Stephen Colbert’s firing: the critical unanswered question
Why now? It was either pandering to Trump, management’s incompetence, or both.
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21 July 2025
Message from the editor
Welcome to the week, the first sitting week of the 48th Australian Parliament, where we will see, for the first time, 94 ALP MPs, 43 Coalition members, 10 Independent MPs and three from minor parties on the floor of the House of Representatives.
21 July 2025
From media darling to persona non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s journey
Alan MacLeod looks at how the Swedish climate activist widened her focus to the capitalist system and Israeli genocide in Gaza and lost the attention of the corporate press.
21 July 2025
Let’s combat antisemitism, not use it to dehumanise others - Part 1
The state of Israel’s heinous conduct must not be seen solely as a Jewish problem”.
19 July 2025
Trump makes tariffs example of Korea, Japan – Asian Media Report
In Asian media this week: No trade deal exceptions for US allies. Plus: An expert in a government of flunkies; Sex-scandal monks had lives of status and privilege; Corruption stymies Myanmar earthquake recovery; Anwar’s leadership glow starting to fade; 'Comrade' is out-of-fashion in Communist China.
18 July 2025
Round up the usual Chinese suspects
It’s a big week for headlines – and an even bigger week for fear. With Prime Minister Albanese landing in China, our media wasted no time rounding up their usual suspects.
18 July 2025
Headline news: Australia and China
The People’s Daily of 16 July featured the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in top position on page one.
17 July 2025
An ambitious plan to combat antisemitism or an effective plan to silence Israel's critics?
I watched the 7.30 interview with the special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, with mounting alarm. By the end of the interview, I was afraid for the future of Australia.
16 July 2025
Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative
If words shape our consciousness, then the media holds the keys to minds.
14 July 2025
Message from the editor
Anthony Albanese left for China two days ago. If you relied solely on some parts of the Australian media, you’d think he was handing over the silverware and snuggling up with the People’s Liberation Army.
14 July 2025
Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family
Throughout my teenage years, our lounge room sang “Come and get it, come and get it” and all in earshot would carol back, “with Peter. Russell. Clarke!”
13 July 2025
Abandoning our fears: how Australia should respond to US-China regional confrontation
A presentation by Professor Gareth Evans, former Australian foreign minister, to the University of Melbourne Australian Peace and Security Forum Webinar Abandoning our Fears: Finding Peace and Security in our Region, 8 July 2025.
12 July 2025
The greatest irony in our contemporary history
I just read the Sunday Age articles by Chip Le Grand. The writer and The Age have been engaged in a vicious propaganda campaign against the increasing mass protests in Australia that have also involved large numbers of artists, writers, academics and students opposed to the Gazan genocide.
