Edward 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…15 min read·Apr 12, 2024----
Edward 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.14 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Edward 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…10 min read·Oct 11, 2023----
Edward 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…18 min read·Oct 1, 2022--1--1
Edward 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…5 min read·Aug 13, 2022----
Edward SmithWhy I don’t say ‘climate justice’.I come across the term climate justice fairly regularly and am yet to find a definition. Tonight I asked someone with a legal and academic…5 min read·Aug 2, 2022----
Edward SmithErrors and omissions in population commentary by Jeff Sparrow in his book ‘Crimes against nature’Jeff Sparrow’s book Crimes against Nature argues that business has corrupted society, that apparently benign and even good things like…24 min read·Jul 10, 2022----
Edward SmithErrors in population commentary from Dr Liz AllenGood evening Liz,5 min read·May 4, 2022----
Edward SmithDespite his claims to neutrality, Abul Rizvi is a campaigner for a high permanent migration intake.On 23 February 2022, Dr Abul Rizvi appeared on Luke Grant’s Overnight show to discuss the Business Council’s push for more migration. It…17 min read·Feb 24, 2022----
Edward SmithReflections on Population Shock by Abul RizviDr Abul Rizvi’s book Population Shock argues that an ageing population can lower its median age and increase its aggregate Gross Domestic…7 min read·Nov 7, 2021----