It’s patent weakness suggests the US will show no great spine in leveraging a two state solution. An article by David Kilcullen in The Australian (21/3) argues that Israel had no option but to destroy Gaza’s infrastructure and cause huge casualties if Hamas was to be rooted out and eliminated. Surgical strikes would not do Continue reading »
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Clare O’Neil, minister for Home Affairs, was this week plaintively criticising the Greens for playing “politics” over draconian and ill-thought-out legislation designed by the government to anticipate its next refugee crisis. She was quite wrong. However inconvenient for her, the Greens have long had a consistent (and principled) policy on refugee matters, one that does Continue reading »
CGTN Radio host Liu Kun interviews Ambassador Tony Kevin, Ambassador Geoff Raby and Dr. Zhao Hai on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent trip to Australia and broader China-Australia relations. Listen: (The following is a transcript of the World Today show on CGTN Radio broadcast on March 22nd.) Liu Kun (host):
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Securing a liveable planet and the retail price of electricity are important but current fossil fuel profit margins are slowing grid decarbonisation. Water temperature in the Pacific is influencing methane emissions in the sub-Arctic. Enjoy nature this Easter. Washington’s cherry blossom peak bloom Whoever is the next President of the USA will have fewer cherry Continue reading »
Unpacking the care economy, Dr Robbie Lloyd investigates some of the key issues impacting our communities in a series of articles that explore ageing, disability, mental health reform, the challenges of health policy and reform, drugs and alcohol and domestic family violence. (A repost from 2023). Crushing the human connection: Managerialism does not deliver good Continue reading »
I see humanity as at the mouth of a very long, very dark tunnel. And right at the end of that tunnel, there’s a little star that’s hope. And it’s no good sitting at the mouth of the tunnel folding our arms and hoping that the star will come. I travel around the world 300 Continue reading »
In February PETA sprang into action to rescue a pigeon held in India which had been accused of spying for China. They secured its release. In March five pairs of socks were found in a factory in Malaysia with the word ‘Allah’ printed on them. A team of 40 policemen carried out checks at the Continue reading »
It’s well past time that Australia’s English language requirements for working holiday visas was addressed and applied consistently for young people in all countries. Australia has two types of visas for backpackers – young people who want to combine a holiday with work in Australia. The Working Holiday Maker visa (sub-class 417) and the Work Continue reading »
Has there ever been a more important time for peacemaking with a universal consciousness? In Interior Castle St. Teresa of Avila writes from her prayers about the different ways the divine speaks to us. She differentiates three ways: Firstly, those times when the divine is perceived through our senses – what we might see and Continue reading »
‘If you are not outraged by injustice, you lose touch with your own humanity.’ A ‘Gaza Plea for a Common Humanity’ was presented in the Australian Federal Parliament on Thursday morning March 28. Most MPs had disappeared for Easter, but too much was at stake to cancel a Plea that addressed the hell of Gaza, Continue reading »