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Google has become something of a fixture in digital infrastructure in the Pacific. In late 2023, Canberra announced a joint

It began with a revelation in The Telegraph on November 3. The paper had seen an internal memo in the BBC pointing to editing on its October...


It began with a revelation in The Telegraph on November 3. The paper had seen an internal memo in the

Why trust these gold seeking buffoons of questionable expertise? Overpaid as they are by gullible clients who really ought to know better,...


Why trust these gold seeking buffoons of questionable expertise? Overpaid as they are by gullible clients who really ought to

The world of defence policy is truly another planet. There, budgets are given to astronomical burgeoning and bizarre readings. Threats

In an industry of seedy soothsayers, cocksure charlatans and resourceful rogues, honest and accurate appraisals are exquisitely rare. When it

Amazon, ruthless, mean spirited, soulless and wedded to the obscene profit margin, is also in the business of habitual deception. When it comes to...

Nuclear weapons have made the world safe for hypocrisy and unsafe in every other respect. Astride the nonsense that is nuclear apartheid – the...


Amazon, ruthless, mean spirited, soulless and wedded to the obscene profit margin, is also in the business of habitual deception.

Nuclear weapons have made the world safe for hypocrisy and unsafe in every other respect. Astride the nonsense that is

Instead of satirising nuclear war – a possible if difficult thing to do – the time has come to satirise the laying off and furlough of those who...

The October 20 performance saw few transgressions and many feats of compliance. As a guest in the White House, Australian Prime Minister Anthony...

By Rosa Hwang The newsroom is dark. The microphones are off. Broadcasts have been silenced. Publishing is paused. On social media.

Instead of satirising nuclear war – a possible if difficult thing to do – the time has come to satirise

The wish to be credulous is central to the fraudulent scheme. The one playing the fraud can always rely on some connivance and collaboration from...


The October 20 performance saw few transgressions and many feats of compliance. As a guest in the White House, Australian


The wish to be credulous is central to the fraudulent scheme. The one playing the fraud can always rely on


Few times in its history has the International Court of Justice been this busy, if ever. For anyone ignorant of

Few times in its history has the International Court of Justice been this busy, if ever. For anyone ignorant of the world court’s existence till...


It seemed an odd thing to begin with. Australia’s National Press Club is a rather ordinary, stuffy institution, where enlightened,

Since the start of September, the Trump administration has busied itself with striking boats in international waters stemming from Venezuelan and...

Since the start of September, the Trump administration has busied itself with striking boats in international waters stemming from Venezuelan

Reporting on national security matters, irrespective of which country you are in, can be a hazardous affair. In police states,

It reads like a lament of wounded nostalgia, cresting on a resigned sigh. “Knowing how to be a gentleman used

Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and...

It’s always comforting to hear politicians reveal wisdoms and novel notions long known to those who vote for them. This tendency endears the dim...

By Jake Scott Global investors are turning their interest toward Asia, amid a wider realignment of foreign direct investment (FDI),

Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows

Few in history can have achieved so much in a negative sense in so short a time. Instead of gloatingly cresting the wave of success after securing...

The fuss about the Nobel Peace Prize has always been excessively outsized to its relevance. Like most prizes, the panel

Few in history can have achieved so much in a negative sense in so short a time. Instead of gloatingly

Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse...

Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud

He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari Prime Minister by his host to apologise for striking Doha and made...

It’s always comforting to hear politicians reveal wisdoms and novel notions long known to those who vote for them. This

Elder abuse in the frothy swirl of debates regarding the role of the United Nations is currently modish. The body

It takes a lot to make UN delegates walk out from an address to the General Assembly. But this was precisely what Israel’s Prime Minister,...

On August 6, The Guardian reported that “multiple individuals have asserted that the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] is using Azure for the storage of...

On August 6, The Guardian reported that “multiple individuals have asserted that the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] is using Azure

There is night and day between an entity such as WikiLeaks, a daring publisher of classified government documents extraordinaire, and

“True to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, this

It was so startlingly obvious it seemed to snuff out any comment. Lord Peter Mandelson, otherwise known as the sinister Mr Fixit of New Labour from...

These people are a charming, lynch worthy bunch. In claiming they are short of cash, the managerial dunderheads at the University of Technology...

Bullies, never able to hit upwards, always kick down. The United States beats their vassals in the Indo-Pacific and Europe with vulgar...

Bullies, never able to hit upwards, always kick down. The United States beats their vassals in the Indo-Pacific and Europe

When countries have suffered the odd mishap regarding government paralysis or convulsive change, the frequent quip would often be: “Who

It’s all part of a stratagem, bleak and brutal. With Palestinian recognition being promised by France, the UK, Canada and

Destroying cultures and eradicating the legacies of a people is a game the parochial and the dim-witted delight in. While this should be shunned and...

Destroying cultures and eradicating the legacies of a people is a game the parochial and the dim-witted delight in. While
