Ed SmithOn Ben Eltham’s ‘International students are not to blame for the housing crisis’Ben Eltham writes in Crikey that Education is a hugely successful export industry. There are omissions from his analysis.Jul 28Jul 28
Ed SmithMaking sense of the acknowledgment of countryThis post lays out my hypothesis — the acknowledgment of country (AC) and welcome to country (WTC) only make sense emerging as customs of…Apr 12Apr 12
Ed SmithThe acknowledgment of country is not well thought through, please stop doing it.The acknowledgment of country (AC) is not well thought through, please stop doing it. It has the following problems.Apr 8Apr 8
Ed SmithVoting no in the referendumI will be voting no to the voice. I have no real expertise in ATSI affairs. This is just some notes and reflections after a bit of a deep…Oct 11, 2023Oct 11, 2023
Ed SmithAgainst population denialism, a response to Jeff Sparrow’s Against Populationism.In a chapter of Jeff Sparrow’s book Crimes Against Nature and in promoting that book on ABC Radio National, Jeff made some errors and…Oct 1, 20221Oct 1, 20221
Ed SmithImmigration and protected knowledge workers.Proponents of high migration attribute opposition to migration to the cognitive or moral defects of high migration’s opponents. This view…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
