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248 Spring 2022

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Thomas Kent

Thomas Kent is a journalist and human rights worker who was nominated for the Premier’s Award in Excellence (multicultural journalism) in 2010. Tom is a well-known poet, photographer, essayist and artist whose work is mostly published in the USA. He is also a musician, known as My Melbourne Down.

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19 August 20151 September 2015

A government laden with Heydon

Thomas Kent

Abbott’s instinct will be to support the Commissioner, and Heydon’s instinct will be to hang on. This is a mistake: it seems unlikely that he will survive past the end of this week, and he should resign as quickly as possible. His career is also unlikely to survive, whether he answers the questions raised about this issue or not.

12 March 201420 March 2014

Crimea: the dawning of a new global reality

Thomas Kent

Things are unfolding very rapidly in Ukraine. But most accounts aren't giving the long view. For the third time in a century, Eastern Europe has heralded a worldwide shift in power. This is the most significant development of a century. The Ukrainian SSR was given Crimea in 1954 by Khrushchev, who expected this to cement Ukrainian loyalty.

13 February 201425 February 2014

Another black death in Footscray

Thomas Kent

Rezene applied for refugee status, and began the long, tortuous process of trying to prove that status to DIMA. But the very compromises that he had needed to make just to save his life were held against him. He was in a Catch-22: it seems that DIMA does not consider people refugees simply because on their return they will be killed.