AQ: Australian Quarterly

Battlers win when the law is fair

A victory has just been achieved on Queensland’s Darling Downs by the last man in Acland, Glen Beutel, which, the Court remarked, exceeded the fiction of The Castle.

s well as a significant win for this community, the Acland case is a real life enactment of the cherished trope of the little Aussie battler, an archetype that has been placed under significant challenge in recent years. Big mining interests and politicians

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from AQ: Australian Quarterly

AQ: Australian Quarterly10 min readAddiction
Vaping in Australia
Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis is a Principal Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne’s School of Psychological Sciences and Deputy Director of the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change. She has expertise in health promotion, interven
AQ: Australian Quarterly11 min readCrime & Violence
The Last Great Opportunity? Penetrating The Politics Of Whistleblower Protection
Australia’s recent memory is littered with public servants made to suffer by government employers, despite speaking up on issues of high public interest. Witness K (and his lawyer Bernard Collaery) on the Timor phone tapping; David McBride and the re
AQ: Australian Quarterly11 min read
The Voice To Parliament And The Silent Majority
In this article, we outline the background to the Voice to Parliament, and the political struggle around it. We offer an explanation for both the‘No vote’ and why First Nations people themselves were divided on the issue. And we conclude by identifyi

Related Books & Audiobooks