They are fiction stories which reveal lesser known trends in government and business, with creative solutions.

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS BROWNER

In 250 years from now, will minds immeasurably superior to ours regard Australia with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us? (From War of the Worlds).

Can Australia be united by a central, rational, scientific government, under Aboriginal Prime Minister Abajoe?

PRESUMED DEAD

In a city governed by a bipartisan duopoly, could self-interest of political parties corrupt politics and cause the disappearance of Jane Kenwood an iconic woman city councillor?

Can her boyfriend Phillip Keane, a forensic scientist, uncover political skulduggery?

SHORT OF LOVE

Tom and Vicki meet at university but their affair is delayed by their careers, which involve

unethical corporate trading between Canada and an African country. The story exposes corporate capitalism and the greed of Tom when he sells his girl to a friend. The story is a satire.

TIME IS GOLD

The story goes inside the bubble where an elite marathon runner trains for the Olympics following advice given by a physicist, psychologist, neuroscientist and a Zen Buddhist. Her think tank discuss philosophies of performance in timed events. Her boyfriend Jack depends on her success for his PhD thesis.

ANIMAL FARM 2

The story sequels George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm (1945). The pigs’ totalitarian control continues on Caruba, an island where the Social Republic installs missiles adjacent to the Democratic Union. The animals learn English and climate science in order to contest the closing of the coal mine, which is their only employment. Will the animals overthrow the pigs?

TURKEYS NOT BEES

Megan is an Australian pole vault champion in training for the 2032 Olympic Games. Her career is halted by nanny state overreach, banning her training methods. Conditions in competitions are to be levelled to bring success to outsiders, profits to investors and votes to politicians. Will Megan and her boyfriend Chance be able to successfully oppose, with a non-violent protest march, mandatory restrictions in a pandemic?

BRISBANE RIVER ANTI-MEMOIR

Coming shortly. A fresh look at the floods and new ways they could have been avoided, based on phenomenological analysis.

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