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Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis just beat unconscious the man most likely to help realise a...
No political conflict contains as many journalistic minefields as that between Israel and Palestine. A repost from 22 October 2025 Even my opening...
“…and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be on the alert…”...
The Canberra Press Gallery was completely absorbed with the supposed politics of last week’s superannuation changes and completely failed to...
Many Australian journalists think Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ambassador Kevin Rudd did a wonderful job this week in handling the corrupt...
The headlines are breathless: “ China versus the world,” proclaimed The Australian, quoting some very important people from the sheriff’s office...
The first obvious takeaway is that our prime minister has been wise not to heed the Austral Americans urging him to get to Washington as soon as...
In Asian media this week: Trump says he spoke to Modi but India denies call took place. Plus: Japan’s new coalition a shift to the right; Timor...
Each New Year arrives full of promise, and each is steadily dismantled by human folly. History suggests 2026 will be no exception. Looking for a...
Yuji Iwasawa, president of the UN’s highest court, says international law prohibits the use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of...
After Bondi, public anxiety, political pressure and rising criticism of Israel have collided. As definitions of antisemitism are contested,...
As political violence escalates in the United States, chaos is spreading and democracy itself is under threat. The words of anger, ill-considered...
Amelie Szczecinski is one of six talented young Australians who will travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week as part of the Global...
The ceasefire plan in Gaza has dominated our news in recent days and weeks. One aspect of the plan is the obligation of Israel in the first phase...
The news of ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza is cause for great rejoicing and for giving credit where it is due. But the big questions...
Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the...
Thanks to Opposition leader Sussan Ley, the government’s disgraceful attempt to squeeze the life out of the Freedom of Information Act is as dead as...
We say we want to understand China. Then we glance past a million Chinese speakers at home and start counting somewhere else. A repost from 17...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on 20 October. A repost from 18 October 2025 Thus far,...
After Bondi, intense grief and fear shaped public response. But emotional proximity can distort moral judgement, narrowing debate and crowding out...
Rayana Ajam is one of six talented young Australians who will travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week as part of the Global Voices...
In March 2023, the Australian Academy of the Humanities sounded the alarm on the decline in our understanding and knowledge of China through a...
At dawn, on 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters blast over 100 holes in the walls and fences that separate the Gaza Strip from Israel. A repost from 6...
Australia faces a serious challenge. Despite important progress on gender equality over recent decades, a looming crisis now threatens the economic...
Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in Australia. However, the...
When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s...
In films and on the small screen, journalists are portrayed as heroes or villains. In The Hack they are both. Does this reflect the diminished,...
Anika Wells, in announcing a meeting with three telco giants to discuss Optus’s Triple Zero emergency call system catastrophe in September,...
On a cold morning in central Gaza City, Nevin Al-Barbari, 35, sat in what remained of her family home, watching her two-year-old daughter, Reem,...
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sat down with the ABC on 2 October and offered something rare in Australia’s China debate: clarity,...
The response to events in Venezuela exposes how breaches of international law are absorbed, reframed, and normalised – and what that reveals about...
Wherever you look, at residential aged care institutions, at retirement village life, at the home support package scheme, or talk to the people...
In the Australian vernacular, a mongrel punt is an erratic kick forward of a football which leaves those participating in the game with an awkward...
At the National Press Club this week with Ben Saul, Chris Sidoti argues that recognition of Palestine is important, but that Australia must also...
At the National Press Club this week, Ben Saul argued that Australia is more than a “modest middle power” and must step up on Palestine. A repost...
Hark back to December 2023. National Cabinet endorsed a historic agreement setting the parameters for future Commonwealth-state sharing of public...
The Israel Defence Force has intercepted a flotilla of humanitarian vessels seeking to deliver aid to Gaza, taking control of multiple vessels and...
The Trump Plan is designed to reframe the issues in favour of Israel. Palestinians have been betrayed again. A repost from 4 october 2025 The...
The UN special rapporteur investigating Gaza is sanctioned, blacklisted and treated as a criminal. The response reveals how power reacts when...
The designation of the amorphous group antifa as a terrorist organisation allows the state to brand all dissidents as supporters of antifa and...
This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on 19 July 2011. A repost from 30 September 2025 This...
Important discussions are taking place within the government and before the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters about increasing the size...
Anthony Albanese says Palestinian children are taught to hate. My daughter’s first trip home proves otherwise. A repost from 25 September 2025....
This headline could get me jail time if, as reported, the New Zealand Government is planning to take the same authoritarian turn that the UK has...
When, in the course of close — some would say politically intimate — relations between allies, the dominant partner demands that the subordinate...
We congratulate the NSW Government for establishing the Great Koala National Park, which will protect a nationally significant koala population. A...
As the great bulge of babies born after World War II has moved through their life course, the world has changed to suit them and their needs. A...
While we should not regard it as a “historical moment” or a “game changer”, the recognition does have the potential to help Palestinians lead...
In the aftermath of the Bondi attack, explanations have been offered quickly and with strong moral force. Misidentifying the causes of violence,...
Since the occurrence of the war in October 2023, which shocked the conscience of the world, bringing the Palestinian question back to the forefront...
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