Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist.
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Only one man can stop the world plunging into full-scale war
Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel is at an all-time low. Yet, we are waiting, helplessly, to see what risk he will take next.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Environmental protection
Plibersek can save this wonderland, or give it away with the fairies
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek holds the fate of a delicate slice of Tasmania’s wilderness in her hands.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Housing crisis
We bought in Balmain when it was affordable. Rezoning won’t turn back the clock
Careless rezoning will do little to solve Sydney’s housing affordability crisis. But I think I know what will.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Media & marketing
I spent time with James and Lachlan. Rupert chose the wrong successor
Like his sister Elisabeth, James withdrew himself from the succession. And so now we get Lachlan. For the sake of news, and all of us who consume it, that’s too bad.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Voice to parliament
The Voice can’t be silenced by Dutton’s Trumpian tone
Australians voted yes in 1967 because they understood it was the right thing to do. Will 2023’s yes vote be derailed by Trumpian tropes and nonsensical arguments?
- by Geraldine Brooks
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US politics
Trump’s noisy revival drowns out sound of change in America
While all the cameras focused on that New York courtroom, significant events were playing out in other parts of the US which suggest Trumpism is on the wane.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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AUKUS
AUKUS is a dud deal. We’re safer on our own
There’s never been a worse time for Australia to further entangle its defence policy with that of the United States.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Adoption & fostering
I have two sons and love them equally. But my homeland does not
Australian citizenship is a gift. I want to give it to both my sons. But Australia discriminates against adopted children, and it’s creating anxiety for families like mine.
- by Geraldine Brooks
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