The Coalition has today announced that West Australian Senator, Linda Karen Reynolds, has been appointed shadow minister for suing women. In a move designed to shore up the Coalitions standing with the female voter. ”Linda is perfectly suited to this... Read More ›
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“An almost daily occurrence. At least eight schools hit in the last 10 days, including six @UNRWA schools. The war robbed the girls and boys in #Gaza of their childhood & education. Schools must never be used for fighting or military purposes by any party to the conflict. Schools are not a target. The blatant Continue reading »
The Ted Talk: Not reading the room? Chutzpah? Or maybe the Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien was simply unaware that he wasn’t speaking to the local town hall meeting, Sky after Dark or the Institute of Public Affairs. O’Brien’s pro-nuclear narrative in his presentation to the Australian Clean Energy Summit on Wednesday was no surprise. Continue reading »
The title question deserves a cynic’s response: Only when the country next door becomes a military dictatorship and mates with China. Then we might wake up. Continue reading »
When a divine entity allegedly intervened to save Donald Trump from a gunshot pellet that grazed his ear at a rally in Pittsburgh on Saturday 13 July, it was not the first time the former president had taken an interest in political assassinations. His onetime lawyer Michael Cohen tells a story in his book Disloyal Continue reading »
With AUKUS, the pride of politicians has become an obstacle to reaching the best solution to the ‘national security’ conundrum. In the end, it could be that ego-driven reluctance to shift from entrenched positions results in the Australian people being delivered a disaster. Continue reading »
We write to express our extreme concern that Senator Payman has resigned from the Labor Government. Letter sent to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the end of the Parliamentary session in June requesting urgent Australian Leadership to end the War on Gaza Dear Prime Minister, We write to express our extreme concern that Senator Payman Continue reading »
It makes sense for Beijing to expand the services sector, but none for the US to transfer higher productivity in services to lower one in manufacturing. So this is how Donald Trump repays his legions of fans in Taiwan, especially those from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. “Taiwan took our chip business from us,” the Continue reading »
This is Part One of a six-part series of articles from the ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Apart from the Introduction by Emeritus Professor Tamara Jacka, all articles are written by student members of the encampment. To protect the authors against identification, we have kept them anonymous. Introduction Tamara Jacka On 29 April 2024, students established Continue reading »