Michael Easson
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Aug 2, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for AFR
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Big government can’t end loneliness blight (opens the original)
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Australians think we are the friendliest people on earth. The truth is most of us are strangers to each other. Loneliness, the blight of isolation, is more common than ever. The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby asks “All the lonely people/Where do they all come from?” There is an answer. They are our neighbours, often the people we walk pass every day, who rarely hear a “good morning” salutation from us. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Unis must end banality of indifference to antisemitism (opens the original)
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What we are hearing this week about the university sector at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is double-edged. Horrible examples of violence, intimidation, doxxing, teasing and Jew-hatred abound. This includes students, some as young as 18, being spat at and abused on campus, and professors and others who have dedicated their careers to advancing human knowledge being targeted for no other reason than their religion. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when yo
Can the CFMEU kill off its gangster culture? (opens the original)
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“How can you vote Labor given the CFMEU shenanigans?” You hear this a lot in Victoria. Geoffrey Watson, SC, in a review of cost blowouts in Victorian government-funded projects, alleged the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) descended into a “violent, hateful and greedy rabble” under its former state boss John Setka. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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