Hopefully, behind the scenes, policymakers are well into postwar preparations for Ukraine. The conduct of the fighting naturally absorbs most attention in a war, but conflicts come to an end one way or another and often that’s when the hard issues emerge. Another Afghanistan or Iraq debacle must be avoided. This planning probably is taking Continue reading »
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Part I of this review noted that Brendan Nelson met lots of people. In the book, however, he tells us way less than their full stories. He writes about the 2006 Jake Kovco case where, on Nelson’s watch as Minister for Defence, Kovco accidentally killed himself. Kovco’s repatriated body was lost for a time, then found. Continue reading »
Rupert Murdoch may be running out of political clout and financial luck. For decades Murdoch has been a pernicious influence on journalism, politics, climate policy, progressive ideas and whether nations go to war or not. Murdoch is now 91. His father died young and his mother lived until 103 mourned by all who knew her Continue reading »
This is the title of a National Webinar organised by the Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition in expectation of the release of three reports this month; one on AUKUS and the acquisition of nuclear powered submarines, one on the Inquiry into war powers reform and, although it may now be delayed until April, the Strategic Defence Review. Continue reading »
Details of the proposed AUKUS submarine deal to be announced next week in San Diego are leaking out all around the world. It seems that it will be much more complicated and expensive than intended at the outset of the path to the Holy Grail of an “optimal” solution. Already there are ominous signs that Continue reading »
Our prime minister declares firmly that Australian sovereignty will be maintained in the new defence arrangements. He must be asked to state clearly and publicly that should the USA go to war with China Australia will not necessarily follow but could remain neutral. If this is not the case, we do not have sovereignty. So Continue reading »
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Interim NSW Premier Dominic Perrotet has centered his campaign launch around the promise to give every NSW Child $400 to be matched by their parents in vouchewrs to be used at a NSW Pokies venue when they turn 18. ”What... Read More ›
A corporation’s political strategies are not dictated by profit alone, and regulators concerned with corporate influence should monitor how corporations are governed
Two senior aides to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were among the top lobbyists for the bank at the center of a new financial crisis.
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