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The dispensable nation – updated

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By John Quiggin
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As I observed last year, the statement that “The cemeteries are full of indispensable people.” is just as true of nations, and in particular the US. That was a little controversial at the time, but now it’s become sufficiently conventional wisdom to be restated in the New York Times. I’ve been working on an update. and that seems like a signal to get it out As far as military dependence is concerned, the “indispendable nation” has already been dispensed with.
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Telstra’s triple-zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits

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By John Quiggin
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Either Tom Petty or Sean Leahy had a satirical cartoon in the Courier Mail in the days of Telstra privatisation called “The Fabulous Isle of Telstra”, IIRC. One theme from that or another such cartoon at the time was the notion of people idiotically buying what they had already owned (collectively of course). There were many such cartoons at the time. Leunig was also putting them out too. It resulted in a massive transfer of wealth from all the people to a few rich people.
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Telstra’s triple zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits

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By John Quiggin
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‘Telstra and Optus, the supposedly temporary duopoly established in the 1990s, still have 70% of the mobile network between them.’ Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian Another year, another telecommunications failure. In 2025, it was Optus whose network failed, leading to hundreds of triple zero calls failing to get through. This time, it was Telstra, with similarly chaotic results.
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