Paul Keating’s report on his meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi brought back memories of an hour long one on one conversation I had with Jiang Zemin, who in 1987 brought a trade mission to Sydney. He was the Mayor of Shanghai at the time. The Keating Government had funded the Shanghai Trade Display Continue reading »
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As the UN Security Council finally overcomes the US’ calculated protection of Israel’s aggression in order to pass a ceasefire resolution in Gaza; the failure of the UN, the US and western media to give us the full and true story of the Palestinian tragedy has become clear. We cannot rely on compromised bodies such Continue reading »
“There is no way they could have been considered combatants,” said one writer and analyst. “This is unreal.” Adding to the mountain of evidence that Israel is engaged in a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera on Thursday aired footage of what the news outlet reported was an Israeli drone targeting four Palestinians Continue reading »
The long arc of history dominated the discussion between China Foreign Minister Wang Yi and former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. “In the main, (it) was a big picture discussion about the geostrategic balances and influences in the world,” Keating said. This conversation was different from the discussions in the Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue Continue reading »
Such is the title of a recently published FOREIGN AFFAIRS article by Bernie Sanders, the sub-title of which is Replacing Greed, Militarism and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights. Readers will recall Bernie Sanders as the Senator for Vermont with a reputation as a liberal progressive who sought the Democratic nomination for President in Continue reading »
In 1942, a Finnish sound engineer Thor Damen, secretly recorded 11 minutes of a conversation between Finland’s Commander-in-Chief, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim and Adolf Hitler, without the latter’s knowledge. Fighting as allies, both seemed awed and shocked by the Soviet capacity to fight, Hitler exclaiming, “They had the most armaments that people could imagine. Well, if Continue reading »
Under the Morrison and Albanese governments it may well be that the FoI Act has been more restrictively administered than at any time since it came into effect in 1982. In the early 1970s the Whitlam Government set up an inter-departmental committee to prepare advice on freedom of information legislation. As that Government became burdened Continue reading »
“Happy to have engaged in a provocative yet always civil dialogue with the famous China expert Orville Schell at the Asia Society in New York on Thursday, 21st March. Hope you will enjoy it too.” Continue reading »
The operation of democracy in Australia is incapable of addressing the impending environmental and climate crises because of conflict between tested truth – and convenient lies. Speaking about the State of the Global Climate report launch 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Sirens are blaring across all major indicators… Some records aren’t just chart-topping, Continue reading »
Another federal government program to fight foreign disinformation falls flat.
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