Our annual trip to Queenscliff is a quaint step back in time: ye olde shoppes and seaside fun from a simpler time. There is history aplenty: a museum for the brave and uniquely talented Port Phillip pilots and a coastal defence fortification which recalls fears of invasion by Russia and the United States. Turning to Continue reading »
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The world, thankfully, has come a long way from the time when animals as well as humans were put to death for unacceptable behaviour. Regrettably, Australia, a self-proclaimed abolitionist, is only really serious about capital punishment when the lives of its citizens are at stake. In 1662, in Connecticut, an otherwise respectable churchgoer named Potter Continue reading »
Billionaires gonna billionaire — and lick the boots of whoever will bring them more riches and impunity.
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How handsome, deft and strong you were in daring youth. How clear and clever you thought and ably spoke. You walked with grace and poise amidst all other folk; Your person brought a sense of thoughtful, stolid truth. But time has delivered a most unwelcome guest, Who slowly breaks your mind and cracks the Continue reading »
Indonesia’s new president, former disgraced general Prabowo Subianto, is making an awkward discovery: gaining respect in the international community as head of a nation of 280 million civilians is not the same as ordering a special squad to intimidate. You can’t force the masses to grow more food, work smarter and change habits – then Continue reading »
To be Jewish does not mean an automatic identification with the rogue state of Israel. Nor does it mean that Jews are automatically threatened by criticism of Israel, yet our media and Labor and Liberal politicians would have you believe this is the case. We are seeing a debate in Australia about the so-called rise Continue reading »
We are constantly assured that our governments don’t lie. But in this case the enormity goes beyond a mere cover-up to protect deemed “national security”. That war was a lie from beginning to end. In fact, the actions in 2003-04 endangered our national security for decades as did other acts of ill-considered military intervention, for Continue reading »
The insurrection in South Korea that was started on 3 December is still ongoing. This insurrection needs to be swiftly put to an end, but in order to do that, we need to consider the qualities of an insurrection and what it means to quell it. Legally, the recent incident bears similarities to Chun Doo-hwan’s Continue reading »
Now the neocons are ready to make Taiwan the Ukraine of Asia. The provocations from Washington just never stop. Be it Nancy Pelosi visiting Taipei or US military personnel stationed on some of Taiwan’s closest islands to mainland China, the US is upping its game to make sure China is provoked into a corner from Continue reading »
In 1971, Time magazine decided that it might do a friendly cover story on newly installed Liberal prime minister, Billy McMahon, and asked for co-operation from his media office. The office asked that questions be submitted in writing. This was not from mistrust of Time – indeed the office was deeply conscious of what Jane Continue reading »