Dechlan Brennan
Dechlan Brennan is a freelance writer advocating for mental health and welfare reforms in Australia. Originally from Perth, he is now based in Melbourne and studying international relations at Macquarie University.
Dechlan's recent articles
16 January 2022
The abusive relationship between Australia and the US
Australia's uncritical and unstinting support of American hegemony makes it complicit in the Pentagon's many war crimes.
12 January 2022
China v Australia, and the national interest v The Australian
Its readers could be forgiven for suspecting the News Corp broadsheet is trying to lead us into war under the guise of destroying authoritarianism.
14 December 2021
Australia maintains its sanctimonious stance on human rights
The diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics is just the latest example of Australia's rank hypocrisy in criticising rights abuses by other nations.
6 December 2021
Why does Australia still sell weapons to human-rights abuser Saudi Arabia?
As the kingdom wages war in Yemen, Canberra continues to supply arms, making us complicit in the deaths of innocent civilians, writes Dechlan Brennan.
1 December 2021
Solomons intervention merely serves Australia's own Pacific interests
Australian resources assigned to curb Chinese expansion would be better used to counter vaccine hesitancy and lift supply.
28 November 2021
The Coalition champions small government except when it doesn't
The Morrison government's claims that it opposes state intervention are undercut by its controlling actions across welfare, education and security.
31 October 2021
Our new Covid reality leaves the vulnerable living in fear
While many celebrate the economy opening up, it threatens to have a damaging impact on Aboriginal communities and on part-time and casual workers.
29 October 2021
Fiddling with the franchise: voter ID laws only affect the voiceless
The government has rushed to get next-to-useless voter ID laws up before the election. It is voter suppression The Australian Way