Asylum seekers are "living in limbo" in the UK, worried they could be put on a plane at any moment, as the controversial scheme returns to the House of Commons on Monday
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Political author Will Hutton tells Byline Times why the Conservative party is in such a mess - and what voters need to do at the next General Election to "put a stake through its heart"
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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on their new book, “Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.”
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The creation of the NHS was one of the most significant achievements of any Labour government. Nye, a new play at the National Theatre starring Michael Sheen, depicts the challenges faced by left-wing firebrand Aneurin Bevan as he attempted to set up the health service in the wake of the Second World War. The play […]
STAGE one upgrade works are in full swing at Coffs Harbour’s Brelsford Park. Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh on site recently to check in on the works currently underway. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –...
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Jeremy Loffredo visits the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, where a community of Armenian Christians dating back to the 4th century face displacement at the hands of a shadowy Israeli corporation called Xana Capital and the violent settlers it uses as hired muscle.
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Polling shows that people are taking his crimes seriously His middle of the night tantrums are getting worse and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s because his campaign has polled this too: A majority of U.S. voters consider the criminal charges in New York related to a hush money payment against former President Trump to be serious, per new polling. Trump is days away from the start of the first trial out of the four criminal cases against him, while electioneering for the presidency. The New York trial, set to start on April 15 with jury selection, concerns a 2016 payment allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. About 4 in 10 Republican respondents considered the hush money charges to be serious. Two-thirds of independents also deemed the charges serious. 64% of registered voters described the charges as at least “somewhat serious,” according to Reuters/Ipsos poll data published Wednesday. 34% said the charges lacked seriousness. The rest were unsure or didn’t answer.
After six months of slaughter, Israel’s atrocities in Gaza are becoming more and more obscene.
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Recognition of the Palestinian state is an essential step to achieve peace and stability in the world and to bring an end to the Zionist colonial expansionist project in the Middle East. It is time that Australia be on the right side of history, recognise the state of Palestine and stand up in defence of Continue reading »
Recent months have seen an increasing number of protests directed at the arms industry in Australia and its role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Spy base Pine Gap is almost certainly playing a key role feeding intelligence to Israel for use against Gaza.
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In a fresh demonstration of the federal government’s cowardice, Anthony Albanese has sought Peter Dutton’s support to take a bipartisan approach to religious discrimination laws that risk opening LGBTIQ+ people up to further bigotry.
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The AUKUS military pact is burning huge sums of money and has the potential to make Australia a global destination for nuclear waste, as well as accelerating the drive to war between China and the US.
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The Coalition’s Peter Dutton has launched a push for nuclear power. The move is a product of hostility to any serious increase in renewable energy.
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State governments nationwide are stepping up their war on Indigenous kids, with measures that will see more children in jail.
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The new Bill is Labor’s latest shocking, and desperate, measure to trash refugee rights.
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Workers are still feeling the cost of living crunch, with Anthony Albanese refusing to do anything that would make a real difference.
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There’s been a lot of hysteria over the ballooning US deficit lately. Is it worth worrying about? Let’s learn how you can tell for yourself, rather than relying on others to tell you.
This is the sort of chart which is going around:
Scary, eh?
So, here’s the debt long term, as a percentage of GDP: