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 |  | Dutton fires gun on the election Anthony Albanese may think he's being smart by announcing the election the day after Peter Dutton's reply-to-the-budget speech, but because the decision has leaked, he's handed the starters gun, and a lot of the advantage, to Peter Dutton. By Graham Young - 28/3/2025 | 2 | 8 hours ago |
| | The death of trust Trust in vaccines is collapsing, fuelled by political failures, corporate greed, and scientific conflicts of interest. By Steven Schwartz - 28/3/2025 | 2 | 10 hours ago |
| | Trump buries UN & EU calls for new state between Israel & Jordan The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America – with the High Representative of the EU also attending - made no mention of the two-state solution in their final communique. By David Singer - 28/3/2025 | 5 | 3 hours ago |
| | Self defence: an original right Australians may never embrace the use of guns for self-defence, but they also never agreed to being rendered defenceless. By David Leyonhjelm - 27/3/2025 | 13 | 4 hours ago |
| | The post-lockdown disorientation in the arts Snow White, the live-action version cobbled together by Disney, opened over the weekend with devastating reviews and empty theaters coast to coast. By Jeffrey Tucker - 27/3/2025 | 2 | 31 hours ago |
| | Out of ideas and full of fiscal analgesics Keating predicted a Banana Republic and it is gradually coming true. By Graham Young - 26/3/2025 | 8 | 15 hours ago |
| | Masking during Covid was nothing to do with public health Commonsense should have alerted many people to the perils of public wearing masks for any length of time. By Murray Hunter - 25/3/2025 | 1 | 3 days ago |
| | Careless people, Meta and restricting the digital town square The portrait of Meta that emerges is disturbing, as have been the company's efforts to silence Wynn-Williams, who has registered as a whistleblower with the US Securities and Exchanges Commission. By Binoy Kampmark - 24/3/2025 | 3 | 4 days ago |
| | Memo to Coalition: maybe next time Major-party election-offerings are unsympathetic to ordinary voters. Coalition indolence (and overstated Trump fears) may well re-elect Labor or (heavens no) Labor-Greens. By Stephen Saunders - 21/3/2025 | 5 | 4 days ago |
| | Elon Musk’s Grok 3 backs Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution The Hashemit Kingdom of Palestine is at least a virtual reality. By David Singer - 21/3/2025 | 7 | 7 days ago |
| | Sporting contradictions: athletes, the Olympics and climate change That they think their views make the slightest difference is almost charming. That they pick climate change as the issue suggests they have slumbered in a deep, uninterrupted sleep. By Binoy Kampmark - 20/3/2025 | 1 | 8 days ago |
| | Trump’s betrayal of America’s social contract and global standing Trump’s betrayal of the ideals and values that America has embraced and which made it an unrivaled nation is tragic. Every Republican with a conscience should rise and put America first. By Alon Ben-Meir - 20/3/2025 | 15 | 6 days ago |
| | Scorched earth disease control There is one fatal flaw in the scorched earth disease control so loved by the bureaucracy – it fails to encourage the survival and multiplication of resistant individuals. By Viv Forbes - 19/3/2025 | 3 | 9 days ago |
| | Bogus myths created to promote renewables All the parts and components of the net zero emissions fantasy from wind turbines and solar panels are 100% dependent on the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, the same oil that net zero enthusiasts want to rid the world of. By Ronald Stein - 19/3/2025 | 13 | 3 days ago |
| | Aggrieved speculation: the Trump illness hypothesis Having failed in spectacular fashion, along with fellow pundits, to read the premonitory signs of a Trump victory over Kamala Harris, he has returned to the theme of the mad man, or at least the ill man. By Binoy Kampmark - 18/3/2025 | 2 | 10 days ago |
| | Trashing Jewish values risks Israel’s survival as we know it Throughout millennia of dispersion, the Jews had no army, no weapons, and no advanced technology to fight back against persecution, segregation, expulsion, and death, but they survived. By Alon Ben-Meir - 17/3/2025 | 10 | 3 days ago |
| | The administrative state is the political elephant in the room So much time and effort is given to political analysis. However, the very essence of government is the administrative state, or bureaucracy as it is also called. By Murray Hunter - 17/3/2025 | 2 | 10 days ago |
| | Nuclear power’s stagnation and decline The current push in Australia to deploy nuclear power reactors once again contrasts an excessive optimism by nuclear proponents against the continuing stagnant situation of nuclear power worldwide. By Jim Green, Darrin Durant and Jim Falk - 14/3/2025 | 17 | 4 days ago |
| | Trump trashes 2002 Arab Peace Initiative & UNSCR 2334 (2016) The Emergency Arab Summit for Palestine hosted by Egypt on March 4 has ignored President Trump's decisive stance on Gaza's future - declared on February 4. By David Singer - 14/3/2025 | 6 | 13 days ago |
| | Trump's tariffs are all about hot and cold wars and retooling the USA It would be foolish for Australia to apply reciprocal tariffs. We are a small trade-exposed economy where 46% of our GDP is exports and imports whereas the US is the largest economy in the world. By Graham Young - 13/3/2025 | 7 | 15 days ago |
| | Meritocracy vs DEI Most people talk about the positive aspects of DEI while avoiding a critical assessment, and it has become taboo to public debate so as not to offend anyone. By Mamtimin Ala - 13/3/2025 | 5 | 9 days ago |
| | Surviving the storm Everyone is probably fed up to their eye teeth with cyclone talk after Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred has stopped pirouetting and taken his final bows before exiting stage left. By John Mikkelsen - 12/3/2025 | 1 | 16 days ago |
| | Kosovo faces unprecedented challenges under Trump Kosovo should expect to face many new, daunting challenges during the next four years. A strong and visionary leader will be needed to tackle the shifting political landscape. By Alon Ben-Meir - 11/3/2025 | 2 | 17 days ago |
| | Are we ready for the next pandemic? It’s better to prepare for a crisis that never arrives than to scramble after one that does. By Steven Schwartz - 10/3/2025 | 3 | 17 days ago |
| | Macron's offer: France and the delusions of nuclear deterrence The singular antics of US President Donald Trump, notably towards supposed allies, has stirred the pot regarding national security in various capitals. By Binoy Kampmark - 10/3/2025 | 3 | 14 days ago |
| | Wicked riches Our media was agog at the recent NSW police announcement that they had exposed a $1.3 billion scheme for making fraudulent child sexual abuse claims. By Bettina Arndt - 7/3/2025 | 2 | 20 days ago |
| | Election 2025 is less about Liberal vs Labor, more about the top 20% vs the rest At times, Canberra is another world. From its Press Gallerycomes this Financial Review bedtime-story of 'best performer' Jim Chalmers with his 'disdain for' inequality.. By Stephen Saunders - 7/3/2025 | 5 | 19 days ago |
| | Who will send their kids to war? As a product of the bureaucratic system, this impersonality hinders their ability to perceive the world through unbiased eyes. By Mamtimin Ala - 6/3/2025 | 10 | 19 days ago |
| | Small Modular Reactors will benefit developing economies Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, only the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources to bolster their economies and provide prosperous lives for their citizens. By Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 5/3/2025 | 3 | 19 days ago |
| | Trump reverses Biden’s betrayal of Israel The Obama administration’s failure to veto Resolution 2334 proved disastrous for Israel as the Security Council then proceeded to use Resolution 2334 for the next seven years as a battering ram. By David Singer - 5/3/2025 | 3 | 23 days ago |
| | The alarming rise of antisemitism Anyone who denies that the brutal occupation of the West Bank and war in Gaza has not fueled the rise of antisemitism is willfully naïve. By Alon Ben-Meir - 4/3/2025 | 15 | 21 days ago |
| | Zelensky: victim of colosseum politics There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, but then again, President Donald Trump is a tabloid brute. By Binoy Kampmark - 4/3/2025 | 8 | 23 days ago |
| | Does AI spell the end for human creativity? Therefore, mathematically, Generative AI favours effectiveness at the expense of novelty. Creativity, on the other hand, seeks to maximise both effectiveness and novelty. By David Cropley - 3/3/2025 | 3 | 24 days ago |
| | Is the Russia-Ukraine war stopping or continuing? Zelensky arrived at the White House, where Trump personally greeted him at the entrance. The Russia-Ukraine war seemed to have taken a crucial step toward peace. By Chin Jin - 3/3/2025 | 5 | 24 days ago |
| | Trump’s despotic reign is the antithesis of genuine republicanism This president is only further emboldened by the fact that he won the popular vote, and no doubt will be even less willing than before to hand over power when his administration comes to an end. By Sam Ben-Meir - 28/2/2025 | 8 | 27 days ago |
| | Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution: My chat with ChatGPT Artificial intelligence confirms that the United Nations has completely failed to consider all options for settling the Palestinian question. By David Singer - 28/2/2025 | 1 | 28 days ago |
| | ANU’s feminist immigration-influencer Liz Allen is a toxic Treasury wolf in sheep’s clothing In America, Kamala Harris' word-salad is a national meme. Australia’s Harris of Demography has been at it again, garbling it at great length for The Conversation. By Stephen Saunders - 27/2/2025 | 7 | 25 days ago |
| | Trump, taxes and tariffs The inflation effect of a Trump revenue tariff is vanishingly small. By Michael Knox - 27/2/2025 | 1 | 29 days ago |
| | The pressing challenges of today's young generation Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. By Ioan Voicu - 26/2/2025 | 3 | 27 days ago |
| | Trumps 'ethnic cleansing' of Gaza is a great idea TheUnited States needs to pay for the reconstruction of Gaza under the Trump plan. After all, it was their President's plan, and the United States is the richest country in the world. By Peter Bowden - 26/2/2025 | 27 | 16 days ago |