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Paul Malone
Paul Malone is a journalist with over 40 years experience, having worked for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review and the Canberra Times. He is a former Board member of the National Press Club; a former Treasurer of the Australian Journalists Association (ACT) Branch; and a former member of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Committee. <div id="qt"> <p class="qt-MsoNormal"></p> </div>
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ASIO and AFP have questions to answer
ASIO and the AFP have questions to answer in the wake of reported raids on the homes and offices of Chinese journalists and a Labor backbencher. Continue reading »
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Freedom and protests in 2020 Australia
Where is the national outcry at the erosion of our freedom to protest? Continue reading »
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No Fair Go for Labor back-bencher in ABC 7.30 interview
The truth takes second place in the ABC 7.30 interview of Labor backbencher Shaoquett Moselmane Continue reading »
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Media sensationalism of the virus
The media in Victoria gave widespread coverage to the death from Covid-19 of a man in his twenties – the youngest death from the virus in Australia. But it turns out he didn’t die from the virus! Continue reading »
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The Coronavirus does discriminate
An advertising campaign in Victoria seeks to convince young people that the Coronavirus is a threat to young and old. But the most startling fact is that as of the time of writing no-one under 30 in Australia has died from the virus. Continue reading »
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Chinese hackers or spies
Are the US Justice Department’s alleged hackers Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi Chinese spies or merely run-of-the-mill criminals? Continue reading »
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US Assistant Attorney General fuels Chinese hacking conspiracy
Despite what the US alleges against China, would any government spy agency be so stupid as to combine extortion for profit with spy activities? Continue reading »
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Hagia Sophia reconverted to Mosque
Converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque is more than a mere re-classification of an ancient, extraordinary building. It is another step in the Turkish eradication of the Greek-Byzantine history of Istanbul/Constantinople. Continue reading »
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Scott Morrison. We’re not in the new 1930s
Leaders seem to want to believe that they’re living in the world’s most interesting times but there’s a real danger if they make it so. Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE. The anti-Chinese bias of media commentators on China
How is it that commentators on China get away with outlandish statements that don’t pass the most minimum scrutiny? Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE.Who’s pushing foreign influence in Australia?
In seeking to target foreign interference in Australia, the Federal Government has two countries in its sights, but it’s not just the Russians and Chinese who play the interference game. Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE. Is the United States a democracy?
The disenfranchisement of much of the population, the unequal distribution of wealth and power and the muddled voting systems calls into question the US claim to be a democratic state. Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE. Australia’s American view of the world
The Australian media’s view of the world is dictated by the US Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE. The Australian media and the alleged Douma chemical weapons attack.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons inspector who led the team investigating the alleged Douma chemical weapons attack in Syria in April 2018 has gone public saying that his investigation team “had serious misgivings that a chemical attack had occurred.” Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE.- Doubts continue about the alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack in 2018
Some 20 months after the alleged Syrian government toxic chemical weapons attack on Douma in April 2018 the evidence to back the claims of a gas attack has been blown apart. Continue reading »
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PAUL MALONE. Rating a defecting spy!
There’s a basic system for intelligence agencies to assess the credibility of someone, such as Wang Liqiang, who purports to be a defecting spy – a simple matrix running on one axis from say 1 to 6 and on the other from A to F. Continue reading »