Private schools have seized on an opportunity provided by an Amendment Bill before the Parliament to attempt to lock-in billions in Commonwealth over-funding for years to come. In a submission to a Senate inquiry on the Bill, Independent Schools Australia (ISA) has proposed that the current cap on Commonwealth funding be replaced by a floor. Continue reading »
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Mr Shaoquett Moselmane, a popular politician amongst the Sydney’s multicultural community has been urged to nominate for the preselection for the federal seat of Barton recently vacated by Linda Burney. Community leaders have called on the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to endorse him. Announcing his willingness to do so, Mr Moselmane while addressing his supporters Continue reading »
As we approach the end of election season in the USA and are faced with a very uncertain future, it’s worth commenting that democracy is dead. At least democracy as we understand it: the idea of having a vote which means having a say in how your country is run. This idea really is dead Continue reading »
Palestine’s problem is only partly expressed as a frustrated 2-State Solution; it might, more effectively be understood as a 2-Israel problem. The times are desperate, and the belief systems and politics that create them must be called out and described for what they are: preposterous. The poets make more sense of than most; Yeats, especially: Continue reading »
Israel’s unholy policy trinity – destroy, kill, lie – has been underway for decades. But since October 2023 it has reached horrific levels. The horror of Israeli destruction, torture and slaughter is apparently taken for granted by Israeli citizens and by supporters in western countries, largely because telling lies as a feature of warfare is Continue reading »
This is a US operation being carried out by Israel but with complete complicity by the United States and silence by Europe. We fought trillions of dollars worth of wars at the behest of the Israel Lobby, at the behest of Netanyahu. Netanyahu was the great cheerleader for the Iraq War. He was the great Continue reading »
Australian human rights lawyer Chris Sidoti has been noted for his statements about Israel and Gaza. Australian whistleblower seeks support. Over the weekend the Israeli army has continued its bombardment in North Gaza, blocked school children in Hebron and killed more children ( and families) is airstrikes. Al Jazeera continues to track IDF social media Continue reading »
Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte says she’d oppose new abortion restrictions in New Hampshire — but she hasn’t disavowed her previous anti-abortion stances.
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No amount of disinformation can hide the truth about why Putin wants to help Trump win again in 2024.
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A few years ago Ken Haddock, a retired social worker, discovered that a legendary folk tale of Melbourne Catholicism was false. For decades Father Wally Silvester (1919-2005), a charismatic Pallottine priest, has been treated with awe as a former U-boat commander, and hailed as a war hero who defied Hitler by saving enemy Russian sailors. Continue reading »