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The onus is on Israel and its allies to end the genocide, not their victims

It’s actually never legitimate to withhold aid from starving civilians. It was never legitimate at any time. That’s one of the annoying things...

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Caitlin Johnstone

What a surprise spike in the unemployment rate means for interest rates and the economy

The rate of unemployment in Australia is on the rise again. Official labour force data released on Thursday shows that in the month to September,...

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Jeff Borland

China-US critical minerals war an opportunity for Australia to get smart

As the Trump administration deepens its tariff trade war with China, the latter has placed fresh curbs on exports to the US of the rare earths and...

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Tim Buckley

The armistice of 1918 and the 'ceasefire' of 2025

Remembrance Day is coming. More accurately it is Armistice Day. The armistice between Germany and the Western Powers was signed at Compiègne in...

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Douglas Newton

'We can do this': Rio Tinto’s rapid switch to renewables shows path for quick exit from coal

You might be able to imagine the scene: An Australia sporting minister stands up in front of a vast audience to announce that something is simply...

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Giles Parkinson

Palestinian Mandela beaten unconscious. Our leaders yawned and looked away

Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis just beat unconscious the man most likely to help realise a...

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Eugene Doyle

The migration debate in Australia

Australia’s population growth rate is returning to normal. Instead, of cutting migration, the solution to Australia’s housing crisis is to increase...

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Michael Keating

Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date

Sooner or later Anthony Albanese or his successor will lead the Labor Government to defeat. Probably a decisive defeat, with many in the electorate...

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Jack Waterford

If you go down to the forests today, you’re in for a big surprise (mass deforestation)

Visit many areas of state forest in parts of Victoria and you might get a shock – the forest isn’t there. It used to be there — logged four,...

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Chris Taylor

After the bombing: The shape of life left by the genocide in Gaza

Since the ceasefire came into effect, I’ve been searching for a way out of all the horrors that surrounded us in Gaza, but I can’t find one. As the...

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Refaat Ibrahim

Proposed housing development in Ipswich raises red flags

A proposal to build about 500 apartments on flood-liable land on the banks of the Bremer River in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, raises many questions...

yesterday 6

Chas Keys

Rooftop solar takes its biggest bite yet out of coal generators’ lunch, as home battery rebates hit 89,000

Rooftop solar on homes and businesses took its biggest bite yet out of the traditional “baseload” midday lunch on Wednesday, as the combined output...

yesterday 6

Giles Parkinson

APEC Summit opens a window for Korea – and for Australia

On 1 November, the leaders of the nations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum will meet in the historic South Korean city of Gyeongju....

yesterday 7

Kym Davey

An immodest proposal for an ideal source of strategic policy advice

In the various debates and arguments on Australia’s defence, one thing is at least is settled: the government has agreed to continue funding...

yesterday 30

Michael Mckinley

India’s American dream in tatters

The last couple of months have exposed the humiliating realities of the subordinate alliance that India has been gradually sliding into with the US...

yesterday 20

Srujana Bodapati

Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders are leading on climate change

The leaders of the Pacific Islands are forging a united front against President Donald Trump’s climate denialism and leading the world in the...

yesterday 8

Edward Hunt

Albanese meets Trump: A fly to a wanton schoolboy

Paul Begley looks at how the Australian prime minister might “manage” his scheduled meeting with Donald Trump this week. In 1987, a then...

yesterday 7

Paul Begley

As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?

At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US atomic bombing in 1945 and Gaza today,...

yesterday 8

Gwyn Mcclelland

Message from the editor

Readers are well aware of our special interest in calm and rational coverage of China. Often we focus on geopolitics, and the change in China’s...

yesterday 30

Catriona Jackson

Gaza has a ceasefire, now Palestine needs self-determination

Whether it’s the Israeli Government, an international peacekeeping force, or a post-conflict reconstruction authority for Gaza chaired...

yesterday 7

John Feffer

Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass

There’s a telling moment in the documentary film Prime Minister when Jacinda Ardern reflects on her rapid rise from Labour leader to prime...

previous day 1

Susan Fountaine

Stephen Stockwell 1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal

The 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government on 11 November 1975 should prompt all Australians to ponder the strength of our...

previous day 10

Tony Smith

Tipping, tipping, tipping... the dominoes fall

Dying reefs, shrinking icesheets, withering forests and collapsing currents are the latest symptoms of an Earth system enduring dangerous trauma,...

previous day 2

Julian Cribb

Israel returns Palestinian prisoners’ bodies with ‘signs of torture, mutilation and execution’

An unknown number of Palestinians abducted by Israel died or were killed while in custody; living former prisoners have described horrific and,...

previous day 10

Brett Wilkins

Was the gospel preached at Charlie Kirk's memorial service?

It is now more than a month since Charlie Kirk’s murder (10 September) and memorial service (21 September). Like many here in Australia, I had not...

previous day 10

Keith Mascord

Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university

When Western Sydney University announced it would shed hundreds of staff, its vice-chancellor described the decision as part of a “necessary...

saturday 6

John Frew

From enmity to amity: Lessons from Cowra

The 24th of October 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the ratification of the UN Charter, which opens with a determination to save succeeding...

saturday 2

Francesca Beddie

South Korea has missed the alternative media train

US alternative media is awash with stories on Israel and Gaza, Ukraine and Russia, and now Iran and Venezuela. There’s influence operations,...

saturday 1

Jeffrey Robertson

Paper walls at Thailand’s border

Myanmar’s current emergency is not a sudden rupture but a long arc of military rule that has criminalised dissent, dismantled civil society and...

saturday 6

Ko Ko Aung

Harm reduction is ubiquitous and effective so why doesn’t Australia use it for tobacco?

Harm reduction policies are widespread, and generally work, are safe and cost-effective. But since 2011, Australian Governments have vehemently...

saturday 2

Alex Wodak

Keating pays tribute to former NZ leader Jim Bolger

It was sad for me to learn of Jim Bolger’s death. As prime minister of Australia, I had, for 4½ years, a better than working relationship with Jim....

saturday 8

Paul Keating

One more betrayal of the Palestinians

The history of the Palestinians is a history of betrayal. In the wake of World War I, Britain and France redrew the map of the Middle East to suit...

saturday 7

Melvin Goodman

After decades of struggle, women in China are rewriting their future

The quiet revolution towards upholding women’s rights in China isn’t just about slogans, but involves the hard work of families, educators and...

saturday 6

Ren Yan

DPP speaks out – budget crisis, blackmail or a balking of duty?

ACT director of Public Prosecutions Victoria Engel SC has upped the ante — dangerously so in the view of many in the legal profession — in a very...

saturday 1

Andrew Fraser

Mr Albanese goes to Washington

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on 20 October. Thus far, Albanese has dealt with this...

saturday 6

John Mccarthy

War without end, peace without justice

The Gaza war has become the most searing mirror of our century’s political and moral contradictions. It is, at once, a war of annihilation and a...

17.10.2025 20

Stewart Sweeney

Fortescue cuts hundreds of jobs in UK and Australia; EV motor making sent to China

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals is cutting several hundred jobs in the UK and Australia following a decision to send manufacturing activities to...

17.10.2025 10

Giles Parkinson

Grieving for the US

I recently viewed the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting. The final shot is a widescreen view of an old car driven through a verdant landscape, as the...

17.10.2025 3

Patricia Edgar

Inspired by Gaza, Trump offers some hope on Thai-Cambodian border

US president tells Malaysia he intends to end the conflict at the ASEAN Summit. Fresh from ending Israel’s war in Gaza, US President Donald Trump...

17.10.2025 2

Luke Hunt

Family violence and migrant women - a better way

Nashita Pasha is one of six talented young Australians who will travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week as part of the Global...

17.10.2025 1

Nashita Pasha

What’s constraining ‘frank and fearless’ advice?

A central argument for the government’s proposed widening of exemptions under the FOI Act is the claim that the current provisions constrain the...

17.10.2025 8

Andrew Podger

Climate change causing oceans to decline at alarming rate

Climate change and human activity are causing the health of the world’s oceans to decline at an alarming rate, the UN has warned. Overfishing,...

17.10.2025 1

Julian Cribb

Blame and frame: How Chinese Australians are counted when blamed, discounted when needed

We say we want to understand China. Then we glance past a million Chinese speakers at home and start counting somewhere else. The Australian...

17.10.2025 3

Fred Zhang

Denial and amnesia: Is the global community ready to welcome Israel back?

Analysts express concern over the rehabilitation of Israel, even as it says it has done no wrong. In both Israel and among its Western allies, the...

17.10.2025 10

Simon Speakman Cordall

Stark contrasts in health of returning hostages

Peter Slezak has been keeping a watching brief on the both harrowing and joyous scenes as prisoners and hostages from Palestine and Israel were...

17.10.2025 10

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The onus is on Israel and its allies to end the genocide, not their victims

Caitlin Johnstone

What a surprise spike in the unemployment rate means for interest rates and the economy

Jeff Borland

China-US critical minerals war an opportunity for Australia to get smart

Tim Buckley

The armistice of 1918 and the 'ceasefire' of 2025

Douglas Newton

'We can do this': Rio Tinto’s rapid switch to renewables shows path for quick exit from coal

Giles Parkinson

Palestinian Mandela beaten unconscious. Our leaders yawned and looked away

Eugene Doyle

The migration debate in Australia

Michael Keating

Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date

Jack Waterford

If you go down to the forests today, you’re in for a big surprise (mass deforestation)

Chris Taylor

After the bombing: The shape of life left by the genocide in Gaza

Refaat Ibrahim

Proposed housing development in Ipswich raises red flags

Chas Keys

Rooftop solar takes its biggest bite yet out of coal generators’ lunch, as home battery rebates hit 89,000

Giles Parkinson

APEC Summit opens a window for Korea – and for Australia

Kym Davey

An immodest proposal for an ideal source of strategic policy advice

Michael Mckinley

India’s American dream in tatters

Srujana Bodapati

Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders are leading on climate change

Edward Hunt

Albanese meets Trump: A fly to a wanton schoolboy

Paul Begley

As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?

Gwyn Mcclelland

Message from the editor

Catriona Jackson

Gaza has a ceasefire, now Palestine needs self-determination

John Feffer

Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass

Susan Fountaine

Stephen Stockwell 1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal

Tony Smith

Tipping, tipping, tipping... the dominoes fall

Julian Cribb

Israel returns Palestinian prisoners’ bodies with ‘signs of torture, mutilation and execution’

Brett Wilkins

Was the gospel preached at Charlie Kirk's memorial service?

Keith Mascord

Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university

John Frew

From enmity to amity: Lessons from Cowra

Francesca Beddie

South Korea has missed the alternative media train

Jeffrey Robertson

Paper walls at Thailand’s border

Ko Ko Aung

Harm reduction is ubiquitous and effective so why doesn’t Australia use it for tobacco?

Alex Wodak

Keating pays tribute to former NZ leader Jim Bolger

Paul Keating

One more betrayal of the Palestinians

Melvin Goodman

After decades of struggle, women in China are rewriting their future

Ren Yan

DPP speaks out – budget crisis, blackmail or a balking of duty?

Andrew Fraser

Mr Albanese goes to Washington

John Mccarthy

War without end, peace without justice

Stewart Sweeney

Fortescue cuts hundreds of jobs in UK and Australia; EV motor making sent to China

Giles Parkinson

Grieving for the US

Patricia Edgar

Inspired by Gaza, Trump offers some hope on Thai-Cambodian border