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 |  | High coal royalties, low returns: threat to jobs and services Queensland can take a big slice now of a shrinking pie, or a smaller slice of a growing one that feeds the state for generations. By Graham Young - 2/10/2025 | 2 | 16 hours ago |
| | A rare alignment: the world stands ready, are the Palestinians? The question is, will the Palestinians seize this rare opportunity and adopt a new strategy critical to realizing their national goal? By Alon Ben-Meir - 2/10/2025 | 6 | 9 hours ago |
| | Knowing who to abuse Most political abuse is aimed at the wrong target — people don’t know who makes the decisions, so they lash out at any politician in sight. By David Leyonhjelm - 1/10/2025 | 3 | 2 days ago |
| | Ukraine targets critical oil infrastructure, a severe blow to Russia’s military and economy Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil refineries and pipelines are sending a strong message to America’s national security team. By Ronald Stein - 1/10/2025 | 4 | 32 hours ago |
| | Violating the terms of service: Microsoft, Azure and the IDF Microsoft’s Azure platform gave Israel’s Unit 8200 customised access - enabling mass surveillance of Palestinians and even shaping deadly airstrikes. By Binoy Kampmark - 30/9/2025 | 3 | 3 days ago |
| | Memo to Coalition: take heed of Trump Donald Trump has said it direct to the United Nations – mass migration and net zero are toxic for Western nations. Can our 'Liberal' party even grasp the nettle? By Stephen Saunders - 29/9/2025 | 7 | 28 hours ago |
| | On energy, primum non nocere When the next coal-fired generator closes, expect brownouts, blackouts and businesses told to shut down as public opinion finally shifts. By David Leyonhjelm - 29/9/2025 | 4 | 3 days ago |
| | Phantom State of Palestine takes centre stage at United Nations The UN’s annual performance of the Phantom State of Palestine flouts international law and celebrates a state that exists only on paper. By David Singer - 26/9/2025 | 24 | 2 days ago |
| | The bullshit detector's survival guide In a world of waffle and weasel words, plain speaking is a small act of rebellion. Here are seven ways to recognise bullshit, challenge it, and, if necessary, laugh it off the stage. By Steven Schwartz - 25/9/2025 | 6 | 2 days ago |
| | Why Jason Clare's new education super agency is flawed. Here are eight glaring problems Mr Clare should scrap his super agency. It will have no impact on improving education quality, cost much and waste time. By Scott Prasser - 24/9/2025 | 6 | 7 days ago |
| | Clear conclusions: a UN commission finds Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza Israeli authorities and security forces had and continue to have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. By Binoy Kampmark - 23/9/2025 | 8 | 9 days ago |
| | Spin, waste, rent seeking, and lack of progress have become defining characteristics of Aboriginal Affairs A prerequisite to solving any economic or social problem is policy realism, and failure to face up to realities within Indigenous communities is at the heart of failure to close the gap. By Brendan O'Reilly - 22/9/2025 | 3 | 10 days ago |
| | Kicking downwards: Australia excludes the Pacific Island press corps You cannot claim to be part of the Pacific family while silencing Pacific voices. By Binoy Kampmark - 19/9/2025 | 10 | 11 days ago |
| | The instinct to hurt those with whom one disagrees In other times and places, political assassinations have occurred as cultural anomalies, not obviously reflective of the zeitgeist or historical moment, and certainly not approved of by some significant minority of the population. By Robin Koerner - 18/9/2025 | 11 | 12 days ago |
| | Recognition without action is meaningless During the upcoming annual UN General Assembly, several key European countries are expected to recognize a Palestinian state. The question that looms is how to translate such a significant development into reality. By Alon Ben-Meir - 18/9/2025 | 2 | 15 days ago |
| | Degrees of difficulty Universities are struggling. Staff see livelihoods at risk, students see disruption, and managers see balance sheets collapsing. By Steven Schwartz - 17/9/2025 | 4 | 13 days ago |
| | The transition to renewables is a globalist suicide pact for the rest of us! Just electricity generated from wind and solar, will negatively impact humanity demands for the products based on fossil fuels. By Ronald Stein - 17/9/2025 | 5 | 9 days ago |
| | Buying time: Israel’s rogue attack on Qatar Israel’s strikes across the Middle East have become less about security and more about keeping war alive - and Netanyahu out of jail. By Binoy Kampmark - 15/9/2025 | 9 | 16 days ago |
| | Canal prosperity – can Albo get it? Waterway transportation costs just 3–5% of road transport, with far lower emissions - the economics of bulk freight alone would justify such an investment. By Stuart Ballantyne - 15/9/2025 | 5 | 18 days ago |
| | Senator Nampijinpa Price faces political irrelevancy Because Price failed to make a clear and immediate apology, a minor misstep became a public display of Coalition disunity. By Scott Prasser - 12/9/2025 | 79 | 11 days ago |
| | Israeli & Saudi solutions can resolve Judea & Samaria claims The Smotrich–Shihabi plan would consign the UN’s two-state solution to the diplomatic graveyard. By David Singer - 12/9/2025 | 5 | 11 days ago |
| | Importing a Tasmania’s worth of people every year Pause the intake until housing, infrastructure and services catch up. That’s not xenophobia - it’s common sense. By Graham Young - 11/9/2025 | 21 | 19 days ago |
| | Africa is pioneering nuclear innovation as it faces a dire electricity crisis To address global electricity demands, Africa is partnering with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to support nuclear energy development in developing countries. By Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 11/9/2025 | 4 | 21 days ago |
| | Selling out our boys Australia is facing a growing crisis in boys’ education - the social justice issue nobody is talking about. By Bettina Arndt - 10/9/2025 | 5 | 16 days ago |
| | ‘Never again’ has tragically lost its moral weight The genocidal war in Gaza should put the whole world on notice that this is now simply another episode in the moral collapse of our humanity, as 'never again' has lost its moral weight. By Alon Ben-Meir - 10/9/2025 | 15 | 22 days ago |
| | China’s climate confidence trick China’s climate strategy is a confidence trick - boasting clean energy leadership while building more coal plants than the rest of the world combined. By Tom Harris - 9/9/2025 | 5 | 23 days ago |
| | The threats of standing armies Policing by consent was once the standard - ‘the police are the public and the public are the police’ - but during COVID that principle was abandoned. By David Leyonhjelm - 9/9/2025 | 3 | 22 days ago |
| | Dan Andrews appearance at Chinese 80th Victory Commemoration a sign of Australian foreign policy change The September 3 parade unveiled weapons that render the strategic logic of AUKUS obsolete. By Murray Hunter - 8/9/2025 | 2 | 24 days ago |
| | 300 stand in defiance For Melburnians, Day 101 of lockdown was not just about COVID rules — it became a stand against government overreach. By Michael Viljoen - 5/9/2025 | 43 | 5 days ago |
| | Article 80 consigns UN conjectural State of Palestine to shredder Facts always beat conjecture - yet the UN prepares to recognise a ‘conjectural State of Palestine’ in violation of its own Charter. By David Singer - 5/9/2025 | 12 | 25 days ago |
| | Nuclear snobbery and atomic anniversaries The tragic lesson of the June attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is that not having such weapons may be more dangerous than pursuing them. By Binoy Kampmark - 4/9/2025 | 3 | 25 days ago |
| | Failures of the renewables transition era are insults to taxpayers The worlds’ population depends on insulation, wires, computers, and fertilizers that 'renewables' cannot provide. By Ronald Stein - 4/9/2025 | 6 | 29 days ago |
| | ‘You’re a racist’ remains Albo’s No 1 alibi for the endless immigration/housing pain March for Australia demonstrates the necessity of pushing back the ‘you’re a racist’ slur habitually deployed by the all-powerful minority – our mega-migration lobby. By Stephen Saunders - 3/9/2025 | 2 | 30 days ago |