The High Court’s judgment in March 2025 in favour of the Gumatj people has reaffirmed the centrality of the Indigenous peoples of Gove in the Northern Territory in the native title revolution that was conceived in a case against mining company, Nabalco Ltd, in the 1960s and continued with the High Court’s Mabo and Wik Continue reading »
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The drug companies have bought both American political parties. They have not bought Australia. America’s pharmaceutical giants do not love the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. It costs them money. They’ve tried for decades to hobble the PBS or to knock the scheme over altogether. Each time they’ve failed. Now, with Donald Trump in the White House, Continue reading »
After two recent bouts of flooding already this year in Far North Queensland and more in the south-east of the state and in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, the perennial matter of our use of floodplains is in the news once more. Specifically, the issue of building houses on flood-liable land has come Continue reading »
The shock waves continue from Columbia University’s capitulation to Trump administration demands that undermine its independence. The world is watching and waves are already crashing on Australia’s shores. New York’s Columbia University has long been a central site for student (and staff) protest. All the big issues of the day have seen action – from Continue reading »
Australian voters heading to the polls need to be aware there’s little standing between them and potential manipulation of information by vested interests. The loss of Australia’s go-to political fact-checker and the rise of AI tools has created a crisis for political accountability just as the nation’s voters prepare to go to the polls. Professional Continue reading »
With the news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make the trip to Government House early today, and the election will be called for May 3, Pearls and Irritations begins its election coverage. Over the 5 weeks of the campaign, leading up to the poll, we will bring you nuanced pieces, with a view to Continue reading »
Trump’s “Operation Aurora” swept up only one suspected gang member — but set the stage for a radical expansion of government power.
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Before this election is much older, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are going to have to determine where they stand on all the important issues. There’s a substantial chance that both are wrongly positioned and that each might have to face the other way, or perish politically. It’s not for an argument about which vista Continue reading »
As the latest ceasefire has predictably ended, will the world start taking notice of the Palestinians again? There’s been a stark absence of coverage in mainstream media of the ongoing decimation of Gaza and the West Bank. I imagine the average citizen believes it’s all okay now, the onslaught has ended and there’s nothing more Continue reading »