menu_open Columnists
Binoy Kampmark

Binoy Kampmark

The Conversation

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

AUKUS under scrutiny from a public inquiry

Of the three countries involved in AUKUS, Australia has been the only one to be indifferent to the need for an inquiry into its merits, argues Binoy...

15.06.2026 20

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

In South Australia One Nation surges and the Liberals slide – but the shake-up has limits

A poor result for the Liberals and a surge for One Nation signal voter anger and fragmentation – but history suggests the insurgency may not last....

24.03.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

A vessel of lies: Australian sailors implicated in the Iran War

09.03.2026 60

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

Punishing language: Queensland’s antisemitism bill

The Queensland Liberal National government has decided to deal with an alleged antisemitic problem by introducing new laws outlawing certain phrases...

24.02.2026 40

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Precarious invitations: Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia

05.02.2026 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

The preaching Pentecostal: Scott Morrison in Israel

29.01.2026 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Israel and Trump’s Board of Peace

21.01.2026 40

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Pine Gap protests over Gaza elicit surprising concession

07.01.2026 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

The Colby Review, AUKUS and lopsided commitments

12.12.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

Social media ban an experiment in futility

03.12.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Contract bikies and bribes: Australia’s Nauru refugee deal

02.12.2025 20

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Competing for emissions: The COP31 candidate contest

19.11.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Mr President, take our critical minerals

28.10.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

The shock of the obvious: Australia’s university oligarchs

03.10.2025 20

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

PNG sovereignty threatened by ‘defence’ treaty with Australia

Anthony Albanese’s government is continuing its efforts to shut out China, by pushing for “defence” ties with Pacific Island states. Bilateral...

19.09.2025 40

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

PNG sovereignty under threat from ‘defence’ treaty with Australia

Anthony Albanese’s government is continuing its efforts to shut out China, by pushing for “defence” ties with Pacific Island states. Bilateral...

18.09.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

US think tank adds new AUKUS demands on Australia

The moment the AUKUS security pact came into being, its true intention was clear. The military agreement between Washington, London and Canberra,...

28.08.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Cancelling the ethnic cleansers: Australia revokes Simcha Rothman’s visa

21.08.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

ICJ climate ruling puts fossil fuel lobby on notice

This year is proving to be a good one for climate change litigants and activists. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), as requested by...

09.08.2025 50

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

Israeli organisations say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Among Israeli officials, the state they represent is incapable of genocide. Over time, as Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov writes, “ethical concerns...

30.07.2025 20

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

An economy of genocide: Israel and Francesca Albanese's report

Francesca Albanese’s report for the United Nations Human Rights Council, titled  From economy of occupation to economy of genocide , makes for...

11.07.2025 30

Green Left Weekly

Binoy Kampmark

The fanatic’s gaze: Louis Theroux and the West Bank settlers

10.07.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

The Hegseth directive: Australia, spend more!

08.06.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark

Yale, Ben-Gvir and banning Palestinian groups

01.05.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Binoy Kampmark