Writing • Public life • Politics • Veterans • Institutional machinery
My current writing lives on Substack. This site preserves the pre-Substack archive and gives readers a clear point of provenance for my public work.
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Former Navy sailor and commissioned officer, ministerial adviser, corporate affairs strategist, campaign operator and local councillor. I write about the machinery behind politics, institutions, public policy and the systems that shape ordinary lives.
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New essays, audio and current commentary now live on Substack. This site preserves the pre-Substack archive and gives the older pieces a permanent home.
Three pieces that show the breadth of the archive: evidence, strategy and veterans' affairs.
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A short selection from the recovered Facebook essays. The full archive has search, tags and year-by-year browsing.
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