The Government’s response to the ‘independent’ review of Infrastructure Australia involves a surprise attack on public policy which should be rebuffed. A grim outlook? Picture this: pork-barrelling encouraged while important projects languish; proponents assessing their own proposals; Premiers trashing the Commonwealth via national cabinet saying it should obey their experts; a Minister facing condemnation by Continue reading »
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Australia should be proud of its vote in the General Assembly in November last year to condemn the ongoing US blockade of Cuba. The writer’s attention has been drawn to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly in November 2022. It is a matter of concern that it was not known to me, but more Continue reading »
Prudent nations would do well to prepare for peace even in the midst of an armed conflict. As we approach the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion this month, the Ukraine war remains the world’s dominant geopolitical conflict. The big-picture structural issue is the post-Cold War order in Europe and the place of a shrunken and Continue reading »
Solnit sees hope as central to the clmate change fight. Is that belief well founded?
Incumbents do better than they ought to due to the opposition failing to unify sufficienlty against their main target.
A stocktaking on the impact of the economic sanctions against Russia.
And the (True) One-Party State in America.
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Sevim Dagdelen takes the Scholz government to task for its lack of “strength and will” in responding to Seymour Hersh’s reporting on the U.S. sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Video and text of her Feb. 10 speech to the Bundestag.
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Records show an all-out push to delay and repeal train safety regulations.
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