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Covid reshaped society on a scale unseen since World War II - but instead of sparking cultural transformation, it left fear, obedience, and a troubling silence in its wake.
When Queensland’s Revenue Office treated a husband and wife differently over the same property, it raised an unexpected question: has bureaucracy finally outpaced biology?
Behind the March for Australia was quiet frustration — families struggling with rent, young men losing ground, and a country wondering who’s really being heard.
Integration should not mean cultural erasure; it should mean civic belonging – understanding our history, respecting democratic values, and committing to a shared future.
Interviewed July 2025 on his Australian book-tour, US sociologist Musa al-Gharbi waxed eloquent on wokeness and inequality, on US and China. Though I failed to subvert his next book.
Not since Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin has a work of fiction provided such a confronting and disturbing insight into the adolescent mind.
