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Quietly, but surely, life is ebbing away from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad). A repost from 5 November 2025 From its post-2004...
The second part in a series of first-hand accounts of the Dismissal, from the man who was there: John Menadue. A repost from 5 November 2025...
_Anti-immigration rallies_ around Australia in late August and mid-October exposed public divides over migration, social cohesion and national...
When the Commonwealth Government reorganised its innovation responsibilities for the fourth time in a decade, public servants made jokes about...
In Australia, secretive and remote institutions armed with increasingly restrictive laws are seriously eroding civic freedoms. A repost from 7...
Not satisfied it seems with the continued genocide of Palestinians, Israel is now looking to execute Palestinian prisoners by introducing a death...
An appeal by ACT director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria Engel, SC, has been dismissed by a Full Bench of the ACT Court of Appeal after only...
In Asian media this week: Trump hints at changing great-power relationship. Plus: Beijing wresting control of the global narrative; Myanmar’s scam...
Iran cut Starlink traffic and blocked communications as unrest faded and pro-government marches filled the streets. Just two days ago I opined that...
A call to withdraw President Herzog’s invitation, uphold international law, and defend free speech and the right to protest. This demand is...
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation. The Adelaide...
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, one of the most outspoken moral critics within Israel itself, once summarised what he called the “three core values...
Real peace demands Palestinian statehood, Ukrainian neutrality and the courage to defy the war lobby. A repost from 29 October 2025 US President...
This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen Elizabeth II approved...
Trump’s tariffs, migration and fiscal policies are endangering the American economy, and risk destroying American claims to global leadership. A...
What happens in Australia if Israel gets away with genocide? A repost from 30 October 2025 Yes, the first response to that question is rightly, who...
Even as Donald Trump crisscrosses the globe, bringing his purported peacemaking skills to parts of the world that did not even know they were at...
Well-known journalist Chris Hedges, whose talk scheduled to be delivered at the National Press Club was suddenly cancelled, was confronted by the...
The status of Taiwan remains one of the most contested topics in modern geopolitics and one of the most misrepresented. A repost from 31 October...
Israeli propaganda tries to present the war on Gaza as a “defensive reaction.” Yet the historical record tells a very different story: systematic...
Last week, a friend asked if I was worried about Chinese “nuclear threats". A repost from 31 October 2025 I asked where he had heard that. He...
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and rhetoric elsewhere confirm that the United States no longer respects international law or allied interests....
Trump is banking on Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to justify US intervention. But the state of the industry, global energy shifts and basic...
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...
No political conflict contains as many journalistic minefields as that between Israel and Palestine. A repost from 22 October 2025 Even my opening...
“…and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be on the alert…”...
The Canberra Press Gallery was completely absorbed with the supposed politics of last week’s superannuation changes and completely failed to...
Many Australian journalists think Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ambassador Kevin Rudd did a wonderful job this week in handling the corrupt...
The headlines are breathless: “ China versus the world,” proclaimed The Australian, quoting some very important people from the sheriff’s office...
The first obvious takeaway is that our prime minister has been wise not to heed the Austral Americans urging him to get to Washington as soon as...
In Asian media this week: Trump says he spoke to Modi but India denies call took place. Plus: Japan’s new coalition a shift to the right; Timor...
Each New Year arrives full of promise, and each is steadily dismantled by human folly. History suggests 2026 will be no exception. Looking for a...
Yuji Iwasawa, president of the UN’s highest court, says international law prohibits the use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of...
After Bondi, public anxiety, political pressure and rising criticism of Israel have collided. As definitions of antisemitism are contested,...
As political violence escalates in the United States, chaos is spreading and democracy itself is under threat. The words of anger, ill-considered...
Amelie Szczecinski 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...
The ceasefire plan in Gaza has dominated our news in recent days and weeks. One aspect of the plan is the obligation of Israel in the first phase...
The news of ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza is cause for great rejoicing and for giving credit where it is due. But the big questions...
Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the...
Thanks to Opposition leader Sussan Ley, the government’s disgraceful attempt to squeeze the life out of the Freedom of Information Act is as dead as...
We say we want to understand China. Then we glance past a million Chinese speakers at home and start counting somewhere else. A repost from 17...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on 20 October. A repost from 18 October 2025 Thus far,...
After Bondi, intense grief and fear shaped public response. But emotional proximity can distort moral judgement, narrowing debate and crowding out...
Rayana Ajam 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 Voices...
In March 2023, the Australian Academy of the Humanities sounded the alarm on the decline in our understanding and knowledge of China through a...
At dawn, on 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters blast over 100 holes in the walls and fences that separate the Gaza Strip from Israel. A repost from 6...
Australia faces a serious challenge. Despite important progress on gender equality over recent decades, a looming crisis now threatens the economic...
Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in Australia. However, the...
When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s...
In films and on the small screen, journalists are portrayed as heroes or villains. In The Hack they are both. Does this reflect the diminished,...
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