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Alison Broinowski

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From Marat to Trump: what history tells us about terror and power

From Marat to Trump: what history tells us about terror and power

A new biography of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat offers a lens through which to consider two very different reigns of terror – and what their...

12.08.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Alison Broinowski

The questions Hanson was not made to answer

Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address gave the media a chance to test One Nation’s claims on racism, public broadcasting, nuclear power,...

18.06.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Trump goes shopping in the US Indian Ocean Island chain

President Trump is reportedly wanting to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as his way of securing control of Diego Garcia. First, the United...

11.06.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Duterte’s trial should worry Trump

The court cases facing Nicolás Maduro and Rodrigo Duterte highlight the legal exposure of leaders who use violence, abduction and war as instruments...

05.06.2026 30

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War games behind the Iran Curtain

The US and UK governments continue to ignore their parliaments and public opinion, on the most important issue, going to war. Again Australia is on...

25.05.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Warpower is a write-off

06.05.2026 30

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Mission creep in the Gulf shows Australia hasn’t learned from past wars

Australia has again joined a US-led conflict with little transparency or debate, raising the risk of mission creep, economic costs and another...

01.05.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

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Mission creep in the Gulf shows Australia hasn’t learned from past wars

Australia has again joined a US-led conflict with little transparency or debate, raising the risk of mission creep, economic costs and another...

30.04.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Iran on the brink

After decades of US-backed regime-change wars across the Middle East, Iran now stands alone. A new conflict would deepen regional instability and test...

25.02.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

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Herzog greeted by mass protest despite limits on marching

10.02.2026 30

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After Gaza, the next target is Iran

26.11.2025 20

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Israel, lies and videotape

05.11.2025 20

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Australia can't get away with genocide

03.11.2025 20

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The easy way or the hard way to the same result

29.10.2025 30

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Palestinians out by 7 October?

05.10.2025 20

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Lies and hypocrisy are now the truth

22.09.2025 30

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The UN turns 80

14.09.2025 30

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Terrorists are them, never us

30.08.2025 30

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Eleven opportunities for Australia

11.08.2025 20

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Watermelons in the rain

06.08.2025 20

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Two remote islands with a common purpose

12.06.2025 30

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Build-up to the ultimate surveillance state has just begun

06.06.2025 30

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Palestinian genocide: No more selective indignation

28.05.2025 30

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