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That we live in one of the best contemporary democracies is to be appreciated. That we have managed to maintain a high level of employment while...
“Sacrifice”, the ABC Four Corners episode of 10 March, was a train-wreck for the Australian War Memorial. Its spokespersons came across as...
It’s not much wonder that the public is confused about electricity pricing when journalists and politicians use the terms “prices” and “bills”...
Voting in federal or state elections has invariably posed a dilemma ever since my family and I qualified as citizens almost a quarter-century ago,...
The Australian reliably informs as that in Beijing it’s “all the way with Albo for PM”; the latest Chinese ship in the proximity of...
Access to affordable primary healthcare through GPs has collapsed, forcing more people to rely on overcrowded and understaffed public hospitals....
For most people, the simple answer to Peter Dutton’s repeated question — are you better off today than you were three years ago? — is “no,...
Global security alliances are in turmoil, and Australia needs to critically rethink its defence and foreign affairs policies. I have watched with...
It’s only the first week – and if you thought Peter Dutton’s election campaign looks chaotic, dishevelled, and thin on policy substance,...
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating says Donald Trump’s neo-Monroeism has made it clear that America now calls only the Western...
Thousands of people from countries around the world have joined the war against Palestinians. The USrecentlythreatenedto impose sanctions on Netzah...
Just weeks into Israels current genocide in Gaza, I spoke with my cousin as she watched the violence unfold from her home in Khan Yunis. She...
The ICC chief prosecutor accused Israeli and Hamas leaders of war crimes while repeating false claims against Hamas and downplaying Israeli...
The exclusive ‘US urges Australia over UNs Israel vote, published in Tuesdays The Australian by Ben Packham, demands a response. The article...
The move comes as Australia, in a significant break from Israeli and US policy, voted yes in the UN General Assembly to upgrading Palestines UN...
I watched Trump’s joint press conference with Netanyahu, in utter disbelief. Not that the idea, or indeed the practice, of ethnic cleansing of...
In his ongoing campaign to pad and shield criticism of Israel in the conduct of its war of gross bloodletting in Gaza, Israels Prime Minister...
The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its “unlawful presence” in...
Reducing the complexities of international politics to the idiosyncratic personalities of world leaders suggests the Western media believes...
“Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past and...
China cannot ignore Trump, but it can evade him._ _ China enters the Trump trade attack from a position of strength. Beijing understands that the...
I joined the Liberal Party when it was liberal. After Malcolm Fraser lost the 1983 election, the head office of the Victorian Division was...
The Gaza Strip has witnessed catastrophic humanitarian crises during the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation. The war has caused...
It should never have been the case. Peter Dutton, leader of the Coalition opposition, is in with a chance to win the 3 May Australian election. His...
Populism uses the freedoms of democracy against democracy. In particular, populists use freedom of speech to promote hate, incite prejudice,...
The independent economist and former Treasury officer Chris Richardson, the leader of Treasury-in-Exile and thus chief apostle of fiscal rectitude,...
Peter Dutton was edging towards possibly towards winning the forthcoming election. But lately he has been moving further and further away from...
Remarks made by UNSW academic Peter Slezak at a rally at UTS on 26 March, have attracted considerable negative coverage in the Murdoch media. [The...
The sense of urgency and rapid change that has pervaded the discussion today [31 March] has not obscured the fact that, as we know, this issue of...
Donald Trump’s pledge to push the boundary of the United States of America 2000 kilometres north is not another rush of blood, but channels 300...
After a long hiatus, relations between China and Japan are finally stirring into action. In late December, Japanese Foreign Minister, Iwaya...
I recently attended a demonstration outside both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Israeli Embassy in Wellington. The day before,...
Environmentalists have failed to transform the underlying social values that drive environmental destruction. Fifteen companies produce 30% of...
A so-called Australian immigration crisis is a central election issue, but it’s based on misconceptions easily debunked by any examination of the...
John Menadue recently argued convincingly that the “AUKUS chickens were coming home to roost already” . Shortly thereafter, the Guardian helpfully...
I recently joined a small delegation of Pakistani Australian businessmen on a trade and investment investigation mission. During this visit, I...
Following World War II, a branch of American intellectuals became preoccupied with the notion of totalitarianism. The term lo stato totalitario was...
The recent victory of the Labor party in Western Australia was remarkable in a number of ways. First, it was more of a rout than a landslide. The...
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Peter Dutton’s budget reply Speech is full of distortions and many of the key polices are flawed or we cannot be sure they will work as intended....
Mainstream media tells us exactly when China will invade Taiwan; it continues to run the false narrative that the Chinese naval ships fired...
Why submarines? The submarine’s most fundamental, key feature is its stealth. A well-handled, submarine is able to operate without causing fuss, in...
After weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the 2025 federal election for 3 May. This will be an election for all 150...
I know it’s an absurd thought, but in this absurd world, what’s wrong with dreaming. If we the taxpayers, are the ones funding the salaries of...
Australia’s recent wave of political scaremongering and hyperbolic reporting about antisemitic attacks on Jewish schools, synagogues, businesses and...
The High Court’s judgment in March 2025 in favour of the Gumatj people has reaffirmed the centrality of the Indigenous peoples of Gove in the...
The drug companies have bought both American political parties. They have not bought Australia. America’s pharmaceutical giants do not love the...
After two recent bouts of flooding already this year in Far North Queensland and more in the south-east of the state and in the Northern Rivers of...
The shock waves continue from Columbia University’s capitulation to Trump administration demands that undermine its independence. The world is...
Australian voters heading to the polls need to be aware there’s little standing between them and potential manipulation of information by vested...
With the news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make the trip to Government House early today, and the election will be called for May 3,...
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