Justin Burke

Biography

is a researcher at Macquarie University’s Department of Security Studies and Criminology. He was a journalist at The Australian from 2012 to 2019.

Digital Lens

Digital Snapshot

by Justin Burke

New Surveys Paint Picture of Contemporary Australia

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released the first results of its five-yearly survey of residents, which reveals a nation more diverse, more urban and less religious than ever before. These insights will serve as inputs to policy and also yardsticks for community expectations about representation in public life. It comes as one of Australia’s leading think tanks - the Lowy Institute - released its latest poll of Australian attitudes on foreign affairs.

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Digital Snapshot

by Justin Burke

Energy Crisis: Australia on the Brink of Blackouts

Australia’s energy regulator has suspended the wholesale electricity market in the Eastern states to avert parabolic price rises and imminent blackouts. How did it come to this for a nation so rich in hydrocarbons and renewable sources of energy? What will the newly elected federal government do about it?

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Digital Snapshot

by Justin Burke

Geopolitical storms brewing in the Pacific Islands

For a region generally omitted from strategic discussions – its name literally means “peaceful in character or intent” – the Pacific Islands have emerged as a key theatre for geopolitical competition in recent weeks, with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touring the islands in pursuit of a “Common Development Vision” trade and security deal, and new Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong similarly attempting to reset Australian influence within the “Pacific Family”.

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Digital Snapshot

by Justin Burke

Zeitenwende and the Indo-Pacific

In Australia and across the English-speaking world there is an enduring fascination with German words which capture a unique or complex phenomenon. From zeitgeist to schadenfreude, many have entered everyday discourse.

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Digital Snapshot

by Justin Burke

Australia in the run up to the election

On Saturday 21st May, Australians aged 18 years and older will visit schools, church halls and community centres across the nation to vote in the federal parliamentary election to determine who forms government in Canberra for the next three years, and who will be Prime Minister: the incumbent Scott Morrison, or the challenger Anthony Albanese.

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