Treasuring old stuff and old stories is something the Australian War Memorial does a lot of. Recently, the Memorial made much of an artefact from the Dam Busters Raid of May 1943. The artefact was a model of a dam with surrounding countryside. The suggestion was that RAF Bomber Command had studied it or something Continue reading »
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Although Gladys Berejiklian’s intervention to fund projects in her boyfriend’s electorate may not have been illegal, it should have been. The legislation and rules governing the financial management of public programs should be tightened to prevent such pork barrelling. Last week the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found that the former NSW Premier, Gladys Continue reading »
The aftermath of Ukraine’s ailing counter-offensive may be the country’s last chance to avert the utter destruction of a senseless forever war. So far, Ukraine’s month-long ‘counter-offensive’ has been a very costly failure. Attacks on Russian forces in the southern province of Zaporozhe have yet to achieve any significant strategic success, and the same is Continue reading »
Over the next two months, two crucial meetings, indicating the massive changes the geo-political order is undergoing, are taking place. The first of these saw India host a summit of the Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in a virtual format on July 4. A month later the 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Continue reading »
Opposition leader (for now) Peter Dutton has demanded that Indigenous Australians apologise to the Nation’s mortgage holders over the rise in interest rates seen over the last year. ”Before we started talking about the Voice interest rates were low and... Read More ›
Australia’s leading racist, Pauline Hanson, has spoken to colleagues of how proud she was to have completed her anti-voice essay and only used 15 different racial slurs. ”Pauline was very proud to have used only 15 different racial slurs in... Read More ›
At its core, climate change is a form of genocide. If Bangladesh sinks – when Bangladesh sinks – it won’t be an abstract environmental loss, but the last breath of a people that started dying the minute the British landed on Indian soil. Developed countries created this climate disaster. Now they need to fix it. Continue reading »
Why hasn’t the devastation of almost an entire people been called out for what it is? Where’s the outrage of what is happening in Jenin, Palestinian Territory? One of Australia’s foremost newspapers had an article today on whether it’s best to drink soy, almond or oat milk. Really? Who could have imagined that in 2023 Continue reading »
There’s growing awareness public dental programs are unable to meet the demand for services. Private dental care is increasingly unaffordable, and millions of Australians go without the treatment they need. The potentially avoidable costs to the health-care system and to people’s quality of life has led to increased pressure for a Medicare-style universal insurance scheme Continue reading »