War preparations began with the U.S. Force Posture Agreement providing a gateway for U.S. military build-up in the Northern Territory and giving them unimpeded access to our seaports and air bases. War preparations have continued with huge expenditures on military acquisitions topped with $368 billion on nuclear -powered submarines. Now there are legislative amendments on Continue reading »
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The world, we have a problem. It is Houston. America is out of control, and is the main threat to the world’s peace, security and civilizations. America is out of control in its prosecution of war. No nation has loved war more, hot or cold. It has waged war in all but 17 years of Continue reading »
On Monday, Penny Wong delivered her much awaited address to the National Press Club. What a disappointment! So many words, and so little substance. One could dismiss the episode as just another case of a minister who’s not up to the task. Unfortunately, the speech points to a deeper ailment – a government oblivious to Continue reading »
Eugene Debs, the socialist who ran for President despite being a convict times two, is again in the spotlight.
“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work." -- Lewis Hine, 1908
As fallout from movement in geopolitical tectonic plates, Russia may be close to revisings its stance towards Israel and Palestine.
With a $787.5 million settlement for its election lies, Fox News has avoided the legal and moral punishment of a court verdict.
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A speech by former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry last month was reported as a great call for comprehensive tax reform. But it was also something much more disturbing: an entirely different perspective on why our economy has been weak for most of this century and – once the present pandemic-related surge has passed – Continue reading »
The countries where it’s not safe for Australians to travel have multiplied, but not because of COVID. They include the places where we fought the war on terror. Twenty years ago Australia joined the US ‘coalition of the willing’ to invade Iraq. One reason for doing that, our leaders said, was to remove Saddam Hussein’s Continue reading »
One of the most hated aspects of the Morrison government was the secrecy. Over and again, we continue to shock to revelations of hidden wrongdoing long after their defeat last May. It was a crucial aspect of the Coalition government’s efforts over a decade to diminish our democratic structures, shifting us towards competitive authoritarianism, and Continue reading »