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Michael Easson
Michael Easson joined the ALP in late 1973, served on the NSW and National Foreign Policy and Defence and the Education Committees, and over the years was an alternate and full delegate to ALP National Conference. He is chair and co-founder of EG Funds Management and the independent chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, and former chair now director of Willow Technology Corporation which he co-founded.
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Israel and Apartheid: Language matters
George Browning’s critique of Israel as an apartheid state is highly critical of Labor Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s refusal to deploy that label. Like Browning, I agree that words matter. Which is why I contest his commentary. This article highlights the background to Browning’s remarks, offers a brief analysis of the apartheid analogy, and offers Continue reading »
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Australian Labor and Palestine in 2021
I cannot imagine anyone in the ALP in 2021 who does not hope for the emergence of a Palestinian state? How this outcome might occur is where differences emerge. Continue reading »
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Faithful and Labor: What Labor Ignores at its Peril
The history of the ALP at the national level is one long lesson in humility. More often defeated than victorious, glorious in government but only in retrospect. This is our party. Continue reading »
