Students across Papua New Guinea walked off their campuses last month to protest against a 15-year military agreement between PNG and the US.
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They really, really hate the LGBTQ, don’t they? Did we ever think otherwise? Saturday was a tale of two flags. One was flown at the White House: a rainbow Pride flag, specifically the trans- and racially inclusive “Progress” variation. “Today, the People’s House—your house—sends a clear message to the country and to the world,” President Biden tweeted, alongside an image of the flag hanging from the south portico. “America is a nation of pride.” The other one was held aloft—or rather, several of them were—in a small demonstration outside the entrance to Disney World in Orlando, Florida: the Nazi swastika. Some of the demonstrators were reportedly with the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Movement, and they also held signs with anti-gay slurs that need not be reproduced here. You don’t have to guess which flag the leading right-wing sycophants were up in arms about. “America has been humiliated, debauched and debased. A warning about how civilizations unravel from within,” former Trump adviser Stephen Miller tweeted.
The official watchdog says both the Prime Minister's promises - to reduce asylum seekers backlog and stop housing them in hotels - will not be met
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has condemned the Labor party for not campaigning harder at the last election and winning more seats which has resulted in Liberal Senator, alleged sleaze David Van, having a place in parliament. ”How dare Anthony Albanese... Read More ›
… ’til your daddy takes the country away I’ve long written that one of Trump’s great gift is that, for his followers, he makes politics fun. This NYT newsletter piece observes that phenomenon: When Donald Trump was indicted on criminal charges in New York City two months ago, I tried to make sense of the political fallout with my colleague Nate Cohn, The Times’s chief political analyst. After poring over traditional markers about fund-raising and poll numbers, Nate mentioned another standard I’ve been thinking about over the past few days: Do Trump’s legal challenges make him more (or less) fun? The question is awkward, as it suggests that the reasons some Americans are drawn to politicians are divorced from the seriousness of their office. But after Trump’s arraignment in federal court in Miami this week, I’m reminded of its importance. Nate wasn’t calling Trump fun as a self-evident fact, but rather identifying a set of voters who are attracted to showmanship and celebrity, are distinct from Trump’s base and follow politics only casually, if at all. These voters matter for Trump’s 2024 campaign.
Face-altering images are encouraging selfish behavior.
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After GOP pressure, FBI abortion “terrorism” investigations increased tenfold, government data shows.
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Get a load of the polling on Trump and the documents: As the country reckons with an unprecedented federal indictment of a former president, one of the most significant hurdles to a public resolution is arriving at a shared set of basic facts and priorities. And that’s particularly a challenge with the American right. Multiple polls focused on the Trump classified documents case suggest that many, if not most, Republicans don’t particularly appreciate the potential gravity of the situation or its details. And it can’t simply be explained by mere partisanship. One of the inescapable facts of the situation is that Trump got himself in trouble not because he took the documents in the first place, but because he declined to return them. The indictment only charges conduct after the government subpoenaed Trump’s documents in May 2022. After that subpoena, Trump only returned some of his remaining classified documents before the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago turned up more. The Washington Post recapped how Trump’s fateful decision not to return the documents resulted from rejecting his lawyers’ advice.
THE Rotary Club of Woolgoolga, serving the Northern Beaches and the 2456 postcode area, is hosting a morning information session about Rotary and how membership to Rotary can be good for you and good for our community. On Friday 23 June 2023 at Wiigulga Multi Purpose Centre on Solitary Island Way, Woolgoolga at 7am until...
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NANA Glen Food Collective is holding a Winter Solstice in the village on Saturday 17 June with an open invitation to join in. “We’d like to invite everyone from Nana Glen, the Orara Valley and beyond who would like to celebrate the Winter Solstice with community through a shared meal by the fire,” Nana Glen...
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COFFS Harbour and Districts Riding for the Disabled will be able to pay for specialised training for a new assistant coach with funds offered through the Australia Post People of Post 2023 grant program. This initiative enables the charity to increase the number of both riding participants and volunteers, providing opportunities for collaborative horse-riding fun...
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VISITING the Coffs Harbour Bypass project on Wednesday 7 June, The Hon Jenny Aitchison MLC, NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, spoke with News Of The Area about the importance of the community seeing the progress made to date. The Coffs Harbour Bypass is a jointly funded project with the Australian Government committing $1.76...
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THE Community Use Permaculture Space (CUPS), a proposed urban garden for food growing, meeting and nature-themed activities in Brian Navin Park, is committed to its regular monthly meeting to build plans despite formal approval not being finalised for the site. The CUPS community garden is working on the approvals for a community garden in the...
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Yeah, nobody got anything. Surprised? Miami New Times reports: Trump opted to decompress with a trip to Versailles in Little Havana. The iconic restaurant has long been a pit stop for politicians seeking to curry favor with Miami’s Cuban voters. Trump and his entourage arrived at Versailles shortly after leaving the courthouse and made straight for the bakery. The local press was on hand to capture footage of the large crowd milling outside to greet their man. Inside the bakery, Trump supporters fawned over their man, regaling the soon-to-turn-77-year-old with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” a day early and holding a group prayer. Former MMA fighter Jorge Masvidal, sporting a University of Miami ball cap, hailed Trump as “everybody’s favorite president of all time” after embracing the former leader of the free world.
Since a United Nations General Assembly Resolution vote in November 2012, Palestine has had the status of a state within the UN system. It is not a full member state but, like the Holy See, a non-member observer state. Australia – after a heady debate within the Gillard cabinet – abstained on that vote. The State Continue reading »
America is no longer the dominant hegemon in our region. In its place Australia can and should play an important role in establishing a true multipolar system of governance. But that will first require Australia to resolve the present contradiction between our foreign and defence policies. The future US-China relationship The starting point for any Continue reading »
I take this opportunity to urge, to recommend with utmost urgency for our brothers in Ukraine and in Russia to come as soon as possible to a secession of hostilities. And I would like to declare at this present moment that Indonesia is prepared to contribute military observers and military units under the peacekeeping auspices Continue reading »
The Albanese government’s embrace of the AUKUS security pact faces a second internal rejection in as many weeks, with the Victorian branch of the Labor Party poised to condemn it on multiple fronts, writes Phillip Coorey in the AFR. Two weeks after the Queensland branch of the ALP, at its state conference, refused to support Continue reading »
There is a widespread misconception that the powers given the Federal Parliament by the Australian Constitution may be altered only by referendum. Section 128 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901 prescribes the mode of altering the Constitution and is premised on there being a proposed law for the alteration ‘passed by an absolute Continue reading »