31 July 2025
We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them. I am so hungry.
31 July 2025
Australian journalist in court accused of ‘antisemitism’
Mary Kostakidis was in federal court in Adelaide on Tuesday defending herself against racial discrimination charges for her reporting and commentary on Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.
31 July 2025
A violent Israeli settler and his Palestinian victim – only one is welcome in Trump's America
Relentless Israeli oppression and dismissive American policy embolden settlers and further degrade Palestinian life. As a friend of Palestinian teacher and human rights activist Adwah Hathaleen said of his killing, 'This is how Israel erases us – one life at a time.
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31 July 2025
Tax, productivity growth and equality
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ upcoming economic summit has triggered renewed debate over the links between tax, productivity, growth and equity. And inevitably arguments between the right and the left – can we understand both and find a way through? I hope so.
31 July 2025
It’s time to talk about AI and national security
The federal government has recently introduced legislation to extend the looming sunset clause on compulsory questioning powers originally granted to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) following the 9/11 terrorism attacks.
31 July 2025
An entirely new approach to public policy
At the outset of the second term of the Labor Government, we may reasonably ask: What policy innovations will the prime minister and his colleagues bring forward?
31 July 2025
India tests strategic autonomy in fractured trade order
A flurry of free trade agreements with the UAE, Australia, the European Free Trade Association and the UK signals a more outward-looking Indian trade policy.
31 July 2025
The productivity paradox
A century ago, industrialists measured economic virility by tonnes of coal hewn per shift. Today Canberra’s spreadsheets obsess over “GDP per hour worked”.
31 July 2025
It shouldn't have taken this much for mainstream voices to start speaking up about Gaza
Israel’s top human rights group B’Tselem has finally declared that Israel is committing genocide, as has the Israel-based Physicians for Human Rights.
31 July 2025
'How Israel defends itself matters'
Remember that declaration? It was a clear assertion from the Australian Government that the Israeli military response to the terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023 must have civilised limits.
30 July 2025
Australia employs 'straddle' diplomacy with China and the US
The approach is not doctrinal, but is about speaking frankly to both Washington and Beijing.
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31 July 2025
We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them. I am so hungry.
31 July 2025
Australian journalist in court accused of ‘antisemitism’
Mary Kostakidis was in federal court in Adelaide on Tuesday defending herself against racial discrimination charges for her reporting and commentary on Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.
31 July 2025
A violent Israeli settler and his Palestinian victim – only one is welcome in Trump's America
Relentless Israeli oppression and dismissive American policy embolden settlers and further degrade Palestinian life. As a friend of Palestinian teacher and human rights activist Adwah Hathaleen said of his killing, 'This is how Israel erases us – one life at a time.
31 July 2025
'How Israel defends itself matters'
Remember that declaration? It was a clear assertion from the Australian Government that the Israeli military response to the terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023 must have civilised limits.
30 July 2025
'Unequivocal': Israeli human rights orgs describe Gaza assault as 'genocide' for the first time
Genocide is never supposed to happen, said the executive director of B'Tselem, one of Israel's leading human rights groups. Not here. Not anywhere. Not at all.
30 July 2025
Silencing the mandate: US sanctions on Francesca Albanese a symbol of international law’s twilight
Imagine a scene worthy of Orwell’s worst nightmare: a United Nations envoy, appointed to report on human rights violations, excellently performing in her job despite formidable difficulties, and met with sanctions by one of the world’s most powerful nations. But this isn’t satire; it’s July 2025.
30 July 2025
International law not only abused – but abandoned
As the world watches the destruction of Gaza unfold in real time, the legitimacy of international law faces a crisis more profound than any it has seen since its post-WWII codification.
29 July 2025
Guilty of the 'crime' of being Palestinian. Punishment: execution
My long solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians is well-known. I have written two books and countless articles on this topic, and have spoken publicly about it for years.
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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30 July 2025
Australia employs 'straddle' diplomacy with China and the US
The approach is not doctrinal, but is about speaking frankly to both Washington and Beijing.
29 July 2025
How Chinese diaspora voters reshape Australian and US politics
Chinese diaspora communities in Australia and the US both face racism and loyalty suspicions under China threat narratives, yet their voting has diverged.
26 July 2025
The future of surveillance tech is already here – in the US, not China
Chinese citizens enjoy public safety in exchange for compromised privacy. In the United States, people are facing an increasingly unchecked state.
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