A five-minute scroll
A journalist takes on the US state briefing, a Palestinian captive takes on his captor. David Shoebridge takes on the go…
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The future of NBN – Privatisation in a changing market landscape
This week, the government announced its intention to introduce new legislation that would keep the National Broadband Network (NBN) in public hands, reinforcing its election promise. Continue reading »
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Australia should endorse and promote the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change is threatening life on this planet and that the root cause is the burning of fossil fuels. But what are we doing about it? More importantly, what are our so-called Leaders doing to address the threat? Continue reading »
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Both personal and political: Productivity and Childcare
The federal government recently released a Productivity Commission’s Report on children’s services. It found too many changes were needed for the government to say more than that they were “looking at it”. The report is significant and was passed to the Government to guide possible reforms to its role in funding of services to deliver Continue reading »
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Symbolic politics and ‘terrorist’ symbols
Until recent events, many Australians would not have realised that it could be a criminal offence to display the symbol of a terrorist organisation in public. Continue reading »
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Can this Odd Couple survive?
Before debating with Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz, the Republican nominee JD Vance said the contestants’ views matter little because voters go for the top of the ticket, not the bottom. Continue reading »
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China unveiled: how moving East shattered my Western illusions
Moving to China has opened my eyes in a way I never expected. The stories I grew up hearing, the ones I accepted without much thought, started to unravel. One of the toughest things I’ve had to face is realising that the West, where I’ve spent most of my life, might not always be the Continue reading »
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A five-minute scroll
Death of an elder in the West Bank and the death of children in Al-Nuseirat. Views of Lebanon look like Gaza. John Mearsheimer and Norman Finkelstein comment on October 7, while Media Watch shows up for journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. ABC’s 4 Corners experts give rise to questions for the Coalition. Our five-minute scroll Continue reading »
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Entering an age of social and security consequences
“I will not sacrifice Great British industry to the drum-banging, finger-wagging Net Zero extremists,” was the headline The Sun in London gave to a piece last week by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, defending the expenditure of 22 billion pounds on the cargo cult of carbon capture and storage. This headline captured the delusion at Continue reading »
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Pope Francis’ latest ‘creations’
Pope Francis has just ‘created’ (appointed) twenty-one new cardinals, twenty of whom under the age of 80 will elect his successor. Among them is a bishop in Australia. Continue reading »
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Equality under the law: the differing treatment of Hezbollah and Israel in Australia
Last week the federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was asked by a journalist about the process for making Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based political and militant group, a ‘proscribed terrorist organisation’. As is usually the case for a politician caught out because they don’t know the answer, he became aggressive and sought to belittle the journalist. Continue reading »
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The American-Israeli genocide in Palestine: Twelve months on
The past twelve months have been the most catastrophic for Palestinians since the 1948 Nakba. Everything that is needed to sustain life in Gaza has been destroyed Continue reading »
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Universities under attack
What are we to make of Peter Dutton's outrageous demand that Mark Scott, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, should resign? Continue reading »
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Advancing effective competition
Revelations about supermarket pricing have appropriately focussed attention on the need to enhance competition in concentrated markets. Other markets ranging from technology to beer have evidenced like problems. We suggest that the process will be helped significantly by further amendment of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to better allow the ACCC to properly pursue Continue reading »
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The Australian newspaper takes disinformation and morality to new lows
The Weekend Australian newspaper was awash with pro-Israel propaganda as it lined up its faithful journalists for an anti-Palestine pile on ahead of Monday’s anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. Continue reading »
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Meta is aggressively censoring criticism of US-Israeli warmongering
I am at risk of getting banned from both Instagram and Facebook as both Meta-owned platforms keep censoring my criticisms of Israel’s US-backed atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon, placing strikes on my accounts in the process. Continue reading »
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Hong Kong, a unique bridge between East and West
The “one country, two systems” framework is not a hindrance, but rather, a strategic advantage that allows Hong Kong to serve as a bridge between East and West for global professionals, writes Virginia Lee. Continue reading »
