Articles by: Richard Hil

Author Biography:

Dr Richard Hil is Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Services and Social Work at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University and Convenor of the Ngara Institute. Richard is the author of numerous books, the latest being The Sacking of Fallujah: A People’s History (with Ross Caputi and Donna Mulhearn).

Pathways to nowhere?: risk-talk and crime prevention

The poverty taboo [Australia is one of the most economically divided OECD countries.]

Iraq, hidden casualities as policy: [The toll of death, injury and madness in Iraq is being vastly underestimated as a reflection of the privatisation of war and militarisation of the media.]

War pains: US troops returning from Iraq are paying a high price in the Bush Administration’s war on terror

Academic business

Recently an academic friend made the interesting observation that she could detect little difference in the contents of The Australian's Higher Education, Campus Review and the business pages of most of our daily newspapers. Intrigued by what sounded like a sweeping assertion, I asked what she meant, to which she responded: 'pick up any copy of Wednesday's Australian or glance at the routine concerns of Campus Review and you'll find article after article focused on…