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View commentsView articleFagan’s damning verdict: vandalism and antisemitism down under
Judge rules that the definition of antisemitism being used by the Royal Commission is too broad, stigmatising legitimate criticism of Israel.
By Binoy Kampmark - 27/8/2026
416 hours ago
View commentsView articleCalifornia is running out of refineries – and running out of time
Allowing foreign-flagged tankers to move transportation fuel from the US Gulf Coast to West Coast Ports is only a band aid for California’s humongous demands for transportation fuels.
By Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 27/8/2026
315 hours ago
View commentsView articleWhy parents are turning to tutoring, and it is no longer just about better marks
Tutoring used to be the preserve of students who were struggling, but it is growing beyond that. Why?
By Michael Black - 26/8/2026
424 hours ago
View commentsView articleFrom confrontation to cooperation
The institutions built to keep enemies talking are still there. What’s disappearing is the political will to use them.
By Lamberto Zannier - 26/8/2026
621 hours ago
View commentsView articleSharks having a whale of a time?
Is it time to rethink our attitudes to protecting great whites? Has conserving whales boosted the number of predators in our waters? Maybe a cull is called for?
By Graham Young - 25/8/2026
52 days ago
View commentsView articleWars, inequality, and poverty no longer confined to faraway places
Fragmented power, deepening inequality, climate stress, dying democracies, and weaponized information have fused into one global crisis; we can break the cycle if we only summon the will.
By Alon Ben-Meir - 25/8/2026
13 days ago
View commentsView articleCharlatans in academe: when Jason Arday went too far
Fabulist and conman Jason Arday was not so much the exception to the rule as the rule taken to its logical conclusion.
By Binoy Kampmark - 24/8/2026
23 days ago
View commentsView articleWhere there is no vision, the people will perish
Spectator at large, Stuart Ballantyne, watches Australia go down the gurgler at the hands of bedwetters with absolutely no vision.
By Stuart Ballantyne - 24/8/2026
42 days ago
View commentsView articleNo principles in the firearms policies of political parties
As most sporting shooters are well aware, the major parties have little to no interest in the shooting sports.
By David Leyonhjelm - 21/8/2026
36 days ago
View commentsView articleElectricity policy is economic policy: the race for reliable power
Abundant power leads to expanding industry, economic growth, and thriving communities.
By Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan and Steve Curtis - 20/8/2026
18 days ago
View commentsView articleWhen parliament has nowhere to turn
The Commonwealth has the power to determine who is, or is not, a citizen, but where does that power come from?
By Philip Heiner - 20/8/2026
48 days ago
View commentsView articleFor the right the next election is about renovation
One Nation and the Coalition aren't enemies, they are competitors, and competition is the best way to bring renewal.
By Graham Young - 19/8/2026
145 days ago
View commentsView articleThe geopolitics of railroads: Europe's decoupling doctrine
The twenty-first century will not belong to the economies that simply produce more energy. It will belong to those that require less imported energy to generate greater prosperity. That is the true meaning of decoupling.
By Maren Liedtke - 19/8/2026
19 days ago
View commentsView articleThe spirit of Cain
The left built its entire moral authority on grievance. It taught a generation that resentment is a credential, that envy is conscience, that hatred is permitted so long as the target is sufficiently fortunate.
By Jafar Jalili - 18/8/2026
175 days ago
View commentsView articleDrone Defence in ASEAN - better present than absent
Air power used to be the preserve of rich states. A $30,000 drone has changed the arithmetic.
By Liang Nah - 17/8/2026
211 days ago
View commentsView articleThe Bureau of Meteorology has bombed out yet again
Long term weather forecasts show little skill and great potential to disrupt farming economies.
By Brendan O'Reilly - 17/8/2026
811 days ago
View commentsView articleFrom central to distributed business districts
A look at global office vacancy rates suggests the impacts of WFH have been unevenly felt, while the impacts of Ai on central office demand are possibly yet to be felt.
By Ross Elliott - 14/8/2026
114 days ago
View commentsView articleIs the South China Sea moving from a ‘zone of peace’ towards the next conflict area?
While US officials frame the carrier’s presence as routine freedom of navigation and support for allies, the timing amplifies perceptions of strategic strain on Washington.
By Murray Hunter - 14/8/2026
56 days ago
View commentsView article The alibi of skill
Spain's border failed in front of the cameras last week. Australia's border never fails, which is exactly why our numbers deserve a harder question.
By Jafar Jalili - 13/8/2026
615 days ago
View commentsView articleThe coming fuel crisis: what Ukraine and California have in common
Russian transportation fuel shortages are caused by Ukraine drone attacks, while California shortages are directly related to political over regulations.
By Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 13/8/2026
415 days ago
View commentsView articleSolemn anniversaries: the UN Refugee Convention turns 75
At 75, the Refugee Convention remains a noble promise, increasingly observed in the breach rather than the observance.
By Binoy Kampmark - 12/8/2026
216 days ago
View commentsView articleSome things are just plain wrong
The Commission spent almost no time asking why universities find it difficult to say that some behaviours and ideas are just plain wrong.
By Steven Schwartz - 12/8/2026
116 days ago
View commentsView articleWrongly accused
The public narrative is entirely captured by persistent complaints about the justice system's treatment of rape victims. There's little tolerance for muddying the waters by looking at what the same system does to wrongly accused men.
By Bettina Arndt - 11/8/2026
317 days ago
View commentsView articleNetanyahu’s challengers are selling the same poison
The men who could replace Netanyahu know the truth and refuse to say it. A Palestinian state is not an existential threat to Israel; the endless denial of one is.
By Alon Ben-Meir - 11/8/2026
217 days ago
View commentsView articleAustralia will not get an AI productivity boom by training workers alone
Australia's artificial intelligence debate keeps circling around skills. Train more workers. Teach people to prompt. Build digital literacy. Those are sensible goals, but they leave out one group.
By Gleb Tsipursky - 10/8/2026
415 days ago
View commentsView articleThe ugliness of the west: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the ideological closure of capitalism
Bond is kinetic, charismatic, and sexually triumphant. Smiley is sedentary, melancholy, and painfully aware that his wife repeatedly betrays him.
By Sam Ben-Meir - 10/8/2026
218 days ago
View commentsView articleComing from Mean Albo, immigration 'cuts' have little credibility
Since 2006, Big Australia has sailed on through seven prime ministers. But Albo’s taken the numbers to totally another level – likewise the denigration of his own people.
By Stephen Saunders - 7/8/2026
1217 days ago
View commentsView articleGiving a smile back: reflections on a craniofacial fellowship in Canada
A smile is something most of us never think about. So when one half of the face stops moving, the loss goes far beyond the physical.
By David Sparks - 7/8/2026
121 days ago
View commentsView articleChristopher Nolan’s The Odyssey disappoints in its portrayal of Homer’s women
Has Christopher Nolan sold Homer's women short? Was Homer a better feminist?
By Allison Glazebrook - 6/8/2026
221 days ago
View commentsView articleAmerica is watching the world’s movement to nuclear power generation
To meet the growing demand for continuous, uninterruptable, and emissions-free electricity, the world economies are pursuing Nuclear Power generation.
By Ronald Stein and Dick Storm - 6/8/2026
321 days ago
View commentsView articleHorse, anyone? Equine spotting in the food chain
What's the difference between horse and cow, dog and pig in the human food chain, and why should it matter?
By Binoy Kampmark - 5/8/2026
722 days ago
View commentsView articleRegulations are choking the state of Victoria
It's not Victorians who are at fault, but their freedom to act is smothered by government overgrowth.
By Jim Penman - 5/8/2026
417 days ago
View commentsView articleThe Ukraine–Russia war: where things stand at the end of July 2026
WWI lasted 4 years and WWII 6, while the Ukraine-Russia war has already run more than 4. How long will it last?
By Yuri Koszarycz - 4/8/2026
511 days ago
View commentsView articleWhy Victoria needs a royal commission into the CFMEU
Over its four-year life the Costigan royal commission had its terms of reference frequently widened, its timeframes extended, its powers increased and resources expanded.
By Scott Prasser - 4/8/2026
124 days ago
View commentsView articleThirty years on, the Coalition has no idea what to do about One Nation
There are lessons from Queensland as to how the Coalition should deal with One Nation, if it is prepared to look and learn.
By Graham Young - 3/8/2026
924 days ago
View commentsView articleAnthony Fauci's private diary and emails show he knew lockdowns failed
The most revealing Anthony Fauci interviews weren't on television. They were with himself.
By Ian Miller - 31/7/2026
524 days ago
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