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 |  | Lies, damned lies and COVID-19 death statistics This means that 2,412 people whose deaths were registered as deaths By James McKeon - 16/5/2022 | 7 | 4 hours ago |
| | Wage justice can be delivered while also containing inflation Anthony Albanese stands besieged for suggesting a minimum wage increase which keeps pace with inflation. Specifically, that is 5.1%. By Tristan Ewins - 16/5/2022 | 14 | 2 hours ago |
| | Rich Uncle Albo’s shared equity nightmare For the worst-crafted, most ineffectual policy of this election campaign it would be hard to go past Rich Uncle Albo's shared equity housing scheme. By Graham Young - 13/5/2022 | 20 | 26 hours ago |
| | A genuine regional people-to-people engagement must be Australia’s highest priority Rebuilding relations with the Solomon Islands is just not going to happen while the current pro-China government is exercising a suffocating influence over the islands. By Jeffrey Wall - 13/5/2022 | 24 | 26 hours ago |
| | Reciprocity and respect Reciprocity, compassion, and respect are the bedrock of morality and the foundation of community welfare. By Steven Schwartz - 12/5/2022 | 13 | 2 days ago |
| | Greg Norman: Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing emissary The kingdom has become an aggressive strategic investor in sports events, hosting Formula One motor racing, boxing events, purchasing European football clubs and promoting wrestling. By Binoy Kampmark - 12/5/2022 | 1 | 4 days ago |
| | How the budget deficits caused US inflation Fiscal deficit minus GDP gap equals inflation. Now the Fed must control the damage By Michael Knox - 11/5/2022 | 1 | 5 days ago |
| | Jordan, Arab League and UN fuel Jew-hatred on Temple Mount Thousands of rioters defiled what is venerated as a Muslim Holy Shrine -- converting it into a rallying point for flag-waving slogan-shouting Palestinian Arabs armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails. By David Singer - 11/5/2022 | 2 | 5 days ago |
| | A vision full of power for Australia Savannah was capable of circling the earth 14 times at 20 knots without refuelling. Nowadays a similar 14,000kW of installed power would cost around US$49 million in just fuel alone. By Stuart Ballantyne - 10/5/2022 | 8 | 5 days ago |
| | A new strategy is needed to address Iran’s nuclear program A revised Iran nuclear deal based on the 2015 JCPOA could provide the basis for a new Biden administration strategy. By Alon Ben-Meir - 10/5/2022 | 1 | 6 days ago |
| | Why men kill themselves A few years earlier Wilton had given a speech to parliament pointing out that group most likely to commit suicide in this country were men like him – adult males struggling with marital separation. By Bettina Arndt - 9/5/2022 | 14 | 5 days ago |
| | Leaking for Roe v Wade Such an inner illumination of processes was never the intention of the US Supreme Court. For over two centuries, it had not seen the like of this. By Binoy Kampmark - 9/5/2022 | 4 | 12 hours ago |
| | It’s time for Australia to vote for change Starting with Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Don Chipp and Bob Brown, there has developed a monotonous uniformity in main-stream Australian politics. By Viv Forbes - 6/5/2022 | 32 | 5 days ago |
| | More aid is not the way to regain our regional influence The broad response during the campaign so far has been for both sides to promise more By Jeffrey Wall - 6/5/2022 | 19 | 7 days ago |
| | A looming schools shortage? But first, old thinking about schools needs to change to allow for the opportunities that the future presents and to avoid an inevitable shortage of places in suitable locations. By Ross Elliott - 5/5/2022 | 15 | 9 days ago |
| | Panic in Kooyong: the threat to the Australian Liberal Party He has been seen, not always accurately, as the more moderate in an otherwise conservative Liberal Party, which has governed Australia since 2013. By Binoy Kampmark - 5/5/2022 | 6 | 9 days ago |
| | Yes minister The perennial issue of using discretionary grant programs in an attempt to win seats has a long history. By Rosie Williams - 4/5/2022 | 2 | 12 days ago |
| | How to bring in more migrants If we can issue 160,000 skilled migrant and family visas a year, in addition to temporary visas, we can take in more refugees. By David Hale - 4/5/2022 | 31 | 6 days ago |
| | Context is everything Is prolonged grief following the death of a loved one an illness? Who decides? And how? By Steven Schwartz - 3/5/2022 | 6 | 12 days ago |
| | Israel needs the Palestinians as a perpetual enemy to justify the occupation Israel's harsh treatment of the Palestinians is designed to deepen Palestinian resentment and instigate 'controlled' violence. By Alon Ben-Meir - 3/5/2022 | 6 | 13 days ago |
| | The Anzac links between Australia and Papua New Guinea have been allowed to diminish Anzac Day this year marked the beginning of the 80th anniversaries of the key battles that defeated the Japanese advance during the Second World War in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the Coral Sea. By Jeffrey Wall - 2/5/2022 | 5 | 14 days ago |
| | Corruption and autocracy The war in Ukraine has highlighted the unbearable stench of corruption that prevails in Putin's Russia and around the world. By Guy Hallowes - 2/5/2022 | 10 | 13 days ago |
| | How do we curb the lust for power? Vladimir Putin's excursion into the Ukraine is just the latest chapter in man's quest for domination over man. By Peter Bowden - 29/4/2022 | 62 | 30 hours ago |
| | Slaying the dragon of Net Zero emissions The communique of COP26 was, according to the Queensland Senator, a 'green light' for Australia to keep digging and 'supply the world with more coal because that's what brings people out of poverty'. By Binoy Kampmark - 29/4/2022 | 25 | 13 days ago |
| | Metaverse: a danger to children and probably you too For young people, the metaverse will create real dangers - in the form of sexual abuse, financial scams and harmful social interactions. By Mal Fletcher - 28/4/2022 | 4 | 17 days ago |
| | San Remo Conference: catalyst for Jewish and Arab independence The Jews were initially allotted all of Palestine at San Remo - 117000km2 - the remaining 15% of these three liberated Turkish territories. By David Singer - 28/4/2022 | 8 | 12 days ago |
| | Fibbing on Anzac Day But this day was a bit different. There was an election to fight, and Australia's Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, was going to make the most of the occasion. By Binoy Kampmark - 27/4/2022 | 3 | 19 days ago |
| | Earth Day still focussed on immoral climate crusade For the almost 10 million people who voted in the UN's own 'My World' poll 'Action on climate change' ranked dead last. By Tom Harris - 27/4/2022 | 10 | 13 days ago |
| | The endless repeat of history The rare Cassandras of the world can see exactly what is going to happen, but their curse is that most of the time no one listens to them. By Graham Young - 26/4/2022 | 29 | 15 days ago |
| | Time for the US to overhaul its policies on Pakistan As the post-pandemic new world order takes shape, alienating Pakistan is unwise By Mehroz Siraj - 26/4/2022 | 3 | 20 days ago |
| | Wartime history reduced to dust A structure in the north Queensland bush which played an integral part in the Pacific victory 77 years ago was reduced to rubble in the name of progress back in 1957. By John Mikkelsen - 22/4/2022 | 7 | 19 days ago |
| | The message China's security deal with the Solomon Islands sends to Australia, New Zealand and the United States But when you look elsewhere among what the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister call our 'Pacific Family' it is not hard to find examples of our diminished and diminishing influence. By Jeffrey Wall - 22/4/2022 | 52 | 11 days ago |
| | Jordan and Israel need to act to end Jew-hatred in Jerusalem Jordan's failure to promote interfaith relations between Muslims and Jews has once again witnessed rioting on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. By David Singer - 21/4/2022 | 25 | 22 days ago |
| | Of necessity, tax avoidance has become a key preoccupation for much of middle Australia Overall, it is believed that 50 per cent of all income tax in Australia is paid by 10 per cent of the working population. By Brendan O'Reilly - 21/4/2022 | 16 | 19 days ago |
| | Is the townhouse ban starting to bite? Clearly, there's a real need for more affordable housing options for Queenslanders. By Natalie Rayment - 20/4/2022 | 3 | 26 days ago |
| | The 'China threat' and the Solomon Islands Despite being in caretaker mode as it battles the federal election, the government of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison still had room to politicise its anti-China twitch. By Binoy Kampmark - 20/4/2022 | 7 | 25 days ago |
| | Hungary’s PM Orbán is challenging Western democracies On the right, Orbán has been close to Trump and Netanyahu and on the left to Putin and Xi Jinping, all authoritarian nationalist leaders. By Andris Heks - 19/4/2022 | 18 | 22 days ago |
| | Ottawa’s suicidal climate plans a cautionary tale for governments everywhere Politicians leading the City of Ottawa have fallen hook, line and sinker for climate alarmism and, as a consequence, Canada's national capital is on the verge of a deadly self-induced crisis. By Tom Harris and Jay Lehr - 19/4/2022 | 9 | 26 days ago |