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Robert Barwick
Robert Barwick has been the research director of the Australian Citizens Party for more than 20 years, focussing on economic and foreign policy and Australian history, and is an editor of the weekly <em>Australian Alert Service magazine.</em>
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Why are Liberals trashing relations with WA’s biggest export customer?
Andrew Hastie and Tony Abbott are trying to install a candidate in WA who has written a fictional book to scare people about a Chinese invasion of Australia. Continue reading »
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Albanese government must apply lessons from UK post office scandal
Albanese government must apply lessons from UK post office scandal to save Australia Post and licensees. Continue reading »
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Australia Post loss another death-knell for essential services
Australia Post’s $200.3 million loss for 2022-23 is only the second in its corporate history. It also confirms that, with Christine Holgate gone, Australia Post is once again being set up to fail to justify removing its community service obligation and possible privatisation. Continue reading »
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Senators call for ‘people’s bank’ solution to regional branch closures
There is growing support for a government-owned “people’s bank”, like the original Commonwealth Bank, operating through post offices, which could provide full banking services to every community and force the Big Four private banks to truly compete. Continue reading »
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War profiteers: Morrison, Sinodinos feed at trough of pro-war organisations
After leading a government that trashed Australia’s relationship with China, Scott Morrison and Arthur Sinodinos have joined Kurt Campbell’s US influence network cashing in on war talk. [WITH AN URGENT NOTICE AT THE END FOR A CHANCE TO MOBILISE AGAINST AUKUS]. Continue reading »
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Penny Wong’s double standards
Why is Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong vocal about Australian-Chinese journalist Cheng Lei, jailed in China, but silent on Australian journalist Julian Assange, jailed in the UK? Continue reading »
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War crimes whistleblower McBride faces life sentence: Must watch interview!
Last week, the moral fibre of Australia’s political and judicial system was put to its latest test when war crimes whistleblower David McBride was put on trial. He faces up to 50 years in prison. Watch McBride tell his remarkable story here. Continue reading »
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A public postal bank is a win-win solution for Australia’s economy and people
A public forum in Parliament House on 7 September demonstrated the growing political appetite in Australia for a national post office bank that can serve communities and force the Big Four banks to compete. Continue reading »
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This is real foreign influence as Crocodile Dundee would say – the Australian American Leadership Dialogue
Paul Keating says AALD is a sort of a cult thing that’s gone on for years and I don’t know what the Americans put in the drinking water. Continue reading »
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Australia Post could save essential banking services in abandoned communities
Bank branch closures have cut off hundreds of communities, especially in regional Australia, from essential financial services. There is now a national fightback to save our communities by establishing a public banking alternative to operate through post offices. Continue reading »
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Small business post offices call for public Post Office Bank
The group representing the interests of Australia’s 2,850 small business licensed post offices (LPOs) has issued a federal election statement, “Protecting the future of your community post office” Continue reading »
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A member of the Parliamentary body that oversees intelligence agencies lends support to anti-China campaign
The compromised parliamentary intelligence committee illustrates the need for a standing royal commission to oversee Australia intelligence agencies. Continue reading »
