Republished from DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA, September 03, 2024 FOI document releases show that behind the press releases and statements of concern, lie the facts of the Australian Government’s knowing support for some of the gravest human rights crimes of the century. Israel continues to use its fleet of F35-I Adir fighter-bomber aircraft, with Australian parts and Continue reading »
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As civil war rages, Myanmar is the most fragmented it has been since 1949. Back then, the recently established post-colonial government was beset on all sides, its various detractors challenging its ideology and its composition. Now, some seven decades later, the ruling regime again has its back to the wall. The last time the government Continue reading »
The Haydon Royal Commission in 2014 revealed evidence that corrupt elements were infiltrating the CFMEU, NSW Branch. This grew steadily in the 10 years since and the branch is now rotten. In Victoria, the “strongman” leadership of John Setka and his close friendship with a “colourful identity” and building industry fixer, together with an influx Continue reading »
Asia posturing. At least the Americans discern no contradiction in Australian strategic policy, but the government continues to contort its messaging. At least the Americans call it as it is. Over the past few weeks, Washington’s language has again revealed the raw power equation in US-Australia relations. And it has overwritten the government’s consistently careful Continue reading »
Until recently, Elon Musk was just a wildly successful electric car tycoon and space pioneer. Sure, he was erratic and outspoken, but his global influence was contained and seemingly under control. But add the ownership of just one media platform, in the form of Twitter — now X — and the maverick has become a Continue reading »
The world doesn’t see an “indispensable nation” in America, only one that is ‘dysfunctional at home and pursuing naked self-interest abroad’ Nicholas Burns, the US ambassador to China, and his State Department colleague Jose Fernandez think the United States has created a successful playbook to help other countries resist China’s economic coercion. So say two representatives Continue reading »
On 7 August, the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved the Move Forward Party on the basis of its attempts to amend the country’s lese majeste law, banning its executives from politics for a decade. Following the party’s dissolution, its members merged into the Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party and retitled it the People’s Party. Just a week Continue reading »
Legendary student agitator, Oz-era editor, Hawke-era Parliamentarian, union official, music industry executive and all-purpose provocateur, Pete Steedman died aged 82 on 10 July 2024 after a long battle with cancer. This is one of a number of speeches given at a memorial celebration of his life at the Melbourne Trades Hall on 7 September 2024. Continue reading »
Mark Cuban tweeted this and I thought it was useful: I think one major point the discussion of tariffs is missing is the time and cost to businesses, even the smallest single person company. It’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of bureaucracy. It almost always required hiring a broker to deal with all of it. And of course there is the ongoing record keeping that each business is responsible for. Here is what @grok had to say (really growing attached to @grok @elonmusk) When importing products that are subject to tariffs, here’s what you generally need to do: 1. **Determine the Tariff Rate**: Use the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to classify your product and find out the applicable tariff rate. This classification involves determining the correct HTS code for your product, which can be complex and might require consulting with a customs broker or trade specialist. 2. **Calculate the Duty**: Once you know the tariff rate, calculate the duty you’ll owe. This duty is based on the customs value of the goods, which includes the cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) value.
Exclusive: Cross-party MPs unite to campaign for ‘fair elections'
As we approach the third straight Most Important Election of Our Lifetime, many of us face the same question we faced the last two times. Specifically, do we really want to vote for that guy who is old and bonkers and dangerous? Sure, he totally seems like he’s in this only for himself and would gladly throw all of us into some sort of gnashing/threshing/bone-pulping/skin-flaying machine if it would put a few dollars into his pocket. He obviously prefers the currency of fear and pain and despair. Which is fine, I guess. Everybody has a brand. And it’s not that I love that message per se, but what are we really being offered as a substitute?
Apparently, what the laughing lady and the jovial man have to offer is hope and joy. Somehow, this seems to appeal to a surprising amount of people. Over and over again, I hear, “Who wouldn’t want hope and joy for a change?” And my answer is always “Me. I don’t want it.”
This morning, members of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) joined forces with the National Education Union (NEU), other health organisations and workers’ representatives to deliver an open letter to the Department of Health and Social Care. Inside the open letter is an urge to implement universal free school meals for all primary school-aged children across […]
Every day, my constituents make tough choices. Tough choices like deciding whether to heat their homes or put food on the table. Tough choices like taking out a loan to pay for this month’s rent. Tough choices like selling their home to pay for their family’s social care. People are making tough choices because governments […]
The Philly Inquirer proposed a set of questions for Donald Trump tomorrow night that would be fantastic: I wish I had confidence that this is the caliber of questions we can expect but I don’t. Get ready for more questions like “how do you answer Vice President Harris’ accusation that you are anti-democratic?”
The Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma resulted in the largest restoration of Indigenous land in U.S. history.
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“People need to know what they’re up against” Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick spoke with Ari Berman of Mother Jones, author of “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It.” He warns that anti-democracy forces inside this country are doing what the far right always does: doubling down. Republicans love few things more than a twofer. They have one in spreading a new conspiracy theory that noncitizens are voting in numbers and tipping elections away from decent, All-American white people. Berman says, “[I]t’s the newest version of the Big Lie, and it’s really a twofer for them because they are fusing voter fraud paranoia with anti-immigrant hysteria. And in doing so, they’re building support both for new restrictions on voting, but also for new restrictions on immigration. So it’s basically taking two of the most important planks of the MAGA agenda and putting them together.” But that’s just filigree.
Questions remain about the police response to the shooting of former President Donald Trump — questions that 911 logs may help answer.
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