menu_open
John Mccarthy

John Mccarthy

The Australian

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Corporate Australia shuns reform in workplace

On a trade mission to Asia in the 1990s I was part of a delegation that visited a factory that seemed to produce everything from televisions to tennis...

03.10.2024 10

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Promise of social media alters political landscape

There was a time when Twitter (now called X) appeared to be an enormous power for democracy. The Arab Spring revolution of 2011 was written and...

21.08.2024 20

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Rediscovering Australia’s Asian destiny

Australia must awaken a spirit of enquiry and zest about our region and the belief that our destiny as a nation rests there. Australia differs from...

07.08.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Greed is no longer good as corporate trust fades

Scan the business pages each day and you will see a plethora of companies that have tied their reputations to a stake and lit a match. Star...

24.07.2024 10

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Legal fandango over coal sets stage for switch

When the Hinkley nuclear power station in the UK was first proposed it was expected to cost about $17 billion and would generate enough power for six...

26.06.2024 10

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Modi’s authoritarianism will make relations with India harder to handle

It would be a tragedy and have adverse implications for the West if India’s struggle for internal harmony were to founder on the rocks of...

02.06.2024 20

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

Comprehensive upgrade puts Australia in Vietnam’s top tier

The conclusion of a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” by two states leads few observers to experience frissons of excitement. However, the...

07.03.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Comprehensive upgrade puts Australia in Vietnam’s top tier

Diplomatic relations have come a long way from when we opened our first embassy in Hanoi – a bedraggled couple of hotel rooms with lino floors in...

06.03.2024 20

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

2024 Election: Indonesia’s Prabowo will not rule in anyone’s shadow

On 14 February, Indonesia holds simultaneous elections for the presidency and national and regional legislatures. The runes suggest the current...

12.02.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Indonesia’s Prabowo finally steps from the shadows

Prabowo Subianto has been the coming man for a long time. That will shape how the likely winner of Indonesia’s presidential election will govern.

09.02.2024 10

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

State sanctioned killings are not the image of India we are used to

The revelations in recent weeks of Indian government involvement in the assassination in Vancouver of a Sikh separatist – and in a conspiracy to...

12.12.2023 10

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

State sanctioned killings are not the image of India we are used to

It is still to the good that India’s image here of cricket, the Commonwealth and bling is fading. But some sides of that change are not an unalloyed...

08.12.2023 7

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

c51cc5cc89392f2ea596bbaafec72f11