We need to return to being Citizens with Power to ensure fair forms of governance and reduce levels of political distrust. Our futures will require that we decide to elect those who commit to include public support for social needs-of citizens. We are NOT just customers who purchase, but citizen members of democratic societies, with Continue reading »
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The current Aged Care Act, dating from the Howard Government era and infused with its neo-liberal ideology, is set to be repealed and replaced by a new one, purportedly incorporating a ‘rights basis’ as recommended by the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety which reported in 2021. The government released a draft of Continue reading »
Proponents for a nuclear energy industry in Australia increased their media activity following the announcement of the AUKUS agreement. Their campaign has been taken up by the Coalition. The international campaign reached a crescendo during the COP28 climate meeting. The pro-nuclear campaign is based on incorrect claims that opposition to nuclear energy is based on irrational fears, Continue reading »
It is possible now that peace could come to Ukraine rather faster than most Western analysts are predicting, but this will only be only on terms acceptable to Russia. Last month in Pearls and Irritations, I reviewed the stage reached in the Ukraine military conflict. I suggested that the conflict would continue until Russia was Continue reading »
Kinetic responses are a symptom of policy failures, not an answer to them. Australia ultimately refused America’s request for a support vessel for its naval moves into the Red Sea. The decision took a week. The Australian government denies it’s due to a reality of force limitations but is, instead, a reflection of strategic / Continue reading »
“How many more alarm bells have to ring and how many more civilians must unlawfully suffer or be killed before governments take action?” asked one human rights expert. Human rights advocates are ramping up pressure on nations to formally back South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice after a panel of Continue reading »
One prominent critic warned that renewed U.S. strikes on Yemen mean that not only will the Houthi attacks “not be stopped, but the broader war that Biden seeks to prevent will likely become a reality.” The United States and United Kingdom are reportedly preparing an “imminent” bombardment of Yemen as part of the international effort Continue reading »
Amid Israel’s ongoing three-month war in Gaza, more than 23,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed. South Africa accused Israel of “genocidal intent” over its war on the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday, and pleaded with judges at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an interim order demanding Israel halt its offensive in the embattled territory. South Continue reading »
Biden’s proposed immigration crackdown in return for Israeli military funding is the epitome of Democrats' hypocrisy and groupthink.
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