Australians have become locked in to US military planning, entrenching our status as a US staging post. In this more dangerous world is a country’s sovereignty now a myth? The real politics was exposed on September 15 2021. Labor leader Anthony Albanese was “wedged” by then Prime Minister Scott Morrison when he, US President Joe Continue reading »
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A year ago, Mussa Hijazi, a stone-throwing young teenager of the first Intifada who became a long-serving Canberra lawyer, laid out three options on how the conflict in Gaza would end. In reverse order, they were: Israel accepts that it needs to sit down with Hamas, or whoever is in charge, and negotiate on matters Continue reading »
“Our [Western] media’s role is not to be a check on power, it’s to regurgitate their lies.” This system of reporting is “mood music to get their genocide done” says Journalist Matt Kennard from the Middle East Eye. Today was a bit of a last straw moment when scanning over the day’s misleading mainstream media Continue reading »
While lifting the rate of productivity growth is the obvious solution to the cost of living crisis, judging by the experience of most developed economies, it is not obvious how to restore productivity growth. According to the opinion polls the cost-of-living is the dominant political issue. Already it is clear that Dutton wants the focus Continue reading »
Climate Justice Alliance was the only program grantee to speak out on Palestine — and the only one whose funding is delayed.
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Julian Assange may no longer be behind bars, but his conviction casts a shadow over press freedom and the safety of journalists everywhere—a wrong Assange and his supporters world-wide are determined to set right by overturning his wrongful conviction via a presidential pardon from Joe Biden. In a remarkable bipartisan effort this month, Republican Congressman Continue reading »
“This should be frightening for everyone” said Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan in an eye-witness report of the genocide in Gaza at the UN on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 26th. In Pakistan, snipers are shooting Imran Khan supporters as they protest. Indigenous people confront settler colonial narrative on Thanksgiving, Continue reading »
The leading expert on Russia says Trump’s bold claim to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours is highly unlikely to materialise, and only a just peace can lead to lasting peace. Below is a brief analysis by Feng Yujun, a leading Chinese expert on Russia, published in 海外看世界 Global China on November 12. Global Continue reading »
On November 27, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that he is seeking an arrest warrant against Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, for his role in the commission of crimes against humanity against his country’s Rohingya minority. This announcement comes at an awkward moment for American politicians of Continue reading »
The ACT Supreme Court was the scene of two uniquely powerful demonstrations of advocacy on the one evening last week. Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson was presiding, with Chief Justice Lucy McCallum swapping her usual role of judge for that of examiner, before a gallery including Justice Louise Taylor, Acting Justices Rebecca Christensen and Richard Refshauge, and Continue reading »