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So, this terrible murder of two young Israeli embassy officials, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. I think, is one of those moments where it’s...
An appeal from Sami Khader, MA’AN’s director-general. The MA’AN Development Centre was established in January 1989. To all people of conscience, to...
Dissent and protest are under attack across Australia. Thawing permafrost is a problem for everyone, not just Arctic-dwellers. LNG produces more...
Australia’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029 is in trouble. A new report by the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council...
While Paul Kelly has written wisely about Donald Trump, many of his Murdoch colleagues appear discombobulated by the real estate developer’s return...
Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist...
One of the talking points Israel apologists like to regurgitate is that Israel can’t possibly be acting with genocidal intent in Gaza, because if...
On average, one woman is killed every nine days by a current or former partner in Australia. Twenty-four women and seven children reportedly have...
There should be no surprise that the Nationals’ climate change denial-infected policy preferences have led to a rupture of the Coalition. They...
However, Beijing’s foreign policy and economic agenda are at cross purposes, with nations in the bloc suffering from chronic trade deficits....
Gareth Evans Eulogy, State Memorial Service, Melbourne Arts Centre, 23 May 2025 Race Mathews had a wonderfully rich and productive life, which he...
Funding and regulating schools in our federation is wildly duplicative and complicated. I don’t wish to rain on the parade celebrating the path to...
Europe begins to act against Israel’s “complete madness” in Gaza, in the wake of a wave of diplomatic incidents. The wave of diplomatic incidents...
Across Australia, around the globe, millions of people have been outraged by Israeli slaughter in Gaza and on the West Bank, their outrage...
For centuries, the West has lived by the myth of the explorer. The ship leaving port, the map unfilled, the promise of something just beyond the...
Anthony Albanese is coming under pressure from different sections of society to change his approach to governing and also being criticised about...
Paul Erickson is a name rarely heard outside political circles, yet his influence runs deep. As National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party,...
New federal Environment Minister Murray Watt is in Western Australia this week to reboot nature law reform. Reform stalled in the Senate last...
Among those shot at were representatives of three nations that threatened “concrete actions” if Israel doesn’t end its assault and siege on Gaza...
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr. On 16 May, Israeli Knesset...
As expressed in the UN General Assembly, the vast majority of the world’s governments and peoples agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza...
You’re not the only one wondering why the United Nations keeps releasing statements while people in Gaza — and other conflict zones — are being...
Sandy Plunkett’s lament in the Australian Financial Review (15/5) over Ed Husic’s sacking as federal industry minister captures a familiar truth:...
Australia and China share key interests in Southeast Asia in the context of a global green transition and great power rivalry. Through...
Nationals’ leader David Littleproud has singled out nuclear energy as a key reason for his party’s spectacular split from the Liberals, as both...
I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to...
Israel’s plan to push out all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip has been contemplated as long back as 1967, soon after the Six-Day War ended....
Aid allowed into besieged area described as “a trickle among a sea of need”. The United Nations estimated that the Netanyahu government’s continued...
Making Jakarta the first overseas visit has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996. So,...
In December 2024, I presented an analysis of more than 450 interviews concerning Palestine and Israel on ABC Radio National Breakfast, since 7...
Mao Zedong once famously declared that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”. But almost a century later, China realises that...
It has now been more than two months since Israel began to block the entry of food and medicine to Gaza. According to the World Food Program, about...
Are we experiencing the end of universities? Will the role of academia be simply to service the status quo, not challenge it? Donald Trump...
In Jakarta for his first overseas visit after the election, the prime minister was displaying his elevated obfuscation skills. Carefully honed...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, created to promote open trade and regional integration, offers a powerful platform to resist...
As global power dynamics shift and traditional alliances fray, Australia’s current grand strategies are reaching their limits. A bold reimagining...
_Now that the Australian election is settled, and the government has a handsome working majority, it is surely the moment for voters nationwide to...
About 70 people from dawn to noon on Wednesday. Almost twice the number of those killed in the massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz. Twenty-two of them were...
The Labor Party has just secured a resounding second-term mandate – defying forecasts, media pessimism and internal doubts. But rather than...
An open letter to Catholic Bishops. Please speak up. As Catholics we urge all bishops to take whatever action is available to help end the...
In times of age old professionalism, it was reasonable to make requests to leaders of powerful institutions and expect a reply, but in times unduly...
The American Chief Justice, John Roberts, has complained that judges are being trashed, and has warned that the rule of law is being endangered. In...
Deposed Labor cabinet minister Ed Husic threw down the gauntlet to the Albanese Government last week when he challenged it to “burn through the...
Building on Monday’s piece outlining a shift in scholarly opinions on Palestine globally, we bring you a very powerful short video, narrated by...