Speaking out strongly against AUKUS at the Press Club yesterday, Paul Keating’s concern is that Australia’s security has been laid limp upon the altar of small target politics by the two key Ministers – Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Australians have been denied knowledge and debate on existential matters, by Labor Continue reading »
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A case study in sanctions blowback: how the Rosneft refinery, an important provider of diesel and jet fuel, looks like a stranded asset.
Exasperated, I once said to a friend: “You can’t behave like you’re right all the time!”. She looked confused. “How else am I supposed to act?” she said. Strange attractors It’s unlikely that I’m correct on everything: even more unlikely when I’m in a minority. I don’t like music, much. But so many other people […]
Questioning why the US has gone into belligerence over its belief that China will occupy Taiwan.
The Albanese Government’s complicity in joining with Britain and the United States in a tripartite build of a nuclear submarine for Australia under the AUKUS arrangements represents the worst international decision by an Australian Labor government since the former Labor leader, Billy Hughes, sought to introduce conscription to augment Australian forces in World War One. Continue reading »
Something rotten in WHO's Comms Shop.
Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
The bailout of Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors means every dollar in U.S. bank accounts is insured by the federal government.
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At least three of the California governor's wine companies are held by SVB, and a bank president sits on the board of his wife’s charity.
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Former PM Scott Morrison’s wife Jen has promised the part-time member for Cook to take him to Subway for a sandwich and a cookie, in an effort to cheer him up after he watched current PM, Anthony Albanese in America... Read More ›