Moving on from “Closing the Gap”


It is a source of great frustration having an interest in indigenous affairs coming to realise how ineffective we are at making a difference. Recently the annual “Closing the Gap” report was published highlighting the usual disappointments in trying to reduce the disadvantage of indigenous Australians. The only statistic we seem to have been meeting […]

March 6, 2018

Beyond Reductionism


Actualities seem to float in a wide sea of possibilities from out of which they were chosen; and somewhere, indeterminism says such possibilities exist and form part of the truth. William James As you will have deduced from my blog essays, I am an avid reader and enjoy a wide range of genres including history, […]

February 22, 2018