafists of yesterday are today’s ‘rebels’ against a brutal dictator and the ...
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Pearls and Irritations is a unique source of independent comment and analysis. Readers know that they will learn more and have a better and different understanding of important policy issues than is available from the mass media.
A new global economic order - Pearls and Irritations
Over recent decades, the Western economic system has undergone a profound transformation, veering increasingly toward financialisation—a framework that privileges speculative gains and the accumulation of paper wealth over tangible economic output. …
About Pearls and Irritations – Pearls and Irritations
Pearls and Irritations was founded by John Menadue, a former Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.