Memoir
An extract from the book. The afternoon I walked my children to the plaza in the rain, and we waited two hours for a phone call.
Institutional Failure
The heading on this site says "an independent record of institutional silence". Here is what that means, in plain words, with seven examples and where to get help.
Domestic & Family Violence
The Royal Commission’s family recommendations help a woman leave safely. One former army wife sets out what she lost afterwards, and what help existed for each loss.
No one counted the spouses who came forward during the East Timor deployments. The one study that produced a number reached partners only through the soldier. I was never asked.
The US and Australian militaries call domestic violence incompatible with service. The rules that protect victims are the same rules that make the career threat work.
Delay is a predictable feature of domestic violence, not evidence against it. Why action taken years later still counts, and what a late account does for research, law and policing.
A ten-part series on what a small community may carry from a prolonged household crisis it did not cause.
Between 1999 and 2002 the ADF gave mefloquine or tafenoquine to nearly 3,000 personnel in clinical trials. This is what came after — and what happened when no institution would hold the record.
Inside Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, where peace is curated and the rules are unspoken. A first-hand account of how silence works in a cartel-adjacent town.
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El encabezado de este sitio dice «un registro independiente del silencio institucional». Esto es lo que significa, en palabras sencillas, con siete ejemplos y dónde pedir ayuda.
The heading on this site says "an independent record of institutional silence". Here is what that means, in plain words, with seven examples and where to get help.
Las recomendaciones de la Comisión Real sobre las familias ayudan a una mujer a irse de forma segura. Una exesposa de militar expone lo que perdió después, y qué ayuda existía para cada pérdida.
The Royal Commission’s family recommendations help a woman leave safely. One former army wife sets out what she lost afterwards, and what help existed for each loss.
El informe final no fue la última palabra. Seis recomendaciones tocan a las familias. Tres fueron aceptadas, y miran hacia adelante. De la única que podría alcanzar a las familias de los ensayos de fármacos solo se tomó nota.
The final report was not the last word. Six recommendations touch families. Three were agreed, and they look forward. The one that could reach the families of the drug trials was only noted.
Una embajada ayudará a un ciudadano en apuros en el extranjero. No hará la mayor parte de lo que la gente espera. Qué puede y qué no puede hacer el personal consular, a quién se le avisa, y lo que me habría gustado saber antes de llamar.
An embassy will help a citizen in trouble abroad. It will not do most of what people expect. What consular staff can and cannot do, who gets told, and what I wish I had known before I called.
Para la mayoría de los visitantes, la mayoría de los días, sí. Qué dicen las alertas y las cifras sobre Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, qué pasó en esta costa en 2026 y por qué vivir allí no es lo mismo que visitarlo.
For most visitors, on most days, yes. What the advisories and the numbers say about Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, what happened on this coast in 2026, and why living there is not the same as visiting.
Del primer estudio con tafenoquina en 1999 a la respuesta del Gobierno a la Comisión Real en 2024: cada fecha clave de los ensayos de antipalúdicos de la ADF, con sus fuentes.
From the first tafenoquine study in 1999 to the Government’s response to the Royal Commission in 2024: every key date in the ADF antimalarial drug trials, with sources.
