Australia

Pezzullo scandal a glimpse behind ruling-class curtain

https://solidarity.net.au/highlights/pezzullo-scandal-a-glimpse-behind-ruling-c…

Created

Fri, 13/10/2023 - 09:39

Our rulers scheme with each other (and occasionally against each other) but they always scheme against the working class. Just for once we’ve been given a glimpse.

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The Looming Genocide? (Updated).

http://aussiemagpie.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-looming-genocide.html

Created

Fri, 13/10/2023 - 04:27

Part of a museum exhibit in Rwanda about the country's genocide [A]

Australian parliamentarians visit Washington to lobby for Julian Assange's release

https://globalvoices.org/2023/09/27/australian-parliamentarians-visit-washingto…

Created

Wed, 27/09/2023 - 13:26

Despite the visit, support for Assange's release remains low in the US. If extradited, he could face a sentence of up to 175 years in prison.

The Key To The Wallabies Future Success Is Grooming, States Alan Jones

https://theunaustralian.net/2023/09/25/the-key-to-the-wallabies-future-success-…

Created

Mon, 25/09/2023 - 07:45

Prolific letter writer and former school boy Rugby Union coach, Alan Jones, has called upon the ARU to appoint him to a role that allows him to groom the future generation of Wallabies. ”That we’re not hoisting up the World... Read More ›

Ms Wong goes to New York.

http://aussiemagpie.blogspot.com/2023/09/ms-wong-goes-to-new-york.html

Created

Mon, 25/09/2023 - 04:01

God, I admire Penny Wong. I honestly do.

If you have heard her speaking before the UN General Assembly recently you know why. If you haven’t, just look at her. Listen to her.

The climate threat … Kiribati, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands are only a few metres above sea level … Many developing countries are rightly frustrated … Approaching climate tipping points … We must demand more from permanent members [of the UN’s Security Council], including constraints on the use of the veto …

Powerful words.

Voice to Parliament another example of Albanese’s aversion to serious change

https://solidarity.net.au/mag/current/voice-to-parliament-another-example-of-al…

Created

Fri, 15/09/2023 - 10:31

Support for the referendum on the Voice to Parliament is still plummeting.

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Australia's elusive platypus faces many threats to its survival in the wild

https://globalvoices.org/2023/09/15/australias-elusive-platypus-faces-many-thre…

Created

Fri, 15/09/2023 - 14:10

In general, experts are on the same page that platypuses are struggling and will continue to decline if nothing changes.

Australian cartoonists boycott media awards over fossil fuel censorship

https://globalvoices.org/2023/09/07/australian-cartoonists-boycott-media-awards…

Created

Thu, 07/09/2023 - 20:37

"It's 2023, and it's simply unconscionable that the highest awards in Australian journalism are sponsored by fossil fuels, with no specific climate reporting award."

Lonely Magpie Just Wants A Hug

https://theunaustralian.net/2024/09/09/lonely-magpie-just-wants-a-hug/

Created

Mon, 09/09/2024 - 07:44

A sad Shire magpie who simply wants a friend is unable to comprehend why everyone he swoops down on to give a hug to runs away in terror. “I’m so alone all day on top of this telegraph pole and... Read More ›

Revisiting John Pilger’s 2016 Warnings About US Warmongering Against Russia And China

https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/revisiting-john-pilgers-2016-warnings-about-u…

Created

Wed, 06/09/2023 - 23:34

Australia