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Pope Francis dies at 88 after final appeal for Gaza ceasefire israel-palestine, politics, religion
Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?

23 April 2025
If I were the minister assisting the PM on the public service …
Before any new ministry is announced, the current minister, Katy Gallagher, or the shadow minister, Jane Hume, should provide early advice to the prime minister-elect on the structure of his ministry and the machinery of government.

23 April 2025
Jeffrey Sachs – the source of the Syrian tragedy
Jeffrey Sachs on the role of the US and the CIA in the tragic events in Syria, direct from the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye earlier this month.

Israel's war against Gaza
Media coverage of the war in Gaza since October 2023 has spread a series of lies propagated by Israel and the United States. This publication presents information, analysis, clarification, views and perspectives largely unavailable in mainstream media in Australia and elsewhere.
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23 April 2025
Crossbench pressure will lift and improve Albo’s game
Now that the danger of a Dutton Government has receded, a good many left-of-centre people would rather that Labor had less than an outright victory.

23 April 2025
Explainer | What happens after Pope Francis’ death?
Following Pope Francis’ death, key rituals commence, including sealing his flat, destroying the ring, and funeral arrangements.

23 April 2025
Surreptitious Victorian native forest logging
The Victorian Government claims that it exited native forest logging in 2024. However, it has not legislated this exit. And, notably, logging is continuing through other nefarious and highly cynical means.

23 April 2025
Health and the election: Band-aids when surgery is needed
Health policies are out and there is little difference between the two major parties. The policies definitely help patients afford to see GPs and get medication.

23 April 2025
Trump: the canker that cures?
A strong dose of home-grown fascism, of a uniquely American kind that no one else can be blamed for, may be just what the world needs to bump the US off the destructive path down which it has so often steered so many of its ever so sycophantic friends since World WarII.

23 April 2025
Trajectory of a murderous regime: Fifty years since the Khmer Rouge
It is 50 years since the savagery of the Khmer Rouge sent millions of Cambodians to early graves. Mines still remain to be cleared, but the US will not be clearing up the mess it left behind, having withdrawn from the Mine Ban Treaty.

23 April 2025
Beyond fear and false choices: Why loyalty to the major parties is no longer tenable
It's time for Muslims and allies to vote with principle, not fear.

22 April 2025
If I were minister for school education…
There will be no quick or easy way to redesign the existing school system.
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23 April 2025
Pope Francis dies at 88 after final appeal for Gaza ceasefire
Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?

23 April 2025
Beyond fear and false choices: Why loyalty to the major parties is no longer tenable
It's time for Muslims and allies to vote with principle, not fear.

22 April 2025
Silence is no response to slaughter, so at least recognise Palestine
Death, destruction and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and on the West Bank continues. Israeli savagery, lying, and disdain for international law display the depths of inhumanity, but when challenged to show courage by supporting life for Palestinians, the Australian Government remains silent.

17 April 2025
Israel is about to empty Gaza
As Israel prepares to ethnically cleanse the whole of Gaza, it is also setting the stage for a regional crisis.

14 April 2025
Gaza's trees now bear a strange fruit
Nobody following the real news, and aware of the long history of colonial occupation, ever believed that Zionist Israel would proceed into the second phase of the ceasefire as agreed.

11 April 2025
Zionist Federation lodges Federal Court complaint against journalist Mary Kostakidis
The Zionist Federation of Australia has filed a legal action with the Federal Court of Australia against renowned Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis relating to a complaint it first raised with the Australian Human Rights Commission in July 2024, claiming posts she made on social media platform X were antisemitic in nature.

10 April 2025
Federal election: Time to hold MPs accountable for stance on genocide
Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, and now its seizing of their land is the worst example of genocide since the horrors of the genocides of Darfur in Sudan in 2003 and Rwanda in the 1990s.

9 April 2025
An arresting American Gaza challenge
Recent US commentary backing President Trump’s extraordinary American Gaza takeover project has regularly stressed how critics should come up with a better plan.

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17 April 2025
Xi pushes for fair trade after Trump tariffs land china, economy, politics, topfive, usa
After President Donald Trump’s decision to exempt selected electronic goods from tariffs, the gloves are temporarily off between Washington and Beijing. However, though some sanity has returned to the White House, the damage has already been done.

16 April 2025
When elephants clash: The strategic logic behind Trump’s tariffs and China’s response
The world is mesmerised — and unsettled — by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

15 April 2025
Looking for a fair wind: Reflections on Australia’s maritime security
Australians may miss out on opportunities to reinforce our regional security if they are over-concerned about Chinese aggression in the South Pacific and do not take the opportunity of engaging in regional dialogue to resolve common problems.
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