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Regulating speech at law is much like regulating breath. At what point is an intake of air deemed inappropriate to the body and worthy of rationing? When will exhalation be allowed? The very idea that speech requires ordering and control is the first step to preventing its exercise. Death, in this case to freedom of…

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The proposal would codify explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ policy into federal law for the first time in decades.

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Australians have woken up this morning (pun not intended), wondering what culture war they will have inflicted upon them today by Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, in an effort to distract the Nation from his dud nuclear plan. ”Has he done... Read More ›

I have yet to fully understand how the collapse of the Syrian government could happened at the speed it did happen: Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family -AP, Dec 8 2024 BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Continue reading »

What were you expecting asks Bisan Owda of the situation in Syria, where Israel has now launched air raids overnight. Jonathon Cooke calls out the BBC on their selective reporting while Prof, Seyed Marandi tells George Galloway it is clear who is behind these groups. Craig Murray reports that it’s not a revolution in Syria, Continue reading »

“The first CIA effort at regime change in Syria was in 1947 at the very moment of its inception. And there were multiple efforts to overthrow governments in Syria and well before Bashar Al Assad took power. … They all failed. There were efforts of course to change the Bashar Al Assad regime, to overthrow Continue reading »

A non- prejudicial clause can end internal bickering. President Prabowo Subianto’s proposal for a joint development project in the South China Sea (SCS) with China has hit a snag. His foreign Minister, Pak Sugiono, was lynched before a parliamentary Committee on 3 December by lawmakers demanding answers to why Indonesia agreed to the term “overlapping Continue reading »

From the day the war began, 15-year old Ghazal’s life was irreversibly changed. “They destroyed what was inside us,” she said. Her story is a window into the larger tragedy of how war has devastated children, especially those with disabilities. The unimaginable cost of war Ghazal, a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, has lost her Continue reading »

Having made bold promises to reduce immigration in his 2024-25 Budget reply speech and in a radio interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham the next day, Peter Dutton is now scrambling to explain his position on immigration levels. In a recent interview with Laura Tingle on the ABC and then again in an interview with Andrew Continue reading »