• Peter Carey Navigates Australia's Past: my review of A Long Way From Home for THE MONTHLY

    'What a brilliant idea, to set a novel about discovering Australia and a self – and a self in relation to Australia – during the gruelling Redex trials, which can be read as an attempt, as Carey…

  • Ethics Under Fire: Challenges for the Australian Army

    My review for The Australian of this timely and important book which unfortunately pulls its punches: 'Despite hints in several essays that many ADF personnel do not consider that the 2003 Iraq war…

  • Armed and Dangerous - The Australian

    My review of three books on Special Operations in The Australian and the implications for further militarisation of our police forces. 'I am a sucker for boot-camp training stories in all their…

  • Big Little Lies bursts the bubble

    'So, in a story like Big Little Lies, the atmosphere of beauty and wealth allows for greater focus on internal battles and flaws rather than on the struggle for survival in a hostile environment.' -…