Letters to the Editor
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One cannot be an illegal occupier of his own land: Response Letter
Given the fact that the Jews have a 3800 years old bond with the Land of Israel, Jews cannot by definition be illegal settlers or foreigners on their own soil and land.
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The article headed “Israeli female soldiers celebrate the death of 12,300 children” is an appalling misrepresentation
The heading of this article is an appalling misrepresentation of its content
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We need climate action sooner than a treaty
An Earth Systems Treaty would be ideal, but we need strong government leadership on climate sooner.
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Reading and Public Schools: Parents have a role too
It is about time that we look to overseas models on how reading programs are done.
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HAMAS has the blood of Palestinians and Israelis on its hands
"Israeli exterminations of Palestinians"
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How did we get so deeply in to the Zionist thrall?
Conspiracy theories are usually in the realm of the lunatic left or right. To be dismissed and deflated by the well-read and rational amongst us. After reading about the clever propaganda machine set up by the Zionist state of Israel, I'm not sure we can be so complacent about our historical truths.
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Cost of killing Gazan Palestinians
What did the US taxpayer get for Joe Biden’s arms sales to Israel bypassing Congress?
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The beginning of a climate change solution
Jonathan Page wants federal government-backed action against fossil fuel companies or executives by charging them with criminal responsibility for worldwide deaths and destruction. I advise warning them first and urging them to end their fossil fuels before 2030.
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US Military aggression
US military record post WWII
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Tradies and weekends are safe
The Coalition specialises in scare campaigns. But a closer look at the government's proposed fuel-efficiency standard proposal reveals that tradies can still purchase the same utes (or even better electric versions) and weekend campers can still get away. Australia must go hard on fuel efficiency if we are to catch up with other countries.
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The American Disease
America: just another case of imperial over-reach
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We must reclaim the common good
Social cohesion is weakening as inequality grows. We must reclaim our sense of the common good to restore social trust.
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Engaging with climate solution
I encourage Pearls and Irritations to follow up the excellent “towards an unliveable planet” series with articles conveying the solutions that might keep the planet liveable. Action is the antidote to fear and it is climate action at individual, local, national and global scales that we need.
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Israel in contempt of ICJ orders
The charge of genocide against Israel has yet to be heard and proven. However, Israel is already in contempt of the the ICJ interim orders demonstrating that its government and those governments which continue with unqualified support for Israel have no regard for International law.
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Rusted-on Labor voters thought they’d elected one.
This is the most Labor-lite Government possible. . . (so ineffectual as to be referenced disparagingly as Scott Morrison-Lite.) It's a worrying development that they have cut criticism out of their governing process. Peter Henning's accurate critique would come as a shock.
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Superb expose of US instigation of Pakistan coup
Imran Khan’s fate offers a dreadful warning to Australia.
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Pursuing the real criminals
When crimes are not prosecuted, Courts do not review cases. Public confidence in justice is depressed.
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Ceasefire essential, but both side must commit to end hostilities
The article by Kathryn Kelly appropriately recommends support for a ceasefire in Gaza but does not reference the context in which this war is being fought.
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ICJ orders and suspending UNRWA
When does it stop being hypocrisy?
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A dubious line up of speakers resist renewables
Despite the hottest year on record and scientific analysis showing their electorates are at risk from rampant climate change, three Australian politicians resist the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. The departure of these men from politics cannot come soon enough.
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ICJ interim decision on genocide in Gaza
The ICJ decision in South Africa vs Israel is momentous
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Humanity’s Extinction Beckons
The risks from global warming are ever increasing, and yet we still do too little, too late.
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An Idea for Australia Day: Learning from Bali
A friend of mine once suggested the solution to arguments about Australia day was to keep it on 26 January but adopt the Balinese new year way of celebrating.
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The Consequences of Western Liberal Failure
The repercussions of the Gaza genocide will be generational and harm Israel's international role.
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An Australian Republic should include establishment of a Bill of Rights
Cavan Hogue makes some good points about the obstacles to Australia becoming a republic.
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Ralph Evans: “China leads on renewable energy”
Ralph Evans must live in a fantasy world. China is expanding its coal based energy grid, while the West is effectively exporting it’s emissions to less efficient Chinese operations, and adding to the mix with the cost and emissions of extra transportation.
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Authoritarian governments have even greater problems than democracies in meeting “net zero” targets
In 2022 China commissioned 50GW of coal fired power and de-commissioned 4.1 GW.
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Strengthen Integrity to Save the Climate
Strengthening government integrity is an essential first step to our democracy addressing climate change effectively.
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Australia’s options under Labor
The apparent choices we have in a defence posture under Albanese's Labor.
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The Jewish lobby or the Zionist lobby? – Words matter
As a Jewish person who is passionately opposed to the violent dispossession of the Palestinian people from their lives, land, dwellings and infrastructure by the Israeli state, of which the current conflicts in Gaza and the West Bank are the most recent iterations, I am disturbed by the use of the term "the Jewish lobby" in this article. It exacerbates the ever-latent racism in the Australian and other communities that attributes a particular set of beliefs to people on the basis of their ethnicity.
