A look at deficits in democracy and our common wealth; Why we’re working too hard; What women find in Australia; Gramsci and the right; The politics of Ben Ean Moselle, and the case for higher taxes. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles, podcasts, reports and other media on current economic and Continue reading »
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Peter Dutton prays for guidance on the Voice referendum and Gaza. Continue reading »
In Asian media this week: Support for war erodes trust in Global North. Plus: Australians proxy-Americans in Asia; Xi-Biden summit might reassure region; ‘Don’t you feel shame’ at voting No? Chinese military ‘relentless’ on Taiwan; Memories of time US, China fought together. Sonia Gandhi has written a powerful condemnation of the Israel-Gaza war, deploring the Continue reading »
An intimate and complex understanding of China is now one of the most important prerequisites for understanding and furthering our national interests. For the two nations of China and Australia, to allow tensions and misunderstandings to provoke a decoupling in the knowledge production sphere –whether it be in the sciences, the social sciences or the Continue reading »
If war is supposed to be the continuation of politics by other means, Israel’s assault on Gaza seems to be the continuation by other means of the absence of politics. It does not seem that Israel understands what its endgame is. Without a clear sense of an ending, there can be no answer to the […]
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It’s Wednesday and I use this space to write about any number of issues or items that have attracted my interest and which I consider do not require a detailed analysis. The issues discussed may be totally unrelated. Today, I provide my response to yesterday’s decision by the Bank of Japan to vary its Yield…
The Opposition’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, is hitting the phones this weekend in order to track down as many condoms as he can in order to save his upcoming bucks party. ”Bloody Albo is swanning... Read More ›
Low rating news channel, Sky News Australia, is hoping to pop a rating, ie draw more than 10 viewers by covering live the event of the year; Rootfest! Aka Barnaby Joyce’s bachelor party. ”People love Barnaby, in the same way... Read More ›
Perennial failure, the Dark Lord Peter Dutton, has headed off to India this week on official Government business, despite not being in Government. Mr Dutton is planning on telling everyone he meets in India to not bother to come to... Read More ›
On Valentine’s Day next year, Indonesia will go to the polls for its most important election in ten years. The incumbent president, Joko Widodo (known as “Jokowi”), has built a broad supporting coalition of political parties and oligarchs, which has delivered stability but also power and wealth for a small elite. He has also presided Continue reading »