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The AUKUS cash cow: robbing the Australian taxpayer It was mugged in throwing money (that of the Australian taxpayer) at the US submarine industry, which is lagging in its production schedule. By Binoy Kampmark - 28/3/2024 | 6 | 8 hours ago | ||
Israel tags Guterres and UN as anti-Semitic and anti-Israel Guterres, the UN and UNRWA have seemingly gone out of their way to prevent Israel speedily chasing down and eliminating those monsters from Gaza who invaded Israel on 7 October 2023. By David Singer - 28/3/2024 | 3 | 8 hours ago | ||
The Liberals reap what they sow in the Senate Even worse for the Liberals and Nationals, there is no prospect of achieving a majority in the Senate at either the next election or in 2028. By David Leyonhjelm - 27/3/2024 | 7 | 11 hours ago | ||
Creating a strategic alliance to stop Iran in its tracks We know enough about the Iranian regime’s fears and ambitions to stop it in its tracks by creating a crescent of allied states stretching from the Gulf to the Mediterranean without violent confrontations or war. By Alon Ben-Meir - 27/3/2024 | 2 | 2 days ago | ||
Censors celebrated: misinformation and disinformation down under In Australia, we see the tech-utopians being butchered, metaphorically speaking, on our doorstep. Of concern here is the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023. By Binoy Kampmark - 26/3/2024 | 7 | 10 hours ago | ||
Brisbane election shows us there’s not much joy chasing inner-city voters The Labor Party suffered major swings against it in the outer suburban ring in the recent state Inala and Ipswich West by-elections. By Graham Young - 26/3/2024 | 5 | 2 days ago | ||
Why we should abandon political parties Simone Weil, Hitler in WWII, the current United States imbroglio, and the Australian independents in the last election - the Teals - give us the reasons why political parties should go. By Peter Bowden - 25/3/2024 | 10 | 3 days ago | ||
'Illness enters through the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth' The US-Australia diplomatic friction triggered by Farage's interview with Donald Trump By Chin Jin - 25/3/2024 | 6 | 2 days ago | ||
Time to take a stand against the CCP’s economic warfare This isn’t a hot war, neither is it a cold one. But it is a war. By Graham Young - 22/3/2024 | 27 | 4 days ago | ||
Have we entered an era of global cooling? With all the sound and fury about global warming, an important, and many scientists now assert, more likely scenario is usually ignored-the possibility of far more dangerous global cooling. By Tom Harris - 22/3/2024 | 12 | 4 days ago | ||
Why facts (voters) can’t get a look-in against ‘Huge Australia’ groupthink The dominating ‘Huge Australia’ stakeholders are a diverse lot. United however, by false immigration narratives that railroad voters. Almost impossible to counter, in woke Australia. By Stephen Saunders - 21/3/2024 | 14 | 2 days ago | ||
Biden must get Security Council to rescind Resolution 2334 Resolution 2334 violates article 80 of the UN Charter which preserves the right of the Jewish People to settle in any part of the territory of former Palestine located west of the Jordan River. By David Singer - 21/3/2024 | 6 | 3 days ago | ||
Silent invasion: unmasking China’s espionage war in Australia The aggressor? China, whose tentacles of influence, infiltration and espionage have reached deep into Australian soil, threatening the very core of our democratic values and national security. By Mamtimin Ala - 20/3/2024 | 5 | 9 days ago | ||
The terrible problem of being good It is not the rules of being good, a law or standard, neither the description of a what a good person is like, that give rise to difficulty. By Sarah Flynn-O'Dea - 20/3/2024 | 4 | 6 days ago | ||
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 | 6 | 9 days 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 | 10 days 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 | 9 | 8 days ago | ||
Chief prosecutor surrenders State to audit all rape trials in response to judges' complaints. By Bettina Arndt - 18/3/2024 | 2 | 8 days 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 | 13 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 | 13 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 | 18 | 9 days 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 | 13 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 | 6 | 9 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 | 13 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 | 9 | 7 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 | 17 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 | 11 days 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 | 29 | 7 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 | 18 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 | 20 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 | 18 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 | 22 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 | 10 days 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 | 23 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 | 24 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 | 22 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 | 16 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 | 25 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 | 20 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 | 28 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 | 29 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 | 27 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 | 30 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 | 29 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 | 30 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 | 26 days ago |