The real plague on Australian democracy is insider journalism

Where even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course

the sun shone
As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green
Water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen
Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,
Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.

Musee des Beaux Arts —W. H. Auden

Matthew Ricketson from Deakin University has a very good piece in The Conversation about the new boo…