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Kerry Ryan
Kerry Ryan is a lecturer in politics and history at Swinburne University of Technology.
Essays & reportage
Fending for ourselves
Kerry Ryan
6 April 2020
Scott Morrison isn’t the only one whose stocks have risen
Essays & reportage
A red-hot chance in Indi?
Kerry Ryan
13 March 2019
Andrew Wilkie rates her prospects highly, but independent candidate Helen Haines faces quite a challenge if she’s to follow Cathy McGowan into parliament
National affairs
A tale of two pittances
Kerry Ryan
14 December 2018
How far can $1200 get you in a state election? In one case, straight into the Legislative Assembly
Books & arts
Where I came in
Kerry Ryan
21 August 2018
He might not have played
Hurricane
, but Bob Dylan was in fine form in Melbourne
National affairs
Will Batman’s voters take no for an answer?
Kerry Ryan
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
Books & arts
Grooving but not moving
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2017
Festivals
| At Port Fairy, forty-plus years of tradition is on display
Essays & reportage
Land of milk and honey
Kerry Ryan
8 December 2016
Two men, two legs, two stories…
National affairs
Pyrrhic victories
Kerry Ryan
11 July 2016
The long festival of democracy took
Kerry Ryan
to – where else? – Old Parliament House
National affairs
Early voting: the quiet electoral revolution
Kerry Ryan
28 June 2016
Vote early and vote often, the old adage goes. Voters are taking at least the first part to heart, writes
Kerry Ryan
National affairs
Not the National Press Club
Kerry Ryan
3 June 2016
Fists haven’t been the only things flying in Coburg recently.
Kerry Ryan
watches eight election candidates go through their paces
Books & arts
One Sunday in March
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan
keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
Essays & reportage
Top Endings
Kerry Ryan
17 September 2015
Twenty years after he left,
Kerry Ryan
returned to Darwin. Some things had changed, some things had stayed the same
National affairs
Citizenship by the booklet
Kerry Ryan
5 March 2013
Like Australia, Britain decided to make it harder for new arrivals to become citizens.
Kerry Ryan
looks at the mixed results
Essays & reportage
Citizenship for beginners
Kerry Ryan
16 April 2012
The Howard government made it harder for some nationalities to become citizens, and Labor has made it worse, writes
Kerry Ryan