politics

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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:51
“Bullying won’t hide genocide and war crimes,” said one anti-war group. Just over a week after the International Criminal Court announced it had officially applied for an arrest warrant for two top Israeli officials over the Israel Defence Forces’ assault on Gaza, an investigative report revealed Tuesday that the Israeli intelligence chief spent close to a decade attempting Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:52
When it comes to the security of Israel, it is uncommon to publicly hear of any threat facing the country other than that which emanates from either its Arab neighbours or else Iran. But two highly experienced reporters from The New York Times recently filed an extremely detailed report outlining the threat that the country Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:53
What is it going to take, asks climate activist Violet Coco, to stop the death machine, to save humanity and the living world? We first need to find the engine, the beating heart of this global materialist-consumerist-industrial civilisation. Jared Diamond observed, in Collapse, that some past civilisations’ greatest accomplishments came just as they began to Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:54
In the unlikely event that Peter Dutton could manage the succession of problems with nuclear power stations – persistent massive cost overruns; State legislation banning nuclear; and NIMBY backlashes – he would still have a big problem – lack of staff to run the plants. Currently there is an international shortage of engineers and other Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:55
The recent report from the ACOSS and UNSW Sydney-led Poverty and Inequality Partnership, Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how featured analysis of wealth inequality by age. This is topical, with media reports highlighting the accumulated wealth of older people and lack of it among young people locked out of home ownership. There Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:56
Allan Behm, head of international and security at the Australia Institute, discusses foreign affairs, defence, AUKUS and security issues facing Australia. Behm poses the question: do we know who we are and what we stand for in attempting to secure our national interest? As we balance our relations with long time ally the United States Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:57
Could the final act of the US’s Global War on Terror (GWOT) be the conviction of a US President for terrorism? Tantalising but implausible? Read on. The ICC request for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is only the beginning. Around the world evidence is being gathered and cases are being prepared, including against British, Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:58
The Jewish Council of Australia renews our calls for the Albanese Government to use all possible diplomatic pressure to stop Israel committing the crime of genocide. Yesterday, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 45 people who were living in tents in the declared safe-zone of Rafah. The act is likely in breach of last week’s Continue reading »
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Thu, 30/05/2024 - 04:59
The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant US military base. Will the same happen to the 593 Australian residents on the Cocos Islands that lies south of Sumatra in the Indian ocean? The Australian Government has committed over $600 million to the military upgrade of the run-way and support Continue reading »