My subjects vary. The question running through them is much the same: what’s really going on beneath the surface?
Sometimes the answer sits in a parliamentary document. Sometimes it’s hidden in an assumption nobody has stopped to question. And sometimes a car that can drive upside down sends me down a rabbit hole.
These three pieces give you a taste.
Following the briefing trail
Keogh’s House Privilege Shield Has Put McAllister in a Senate Pickle
One department, one policy, two ministers answering in different chambers. This piece follows the documents and asks what the government’s explanation leaves unanswered.
Looking beneath the proposed solution
Australia Cannot Import Its Way Around the Work We Need to Do
Filling a vacancy and fixing the reasons it exists aren’t necessarily the same thing. A closer look at migration, pay, training and the work Australia needs to do itself.
Taking the interesting detour
The Car That Drives Upside Down Has Put a 1978 F1 Idea Back in Play
A modern fan car led me back to Formula 1 in 1978 and a question worth asking beyond motorsport: did an idea reach its limits, or did the rules stop its development?
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