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Biden’s balancing act: Israel’s national security versus the Palestinians’ humanitarian crisis In recent weeks, the Biden administration has found itself facing a serious dilemma as to how to balance its commitment to Israel's national security along with the humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinians in Gaza. By Alon Ben-Meir - 19/3/2024 | 5 | 7 hours ago | ||
Even ‘God’ made mistakes But in this case, God the Editor listened. Maybe he even learned from my experience. Better still, Mrs God obviously had even more influence than The Admiral and this cub reporter. By John Mikkelsen - 19/3/2024 | 5 | 4 hours ago | ||
Celebrating 140 years of the Fabians It can be argued that the early Fabians may have been naïve. For although 'democracy' has seemingly triumphed it has, thanks to neo-liberalism, become the handmaiden of global capitalism. By John Töns - 18/3/2024 | 6 | 17 hours ago | ||
Chief prosecutor surrenders State to audit all rape trials in response to judges' complaints. By Bettina Arndt - 18/3/2024 | 1 | 37 hours ago | ||
Matters of revenue: Meta abandons Australia's media stable Meta's public declaration of intent threatens various media companies with significant loss. In Australia, Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media and News Corp risk losing between 5 and 9% of net profit. By Binoy Kampmark - 15/3/2024 | 5 | 3 days ago | ||
United Nations self-destructs by violating Article 80 UN Charter Guterres seems unable to comprehend that his duty and obligation is to uphold the UN Charter – not tolerate any attempt by anyone – especially his handpicked appointee - to violate it. By David Singer - 15/3/2024 | 4 | 3 days ago | ||
Netanyahu is rendering Israel morally bankrupt None of the dead or injured Palestinian women and children were asked by Hamas' leaders whether they should go and massacre innocent Israelis at an unprecedented scale. By Alon Ben-Meir - 14/3/2024 | 17 | 3 hours ago | ||
'Cosmoclimatology' may explain the real drivers of climate change So, when the Sun is in a strong phase, with a stronger magnetic field, less galactic cosmic rays enter the Earth's atmosphere and we have less clouds. This then amplifies the warming. By Tom Harris - 14/3/2024 | 6 | 3 days ago | ||
This time, i think big tech may be right The dinosaur legacy media outlets are attempting to stave off their extinction by taxing their evolved rivals. By Graham Young - 13/3/2024 | 5 | 5 days ago | ||
Excess deaths: the world is facing the most alarming health emergency of modern times Excess deaths are the disease X. Where is the WHO? By Murray Hunter - 13/3/2024 | 3 | 3 days ago | ||
The campaign to free Assange: reflections on 'Night Falls' And there was much to cherish about 'Night Falls in the Evening Lands: The Assange Epic', part of a global movement to publicise the importance of freeing WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange By Binoy Kampmark - 12/3/2024 | 5 | 5 days ago | ||
To fix healthcare, doctors need to take a really good look in the mirror The consequences of commercial influence on health policy for society are devastating. Prescribed drugs continue to be one of the leading causes of death globally after heart disease and cancer. By Aseem Malhotra - 12/3/2024 | 4 | 7 days ago | ||
Melbourne Prize: big prize or bigger fools The Victorian Labor government and the Australian Grand Prix Organisation claim there are economic benefits of continuing to host the grand prix in Melbourne. We all accept the spin. By Sarah Russell - 11/3/2024 | 7 | 37 hours ago | ||
How low can COVID-19 catastrophists go? First, a peer-reviewed scientific study linked covid vaccines to a range of serious health disorders, and then the Queensland Supreme Court ruled that the vaccine mandates imposed on police and ambulance workers were unlawful. By John Mikkelsen - 11/3/2024 | 28 | 6 days ago | ||
UN can arrest Jew-hatred worldwide by rescinding Resolution 2334 This international tsunami of Jew-hatred was initiated when well-coordinated demonstrations - using Facebook and Instagram – were held in some 350 locations worldwide. By David Singer - 8/3/2024 | 15 | 8 days ago | ||
Multilateral diplomacy in action The Asia-Pacific region lags behind by an estimated 32 years in its pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By Ioan Voicu - 8/3/2024 | 4 | 10 days ago | ||
The missing ingredient - assimilation Most immigrants became Australian citizens relatively quickly, the only negative being they had to renounce the citizenship of their original country; Australia did not permit dual citizenship until 2000. By David Leyonhjelm - 7/3/2024 | 10 | 8 days ago | ||
A wishful gamble: Rugby League in Las Vegas Why would those in the US like the game of rugby league, when an established code of superficial similarity already exists? By Binoy Kampmark - 7/3/2024 | 2 | 12 days ago | ||
Some issues with the energy minister’s claim that nuclear is just ‘hot air’ The highest support for nuclear is from the 18-34 cohort, the group that is most environmentally conscious. By Graham Young - 6/3/2024 | 17 | 8 hours ago | ||
Wary of Sinophobia: Anwar Ibrahim at the ASEAN Summit In the Financial Times, the Malaysian PM levelled the charge against the United States that Sinophobia had become a problem, a fogging fixation. Why should Malaysia, he asked, 'pick a quarrel' with China. By Binoy Kampmark - 6/3/2024 | 2 | 13 days ago | ||
The AMA is wrong about Dr Julie Sladden Last week, the AMA publicly called for the disendorsement of Tasmanian Liberal candidate Dr Julie Sladden, accusing her of having anti-vaccine opinions that are dangerous and misleading. By Kara Thomas, Jeyanthi Kunadhasan and Duncan Syme - 5/3/2024 | 2 | 14 days ago | ||
AUKUS taking focus away from Australia’s immediate security issues It’s time to re-examine Australian defence policy. By Murray Hunter - 5/3/2024 | 4 | 12 days ago | ||
Beyond borders: why the Ukraine conflict matters to America Here is where the long view becomes crucial. Our adversaries are strategically vying for control of a region that grows more critical daily – the Arctic. By Jeffrey Roth - 4/3/2024 | 22 | 6 days ago | ||
The cosmic climate mystery is solved! Scientists have known for a long time that solar activity correlates well with climatic conditions on Earth. This should surprise no one since our home star is an enormous source of energy. By Tom Harris - 4/3/2024 | 8 | 15 days ago | ||
No one should be surprised Australian politicians have been mingling with foreign spies Influence operations by foreign governments has been going on in Canberra since the 1950s. Many potential Australians have been cultivated by the US government and associated agencies. By Murray Hunter - 1/3/2024 | 14 | 10 days ago | ||
Why Macedonia needs better alternatives to EU and NATO integration The problem: Since independence in 1991, the Republic of Macedonia has been indoctrinated and bullied by the G7 to believe that there are no alternatives to EU and NATO integration. By Ordan Andreevski - 1/3/2024 | 3 | 18 days ago | ||
New breed of feminist lawyer - does ideology trump impartial justice? It was advice that clearly left Justice Michael Lee unimpressed. 'It is inconceivable to me that any legally qualified person could have given [such] advice,' he told the court, By Bettina Arndt - 29/2/2024 | 2 | 19 days ago | ||
UN: Adopt Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine or see conflict worsen This follows Israel's rejection of any attempt to unilaterally impose the creation of an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan by 99 of Israel's 120 politicians on 21 February. By David Singer - 29/2/2024 | 5 | 17 days ago | ||
Old problems with the new: reforming the UN Security Council During his speech at the General Assembly's annual debate last November, GA President Dennis Francis warned delegates that the Council's performance would inevitably continue to suffer in the absence of reform. By Binoy Kampmark - 28/2/2024 | 1 | 20 days ago | ||
Dump Young on Trump Young is the executive director of the Australian Institute for Progress, but that name is misleading, he is a conservative. By Peter Bowden - 28/2/2024 | 8 | 19 days ago | ||
What young Australians should know about the Greens' housing policy Almomst every Greens housing policy from banning negative gearing to capping rents would make matters worse for renters and home buyers alike. By Graham Young - 27/2/2024 | 11 | 20 days ago | ||
Geological discovery upends politically correct climate science When we were at the coldest period in the past half billion years about 450 million years ago, CO2 levels were considerably higher than today. By Tom Harris - 27/2/2024 | 7 | 16 days ago | ||
Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality 'Gone is the emphasis on an open and competitive economy where workers and bosses work out win-win solutions, it’s now open class warfare and wealth redistribution.' By John Mikkelsen - 26/2/2024 | 12 | 19 days ago | ||
The world’s most dangerous terrorist Never has it been more obvious that the most dangerous and destructive global terrorist organisation in the world is the United States of America. By Richard Heggie - 26/2/2024 | 15 | 19 days ago | ||
Swiftie nonsense Down Under Newspapers such as The Guardian Australia even urged the PM to get with the Swift program, as her 'ubiquity in a fragmented world might carry some broader lessons...' By Binoy Kampmark - 23/2/2024 | 3 | 24 days ago | ||
The most important reserve bank governor for Australia? Having first been skeptical about the appointment of Michele Bullock, my first impressions seem to have been wrong. By Graham Young - 23/2/2024 | 4 | 22 days ago | ||
Assange is just as much a political prisoner as Navalny While ‘western’ leaders want to hold Putin accountable for the death of Alexei Navalny, who should be held accountable for the incarceration of Julian Assange? By Murray Hunter - 22/2/2024 | 30 | 16 days ago | ||
‘Corporate price gouging’: sleight of hand for troubled economic waters ahead It easily slots into the need for a compelling narrative of heroes (trade unions), villains (business), and victims (the rest of us)—and it's mostly wrong. By Graham Young - 21/2/2024 | 6 | 25 days ago | ||
Public school underspending - why blame the Commonwealth? Blaming the Commonwealth allows the states and territories to avoid taking responsibility for this neglect and confuses who should be held accountable for how much we spend on education and its effectiveness. By Scott Prasser - 21/2/2024 | 4 | 26 days ago | ||
Fighting academia's feminist tentacles As the toxic sludge of feminist claptrap seeps through the academic world, there are many principled researchers grinding their teeth at this blatant ideology and poor scholarship. By Bettina Arndt - 20/2/2024 | 2 | 28 days ago | ||
The California Energy Scam: Newsom’s actions of 'leaking' emissions to poorer developing countries Cleaning up emissions in-state increases worldwide emissions by 'leaking' manufacturing to poorer developing countries with miniscule environmental regulations. By Rolan Stein - 20/2/2024 | 5 | 28 days ago | ||
Our national frenemy: Australian National University Are our top universities lofty centres of independent research and scholarship, or engines and extensions of government policy departments? Climate (population) engineer ANU is both. By Stephen Saunders - 19/2/2024 | 6 | 22 days ago | ||
When Scott Morrison met Nemesis The ANO found that '65 per cent of IP [infrastructure project] stream applications approved for funding were not those assessed as being the most meritorious in the assessment process'. By Binoy Kampmark - 19/2/2024 | 4 | 26 days ago |