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Justice in Kelly Country by Lachlan Strahan Partway through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening to shoot him “like a dog”. Those few fateful words have ricocheted through Australian history. Many have blamed Anthony Strahan for the turmoil and bloodshed that unfolded during the Kelly Outbreak. For two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat, Ned and his gang shot dead three policemen at Stringybark Creek. Ned’s reason for opening fire?
There are many commonly held misapprehensions about Australian politics. Contrary to popular belief, voting is not compulsory. No one compels you to number the boxes with your little pencil.
Long lockdowns a ‘failure of policy', says WHO envoy on COVID A leading figure in the international response to the pandemic has described repeated use of lockdowns during the first two years of the COVID crisis as a failure of narrative and policy.
Key points Dr David Nabarro, the WHO’s special envoy on COVID-19, said a “middle path” was open for governments to suppress the spread of the virus through less-restrictive public health measures. Nabarro did not directly criticise the Andrews government, but his comments will renew public debate about whether the state was justified in locking down Greater Melbourne as often and for as long as it did.
All books featured in this new section are available from Middle East Books and More, the nation’s preeminent bookstore on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. www.MiddleEastBooks.com • (202) 939-6050 ext. 1 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2022, pp. 62-64 Middle East Books Review By John Lyons, Monash University Publishing, 2022, paperback, 96 pp.
Last year Monash University Publishing released How to Vote Progressive in Australia: Labor or Green? – a book that did quite well for us. Needless to say, it didn’t appeal to all readers. The prominent Sydney bookseller Jon Page let me know he hadn’t ordered any copies as he didn’t think there was a sufficient market for it among his customers. A couple of weeks ago, Page decided not to stock another new title at his Mosman shop.
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