Author: John Hyde

John Hyde is a former Australian politician. He was elected as the member for the Division of Moore in Western Australia for the Liberal Party. John is a previous member of Mannkal's Board of Directors and is an active mentor for staff and scholars alike.

A Landfall Ulysses Might Have Made

Blue and gold decorative tile mural with classical maritime and mythological scenes featuring ships and sea figures

A Landfall Ulysses Might Have Made Each rower pressed then gently on his oar. The watchful helmsman turned the boat about And rode the swelling water to the shore. While […]

Think Tanks – a poem

Colorful push pins on a map of Australia marking different destinations

Think Tanks Our dream is of a well-versed Commonwealth Where any voting layman might explain Established ways to safety, freedom, wealth And treat attempts to bribe him with disdain. We […]

On Bert Kelly

Aerial city view with railway yards and inset portrait of professional man, black and white historical photo

Australian democracy’s processes are far from perfect but they are what we have. C. R. (Bert) Kelly, Member for the South Australian Federal seat of Wakefield used them. He addressed […]