6 September 2025
People dumping in the Pacific
Australian governments of all stripes have long maintained a commitment to secure borders and an orderly migration program.
6 September 2025
Palestinian memory: Between ink and blood
Imagine if every pen in Gaza stopped moving, every victim's voice faded into silence, and every image was erased from collective memory.
6 September 2025
'Let her voice echo': Hind Rajab film receives record-breaking standing ovation at Venice Festival
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's harrowing drama The Voice of Hind Rajab left not a dry eye in the house on Wednesday night, earning over 20 minutes of standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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6 September 2025
What’s behind the rioting in Indonesia? And will the much-loathed political elite back down?
For many Indonesians, the violent riots currently wracking Jakarta and other cities across the archipelago are eerily reminiscent of the riots of 1998 that accompanied the fall of former dictator Soeharto and his New Order regime after three decades in power.
6 September 2025
Kathleen Folbigg and the failures of the justice system
Two remarkable women, Kathleen Folbigg and Tracy Chapman were applauded in a room so crowded that only a little standing room was left at the back.
6 September 2025
Speaking terrorism Part 2: Evading reality, atrocities and self-image
When the study of history, politics, and society is policed by regimes which limit, or even discourage, freedom of speech in general and academic freedom in particular — and the current wars in the Middle East, which attract criticisms of Zionism and the policies of Israel, are a few cases in point — the preconditions for quietism and scholasticide – are established.
6 September 2025
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.
6 September 2025
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.
6 September 2025
SSN AUKUS – Heading for a quagmire (Part II)
In the first part, I identified the factors mitigating against the sale of 3-5 Virginia class submarines to cover the gap until the arrival of the British designed SSN AUKUS.
6 September 2025
When Australia defied US nuclear plans. Part 1: B-52s over Australia in the 1980s
It wasn’t always like this. For a brief moment Australia stood apart.
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6 September 2025
Palestinian memory: Between ink and blood
Imagine if every pen in Gaza stopped moving, every victim's voice faded into silence, and every image was erased from collective memory.
6 September 2025
'Let her voice echo': Hind Rajab film receives record-breaking standing ovation at Venice Festival
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's harrowing drama The Voice of Hind Rajab left not a dry eye in the house on Wednesday night, earning over 20 minutes of standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
5 September 2025
The real death toll in Gaza
The widely “accepted” figure for Palestinian deaths in Gaza is more than 63,000. That is horrific enough , but the number is more likely nearer 300,000. And our media don’t care.
5 September 2025
Gaza’s Christians refuse to abandon churches before Israeli attack
Two of Gaza City’s churches are in areas where Israel has ordered Palestinians to leave before a planned attack.
4 September 2025
The betrayal of Palestinian journalists
Western reporters are full partners in the genocide. They amplify Israeli lies, which they know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted and killed by Israel.
4 September 2025
How to stop Israel from starving Gaza
Israel has crossed the clear line into the darkest crimes.
4 September 2025
Canberra and Gaza
It’s time to stop just talking about the Gaza atrocities. It is time to do something about them.
3 September 2025
Israel, hasbara, antisemitism and Iran
Not long after the Hamas attack of nearly two years ago, I began perceiving a pattern. With Israel’s reprisal accelerating and Gazan deaths climbing, the near unanimous support for Israel in countries like Australia was starting to crumble.
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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5 September 2025
Miners want to go green, then we hear News Corp's 'China!' scream
Another week, another national security threat, cooked freshly with local ingredients, News Corp’s signature technique, a lot of aged China-threat cliché, and a hint of unprofessional typo.
3 September 2025
A tale of two lists: How geopolitics shaped the attendance of China’s parade
On 3 September 2025, a large-scale parade will be held in Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of what has been dubbed by Beijing the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
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