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“To do nothing is not neutrality,” said the head of the commission. “It is complicity.”

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On 7 September 2025, NSW set the proposed 476,000-hectare boundary for the Great Koala National Park and halted native-forest logging within it (plantation harvesting continues), with formal gazettal slated for 2026.

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GOURLEY ON GOVERNMENT

How to get Albanese up for the Nobel Peace Prize

Why on earth is the prime minister boasting about having “really warm” phone chats with the oaf who is now the president of the United States?

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Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion
Caolán Magee

Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion

UN chief calls situation in Gaza horrendous as a UN inquiry concludes that Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

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This report measures our national well-being across five key areas. Health trends are not improving

In 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would measure what matters to the well-being of Australians as a complement to the traditional economic measures in the national accounts.

Israel’s failure: From the claim of 'existential threat' to genocide and global isolation
Refaat Ibrahim

Israel’s failure: From the claim of 'existential threat' to genocide and global isolation

In the history of human wars, outcomes are always measured by the degree to which predetermined objectives are achieved.

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Hospitals must lead – not only for better patient outcomes, but for the healing of our planet. The next chapter in healthcare leadership will be written by those who can drive change for both.

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“To do nothing is not neutrality,” said the head of the commission. “It is complicity.”

Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion
Caolán Magee

Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion

UN chief calls situation in Gaza horrendous as a UN inquiry concludes that Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

Israel’s failure: From the claim of 'existential threat' to genocide and global isolation
Refaat Ibrahim

Israel’s failure: From the claim of 'existential threat' to genocide and global isolation

In the history of human wars, outcomes are always measured by the degree to which predetermined objectives are achieved.

Islamophobia reports are not enough
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Islamophobia reports are not enough

For decades, Muslims in Australia have been asked to give evidence, to share their trauma, and to trust that government inquiries will bring change.

Volunteer doctors describe how Israeli troops ‘deliberately targeted’ Gaza children
Brett Wilkins

Volunteer doctors describe how Israeli troops ‘deliberately targeted’ Gaza children

“How is it possible that, in this small hospital, four children are lying here with gunshot wounds to the head – all admitted within the past 48 hours?” said one US trauma surgeon.

‘We took the gloves off’: Former Israeli military chief admits 220,000 Gaza casualties
Brett Wilkins

‘We took the gloves off’: Former Israeli military chief admits 220,000 Gaza casualties

A former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff says more than over 10% of Gaza’s population of approximately 2.2 million was killed or injured since October 2023.

Attacking Qatar shows Israel doesn’t want a Gaza ceasefire
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Attacking Qatar shows Israel doesn’t want a Gaza ceasefire

Netanyahu keeps changing his position on a Gaza ceasefire, using different ploys to keep the war going.

The UN turns 80
Alison Broinowski

The UN turns 80

The most important agenda item for the United Nations General Assembly this month will be the future of Palestine. But Palestinian leaders will be unable to discuss it, because they will be absent.

John Menadue's book on Israel's war against Gaza

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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Confucius Institute decline signals China’s soft power shift

While Chinese soft power is thriving in the so-called Global South, it is waning elsewhere.

The rise of China and learning the correct lessons from history
EAF editors The Australian National University

The rise of China and learning the correct lessons from history

Given that the only certainty in international affairs these days is uncertainty, we should probably be circumspect about projecting how the world might look decades down the track — let alone how our current moment might be portrayed in the rearview mirror of history.

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West
Geoff Raby

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West

China’s recent display of its newly acquired military might surprised not only international observers, but also its own seasoned diplomats.

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In reporting on the First National Climate Risk Assessment, Julian Cribb highlights a number of threats to Australia from a wild climate that is increasingly out of control. Among them is rising food insecurity which will result from falling crop yields, rising heat stress for livestock, increasing loss of water for irrigation, declining output from forestry and fisheries and biosecurity threats. This goes far beyond the worry that our wine industry will have to relocate to Tasmania as the mainland becomes too hot. It raises the question: Will we even be able to feed ourselves? Right now, we can...
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