I've seen Australia's nightmare scenario unfolding on the news, but your firsthand and finely written account hits harder than any media report. By the way, nice to see you having the courage to put your name on the blog. I'm also a teacher, but I decided to keep my Substack anonymous for career protection. I feel a bit guilty about that, as I do feel more people need to speak up these days.
Thanks so much for this feedback. I'm also a journalist, although I do very little for the mainstream media these days, so the impulse to report, and under my own name, is strong. Personally, I'm not that worried about speaking out - you'd be surprised how many people share similar feelings in private! The quicker more of them do so in public, the faster we'll get through this to something better.
Thanks for this! Extremely well-written and insightful.
I've become deep friends with several Australians over the years via social media and what I'm hearing from many of them is the stuff of my nightmares. And for it all to come on so quick and yet for it to be so unheard around the world, it does make me concerned that other so-called liberal democracies will follow suit.
Anyway, great piece! I'll be sharing this one as widely as I can!
I've seen Australia's nightmare scenario unfolding on the news, but your firsthand and finely written account hits harder than any media report. By the way, nice to see you having the courage to put your name on the blog. I'm also a teacher, but I decided to keep my Substack anonymous for career protection. I feel a bit guilty about that, as I do feel more people need to speak up these days.
Thanks so much for this feedback. I'm also a journalist, although I do very little for the mainstream media these days, so the impulse to report, and under my own name, is strong. Personally, I'm not that worried about speaking out - you'd be surprised how many people share similar feelings in private! The quicker more of them do so in public, the faster we'll get through this to something better.
Thanks for this! Extremely well-written and insightful.
I've become deep friends with several Australians over the years via social media and what I'm hearing from many of them is the stuff of my nightmares. And for it all to come on so quick and yet for it to be so unheard around the world, it does make me concerned that other so-called liberal democracies will follow suit.
Anyway, great piece! I'll be sharing this one as widely as I can!