Fotis Kapetopoulos
Features –
Kerr’s curse, the Gough Whitlam dismissal and the Palace Letters
Professor Jenny Hocking fought for two years and won a High Court case this May to have 211 letters between Buckingham Palace and the then governor general, Sir John Kerr, …
Bureaucrats fail in their role and the government pays the price
Premier Daniel Andrews, the Minister of Health Jenny Mikakos, and the Chief Health Officer have told Victorians that they have become “too complacent.” The Chief of Police is muscular about …
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Harlem takes charge of its own
Neos Kosmos talked to three people who are deeply invested in the providing services and building resilience in Harlem. Lloyd Williams, the President and CEO of the Greater Harlem Chamber …
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Confusion is king as the Commonwealth and Teachers’ union go head-to-head on schools opening
The newfound bonhomie between the Commonwealth government and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, (ACTU), in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic is being challenged by rising tension between the government …
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Stephen Minas and his move from Victorian politics to the United Nations
Stephen Minas, now 36 years old, has made high achievement seem an effortless task. Mr Minas worked in his mid-twenties as an adviser to the former Premier of Victoria, Ted …
Dialogue –
States of emergency: The economy, is it hibernating or dying?
My inspiration was Otter’s endorsement of Bluto’s rousing speech in Animal House; “I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” Is …
Dialogue –
States of emergency: the importance of maintaining the social contract
Covid-19 has killed the small state – for now. Liberal democracies are rising to the challenge of an existential threat as they did in World War II. Individualism and diversities, …
Dialogue –
Farewell Athens… Covid-19 dispatch from Greece
Athens, Wednesday, 11 March: I was leading my annual arts and cultural tour of Athens, from 9-13 March. Artists and producers from outside Greece come to Athens for five days …
Life –
Alex Proyas: Looking for a new country in filmmaking
“The last 10 years have been a nightmare for me,” says director Alex Proyas. Two major movies have fallen over: Dracula, based on the historical figure of Voivode of Wallachia, …
Dialogue –
Labor wants to resuscitate its Multicultural Policy
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) wants to reignite its commitment to multiculturalism and migrant aspiration. Its defeat to the Coalition last year shone a light on what many see as …