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Playing the Chinese Card: An Unconscionable and Hazardous Enterprise
For a person who hailed from Malaysia, driven to Australia by the push and pull of racial discrimination and liberal democracy respectively, the recent playing of the Chinese card by both major parties in Australia even before the next election campaigns are in full-throttle engenders a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading »
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War and fear mongering are Scott Morrison’s best hope for winning the election
You’d think that after the Iraq Weapons of Mass destruction debacle the media would be just a little sceptical about US intelligence feeds. Continue reading »
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War in Europe and the rise of raw propaganda
Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. From John Pilger in London. Continue reading »
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The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China is John Pilger’s most recent film – his 60th documentary and arguably his most prescient. Completed in the month Donald Trump was elected US President, the film investigates the manufacture of a ‘threat’ and the beckoning of a nuclear confrontation. Continue reading »
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The fundamentalist take-over of ‘Christianity’
The Religious Discrimination Bill debate got taken-over by religious extremists with the mainstream wedged in the middle Continue reading »
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Remembering Darwin … and Timor, February 1942
While 150 Australians died in the Timor campaign, 40,000 Timorese paid the real price. Has Australia made good the price in blood that they paid? We owe Timor a debt. Continue reading »
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False fruits: What hope now for the Plenary Council of the Australian Catholic Church?
The expectations and hopes that many Catholics had after the First Assembly of the Plenary Council are fading fast.The manipulative approach adopted shows scant respect for either the Pope or the people. Continue reading »
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The Americans are coming! ASIO looks away as hate groups gain foothold
What does our security agency have to say about an insurgency linked to local fanatics who take their cues from Trump and the Republican right? Continue reading »
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Israeli apartheid.If it looks like a duck, walks and talks like a duck, it is a duck
While hard-line Israeli lobbyists defend their beloved colonial regime and continue their denial that Israel is an apartheid state, Israeli politicians, Knesset members, writers, journalists… are admitting that Israel is an apartheid state. Continue reading »
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Historical understanding will go a long way towards resolving Ukraine crisis
The US would not accept Russian influence on its borders 60 years ago. The West needs to give Russia the same security as it expects for itself. Continue reading »
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Restore trust by letting the voters see who is paying the piper, in real time
In 2019 a billionaire spent $83.6 million to influence a federal election. Why in 2022 is our democracy still for sale? Continue reading »
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Peng Shuai returns serve on the media beat-up merchants
The tennis player’s story was distorted by the media. But we won’t hear any apologies from the blame-China brigade. Continue reading »
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How Xi Jinping became the real-life Dr Evil through the mainstream Western media
Endless negative news stories and opinion pieces about how bad China is in almost every way are bound to shape public perception. Continue reading »
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Morrison pins his hopes on the complacency or ignorance of voters
We’re facing a climate calamity, yet the PM believes Australians are more focused on the next holiday than threats to their children’s future. Continue reading »
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From our readers: Australia’s heartbreaking ‘let it rip’ mentality
In letters to the editor: what letting Covid rip says about Australia’s leaders and its policies on climate change and Indigenous affairs. Continue reading »
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French initiatives to calm Ukraine tension reduce invasion danger
As France works to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine, the anti-Russian media will need to find another bone to chew on. Continue reading »
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Australia is more corrupt than ever, but the media stays quiet
Australia has a deteriorating global corruption ranking — and the mainstream media is ignoring it entirely. Continue reading »
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Delivery failure: the private sector is no place for essential services
The politically driven demise of well-run public institutions has had damaging consequences, with the COVID pandemic providing a wake-up call. Continue reading »
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Out of touch, and out of time? Another 2019 looks impossible for Morrison
No matter how he has tried to escape responsibility, including blaming the states, the public has seen through his bluster. Continue reading »
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Press stunned as Ukraine leader points finger at West
The underlying issue is this: NATO promised not to expand eastwards. It has done so repeatedly. It is never called out for this. Continue reading »
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Turning away: will Australians render Grace Tame’s judgment on Morrison?
The Australian of the Year was immune to the Prime Minister’s blandishments. He may find the voters in a similar frame of mind. Continue reading »
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Ukraine crisis is a pivotal moment in history — for the US, not Russia
While the media focus on the Russian ‘invasion’ narrative, we are actually witnessing the end to Washington’s unipolar moment. Continue reading »
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Cavan Hogue: Ukraine is not just about goodies and baddies
Russians believe they were promised that NATO would not move east as a quid pro quo for accepting German unification. Continue reading »
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Our obsession with economic growth will destroy us
Capitalist societies refuse to recognise there are limits to growth, resulting in inequality and ecological destruction — it will lead to collapse. Continue reading »
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From our readers: A more inclusive date to celebrate Australia
In letters to the editor, an alternative to January 26 as Australia Day, Labor’s election strategy, and the environmental cost of selfishness. Continue reading »
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The US-funded ‘think tank’ pushing Australia towards war
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is irrationally hostile towards China and has unprecedented influence over Australian defence policy. Continue reading »
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An obliteration of ASPI’s ‘Uyghurs For Sale’ report: take two
You would think that, if an Australian think tank was warned they were contributing to violations of the human rights of an ethnic minority group, due consideration would be given to that warning. Not so when it comes to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), it would seem. Continue reading »
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Right-wing protesters in Canberra lit a fire under democracy, but did we care?
The assault on Old Parliament House in Canberra last month illustrated the depth of pernicious American influences on Australian public life. Continue reading »
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Herald indulges UK Foreign Secretary’s demented remarks on China
Australia’s foreign and defence ministers are giving respectability to Britain’s lunge for old-time glory. Continue reading »
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The Jews of Asia: why Chinese Australians feel threatened
Playing the Chinese card may be politically rewarding for some, but it is the ordinary people in the street who suffer the consequences of this Sinophobia. Continue reading »
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