The US can end the Gaza genocide now
An immediate UN Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent membership in the UN next month would put an end to Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine. It cannot happen without US backing.
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22 August 2025
Pay up, shut up, speak up against China, or we won't get the subs (some wise Americans demand)
Australia's $368 billion submarine program is apparently wobbling again, not because US shipyards can't keep up, or because a future president could cancel the deal with the flick of a pen.
21 August 2025
Leunig cartoon: Antisemitism or valid political comment?
This article was originally published in The Age in November 2012. The republishing of the Leunig cartoon in Pearl and Irritations brought my article to mind.
21 August 2025
Modelling consultative ineptitude at the economic roundtable
It’s to be hoped the federal government’s Economic Reform Roundtable being held this week signifies an intention to do more about something that truly matters – better productivity.
21 August 2025
Know thy neighbour – he's getting gun-happy
What does Australia’s legacy media think you want to know about Indonesia?
20 August 2025
The city on a hill
Since President Trump’s inauguration, America’s friends and enemies — categories increasingly hard to define with precision — have been buffeted by the Administration’s policy vicissitudes.
20 August 2025
Universities, free speech and the High Court
Greg Barns looks at the legal implications for universities, who last year adopted an IHRA-aligned definition of antisemitism, in wake of a large scale boycott of the Bendigo Writers Festival.
20 August 2025
Trump is underwater
It is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of opinion polling coming out of the US.
19 August 2025
The response to recognition
The recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia, leading, it is hoped, to full UN member state status, is an important development.
19 August 2025
The economic reform roundtable and taxation
Taxation is on the agenda of the Economic Reform Roundtable and, despite Albanese’s reluctance to consider tax changes, it will be impossible to achieve Labor’s goals without reform to raise more revenue.
16 August 2025
Why Trump lashes India but holds back on China – Asian Media Report
In Asian media this week: US hopes Beijing might lean on Putin. Plus: Work starts on Xi-Trump summit in China; Former first lady jailed on gifts-for-influence charges; Japan looks to become regional weapons supplier; Indonesia deploys ballistic missile system; Hong Kong “suffering climate whiplash”.
15 August 2025
Breaking: Chilling ‘News Virus’ sweeps Australia
Chikungunya is a virus first identified in 1952 in what is now Tanzania, carried by mosquitoes, long since a globetrotter.
14 August 2025
Burning wood for power Is a dangerous step backward
The NSW Independent Planning Commission is currently considering an application to reopen the Redbank Power Station near Singleton.
