4 August 2025
Jewish safety and the weaponisation of antisemitism
Jews are made safer by working with others for a world that works for everyone. Jewish safety must be grounded in calls for collective liberation, not defence of a murderous regime.
4 August 2025
Message from the editor
I spent some time in Parliament House this week and it was a delight to see the increased diversity of elected members.
4 August 2025
The GST — past, present, future — and always tense
There’s little elegance in the way Australia approaches tax reform. It’s never a highway cruise.
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4 August 2025
ALP members demand more from PM on Palestine
As the genocide in Palestine continues, pressure on governments grows across the globe. In Australia, ALP members are demanding more from Anthony Albanese.
4 August 2025
Nuked: The submarine fiasco that sank Australia’s sovereignty
AUKUS is a classic case of the “tail wagging the dog. On the back of lies, a constructed inevitability of future conflict and political ambition, Andrew Fowler shows how the Morrison Government might have put the future of Australia’s national security at risk.
4 August 2025
China is building the world’s biggest hydropower dam. Why is India worried?
China breaks ground on what Premier Li Qiang has called the project of the century, but some fear a water conflict and ecological effects.
4 August 2025
Deepfake abuse caused a crisis in South Korean schools. How can Australia avoid it?
Australian schools are seeing a growing number of incidents in which students have created deepfake sexualised imagery of their classmates. The eSafety Commissioner has urged schools to monitor the situation.
4 August 2025
A fairer tax and welfare system for Australia 2025 with no-one left behind? Only if we act now
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s re-election speech brought a promise many of us hold close to our hearts: together we are turning the corner, and together we will make our way forward with no-one held back and no-one left behind.
4 August 2025
Palestinians have a history of oppression long before 7 October, 2023
It would seem that most journalists and political commentators remain stuck on the terrible attack by the Hamas brigades (formally Islamic Resistance Movement) into Israel on 7 October 2023.
4 August 2025
The rise of totalitarianism – 12 similarities between 1930s Germany and 2020s America - Part 1
The parallels between today’s America and the Germany of a century ago are profound – and are becoming more relevant with each passing day. Sadly, what was considered inconceivable a few years ago has now become a possibility: the development of a totalitarian state in America.
3 August 2025
Did the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 end the war?
The widely accepted moral justification for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that they brought a quick end to the war which if continued would result in more widespread deaths and destruction.
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4 August 2025
ALP members demand more from PM on Palestine
As the genocide in Palestine continues, pressure on governments grows across the globe. In Australia, ALP members are demanding more from Anthony Albanese.
4 August 2025
Palestinians have a history of oppression long before 7 October, 2023
It would seem that most journalists and political commentators remain stuck on the terrible attack by the Hamas brigades (formally Islamic Resistance Movement) into Israel on 7 October 2023.
3 August 2025
Australia speaks of normalising Israel. My family is living through its genocide
Earlier this week, I read the Australian Government’s statement on Palestinian recognition, signed by ministers who speak the bureaucratic language of “solutions.
3 August 2025
US Senate Dems vote to block arms sales to Israel – the tide is turning, says Bernie Sanders
The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza, said Senator Bernie Sanders. The Democrats are moving forward on this issue, and I look forward to Republican support in the near future.
2 August 2025
Why are our Australian institutions so silent regarding the Gaza genocide?
A reality of our day: The Israeli Government, with the full support of the United States, is conducting genocide in Gaza. Numerous other countries, including Australia, as well as a multitude of corporations worldwide are complicit.
2 August 2025
Gaza: Options for urgent action put to parliamentarians
Organising to meet a considerable number of federal parliamentarians in Canberra during a sitting week is never easy but that was the goal of Australians for Humanity desperate for new ways for Australia to contribute to urgent humanitarian action in Gaza.
2 August 2025
No-one is okay
When you ask me how I am, I will answer with a lie because the truth is too painful to convey.
2 August 2025
The moral correctness of a conscientious 'flotilla'
Lest anyone imagine that the recent attempt by a ship containing aid for distressed Palestinians was without precedent, they should consult a cartoon in the Sydney Morning Herald of 28 July 1995 by Alan Moir.
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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4 August 2025
China is building the world’s biggest hydropower dam. Why is India worried?
China breaks ground on what Premier Li Qiang has called the project of the century, but some fear a water conflict and ecological effects.
1 August 2025
Britain’s back, China’s the target. We’ll likely pay the price again
Britain's HMS Prince of Wales has docked in Darwin, flanked by other warships and declarations.
1 August 2025
How Trump’s vision of a single-minded China containment has failed
Instead of disengaging to focus on China, Trump’s America is more deeply involved in Europe’s defence and the Middle East than before.
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