Lessons for Australia from a world on fire: former emergency chiefs

Emergency Leaders for Climate Action Media Release Former fire service leaders from every state and territory are warning climate pollution is fueling the fires ravaging across Europe, Canada and the ...

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Horse, Anyone? Equine Spotting in the Food Chain

The undeservedly discredited horse is again coming in for criticism as a food filler for items that make nary mention of its presence. In a world of mass supply, changing of hands, and bewilderingly c...

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Book review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall is a work of historical fiction. It is meticulously researched, but Hilary Mantel has allowed herself ample space, in which she has thoroughly personalised the figure of Thomas Cromwell. Tho...

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After 157 days of Iran war failure, Trump must quit the war or quit the presidency

By Walt Zlotow  President Trump is flailing around like every world leader in history who launched a criminal war of choice he can’t win but can’t quit. Like every losing criminal war predecessor, he’...

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THE PREDATORS' PARADISE

THE PREDATORS’ PARADISE Neoliberalism, Colonial Ideology, and the Weaponisation of Zionism Dedicated to: The Truth Abstract This essay examines the coordinated campaign that has reshaped Australia’s p...

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In search of Motherland

Where in hell can you go Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete That keeps drawing its way About a thousand miles a day? Take on last look behind [...]

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Israel stole Palestine because they wished Palestine was empty

Terra Nullius means “Land belonging to no-one” in Latin Most of us in the West still believe that the Jews were always in Palestine, from biblical times, and thus had a right to reclaim their [...]

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Many top military leaders opposed atomic bombings

By Walt Zlotow Every year the four day period August 6 – 9 brings to mind the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. This year marks the 81th anniversary of those horrific acts. We may now [...]

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Why Australia Still Rewards Landlords Over Renters

By Denis Hay   Description Australia still rewards landlords. It is reforming landlord tax concessions, but renters and public housing remain disadvantaged by decades of unequal policy. For decades, A...

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Netanyahu, Biden and Trump join forces to commit genocide

A short history of Gaza’s destruction Just when we thought Israel’s genocide was the final straw in Palestine’s tragic story, Donald Trump again exposes his own, and Netanyahu’s, disregard for standar...

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Who’s listening now?

By Christopher Kennedy   Who’s listening now? Hanson and her followers. It was very interesting to read an article in Pearls and Irritations where the author, Kos Samaras in “The half-empty hall: why ...

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What today’s polls could mean for tomorrow’s election

Opinion polls are snapshots, not predictions. Governments have recovered from dreadful polling before, and oppositions have turned seemingly hopeless situations into election victories. Yet sometimes ...

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Worst Case Scenario

By James Moore   “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” (H. L. Mencken, American Journalist, 1880-1956). I have spent most of my [......

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No better... even worse

By Walt Zlotow   Here’s my say on the matter. I’ll keep it brief: Americans supporting Trump’s attack on Iran are no better than Germans that supported Hitler’s attack on Poland in ‘39 and Japanese th...

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Football Lucre: The Revolt Against Infantino’s Funding Plans

It is a stew of inedible quality. But eat it we are expected to do. Consider the stomach-churning ingredients. FIFA, an opaque organisation of mafia qualities that governs world football. Add to the m...

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Australian Political Futures: Break with Deep Secrecy in AI Investment

Political insiders need to be more open about the depth of both strategic and economic consequences of AI investment. Achieving the right balance in Australian AI investment has brought on a firm acco...

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Remember When Barnaby Was The Electoral Liability And Not The Brains Of The Outfit?

I remember someone saying that Barnaby Joyce was one of the best retail politicians and I couldn’t help but wonder if there were politicians you could get wholesale. I also remember when the Coalition...

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Israel has destroyed its reputation, for the sake of its genocidal leader’s career

We all know what happened on October 7, 2023. Hamas launched a savage and sustained attack on Israel. It was deadly and it was an attack on mainly unarmed civilians. It was certainly a surprise, [...]

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Earth’s Greatest Enemy: The Pentagon’s Toxic Legacy

By Denis Hay   Description Earth’s Greatest Enemy exposes the U.S. military’s environmental impact – and why Australia’s unquestioning support must be challenged. Watching Earth’s Greatest Enemy is a ...

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Tony Abbott – gone but never forgotten

One of my daughters, a wise young head, when describing certain individuals of less than stellar intelligence, uses the phrase “he (or she) will never be Prime Minister”. It is a curiously descriptive...

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China’s Classic Cars: Emerging Niche or Asia’s Next Automotive Frontier?

By Guo Keyu  While Western collector car cultures have spent over a century maturing into mult-billion-dollar industries, China’s story is just getting started. As the world’s largest auto market shif...

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When the performance of the political animal in power loses its appeal, the animal turns to war

May this circus end sooner rather than later for the sake of all. I. Introduction: When Performance Replaces Strategy In March 2026, U.S. Secretary of Defence (later dubbed “Secretary of War”) Pete He...

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New York Mayor Mamdani only Democratic leader in sync

By Walt Zlotow    New York Mayor Mamdani only Democratic leader in sync with majority of Democrats calling for arrest of Netanyahu for war crimes. There are well over a thousand, likely several thousa...

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LABOR'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE: A TRIUMPH OF UNITY

Bryan Dawe speaks to a senior figure from the Australian Labor Party DAWE: Thanks for joining me. CLARKE: Good to be here, Bryan. Comrade. Great conference. Great, great conference. DAWE: You’re pleas...

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The climate is now personal for all of us

“When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can’t eat money.” Attributed to a Native American chief, the source is disputed. Like most [...]

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Managed Extinguishment: Husic, Debating Gaza and the ALP Conference

The Israeli embassy in Canberra had warned about it, and, with rattling confidence, thought it appropriate to remind the Australian Labor Party that they were going too far. The concerns – a nice doll...

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Politics has a habit of changing slowly… until it doesn’t

Only a few months ago the Liberal Party was talking about renewal. A new leader. A fresh start. A chance to reconnect with voters after a devastating election defeat. Instead, the latest polling sugge...

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When genocide is silenced in the name of "unity"

When genocide is silenced in the name of “unity”: Labor’s festering wound Dedicated to the young Senator, the young Muslim – who dared to speak when others stayed silent. I. Introduction: A Funeral fo...

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A very successful medical revolution

By Christopher Kennedy   In a pretty pathetic ‘exclusive’ in today’s Guardian we hear the same old rubbish about cannabis. From people trying to make a living out of making cannabis sound like an evil...

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