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View commentsView articleThe 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
68 hours ago
View commentsView articleIsrael 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
38 hours ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
711 hours ago
View commentsView articleCreating 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
22 days ago
View commentsView articleCensors 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
710 hours ago
View commentsView articleBrisbane 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
52 days ago
View commentsView articleWhy 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
103 days ago
View commentsView article'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
62 days ago
View commentsView articleTime 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
274 days ago
View commentsView articleHave 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
124 days ago
View commentsView articleWhy 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
142 days ago
View commentsView articleBiden 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
63 days ago
View commentsView articleSilent 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
59 days ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
46 days ago
View commentsView articleBiden’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
69 days ago
View commentsView articleEven ‘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
510 days ago
View commentsView articleCelebrating 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
98 days ago
View commentsView articleChief prosecutor surrenders
State to audit all rape trials in response to judges' complaints.
By Bettina Arndt - 18/3/2024
28 days ago
View commentsView articleMatters 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
513 days ago
View commentsView articleUnited 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
413 days ago
View commentsView articleNetanyahu 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
189 days ago
View commentsView article'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
613 days ago
View commentsView articleThis 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
69 days ago
View commentsView articleExcess 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
313 days ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
97 days ago
View commentsView articleTo 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
417 days ago
View commentsView articleMelbourne 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
711 days ago
View commentsView articleHow 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
297 days ago
View commentsView articleUN 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
1518 days ago
View commentsView articleMultilateral 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
420 days ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
1018 days ago
View commentsView articleA 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
222 days ago
View commentsView articleSome 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
1710 days ago
View commentsView articleWary 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
223 days ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
224 days ago
View commentsView articleAUKUS taking focus away from Australia’s immediate security issues
It’s time to re-examine Australian defence policy.
By Murray Hunter - 5/3/2024
422 days ago
View commentsView articleBeyond 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
2216 days ago
View commentsView articleThe 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
825 days ago
View commentsView articleNo 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
1420 days ago
View commentsView articleWhy 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
328 days ago
View commentsView articleNew 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
229 days ago
View commentsView articleUN: 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
527 days ago
View commentsView articleOld 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
130 days ago
View commentsView articleDump 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
829 days ago
View commentsView articleWhat 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
1130 days ago
View commentsView articleGeological 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
726 days ago
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