Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Royal Commission into Antisemitism a "$131 Million Whinge" - Michael West

Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money

michaelwest.com.au

High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert

NT government had granted 30-year licence to grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment

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Construction corruption: does not stop at the bottom so follow it to the top

Victoria’s construction royal commission must investigate crime, intimidation and labour abuse on building sites – but also the political, financial and procurement systems that allow corruption to fl...

pearlsandirritations.com

IDF closes investigation into brutal 2023 settler attack on Palestinians without charges

The closure of an investigation into alleged torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers highlights the near-total impunity surrounding escalating violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

pearlsandirritations.com

Israel is losing America – and endangering Jews

Israel’s war in Gaza has eroded support across the US political spectrum, while Netanyahu’s claim to act for all Jews risks fuelling the very anti-Jewish hostility Israel says it opposes.

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Terrorism and the deliberate corruption of language and meaning

The word “terrorism” is applied selectively to enemies of the US and its allies, turning a legal and moral category into propaganda that obscures state violence and normalises genocide.

pearlsandirritations.com

The hounding of Tony Fauci shows Trump’s ugly America

The attacks on Tony Fauci over COVID-19 advice, masks, gain-of-function research and rejected treatments are vindictive politics dressed up as accountability.

pearlsandirritations.com

Labor unveils 'widow tax' fix after negative gearing backlash

The government is also consulting on carve-outs and changes covering newly built homes, affordable and disability housing and its new capital gains tax system.

abc.net.au

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’

Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap

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Reading and writing worsens in Australian schools as one in three students fail to meet Naplan benchmarks

Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed ‘real challenges’ but numeracy scores were heartening

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Vandalism of Melbourne defence manufacturer being investigated as terrorist act by ‘far-left extremists’

Federal police say those who vandalised a defence manufacturer and torched nearby cars could face life imprisonment

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Aboriginal community police officers sue NT authorities over alleged racial abuse and discrimination

Class action claims Indigenous staff were called slurs, exposed to racist language and paid less for doing the same work

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Staff get 52 long weekends a year as council trials four-day work week

In an Australian first, Murrumbidgee Council staff will get long weekends every week from next year when a four-day working week trial begins.

abc.net.au

The debate Australia's two-party system won't allow

Australia's adversarial two-party system is stifling democratic reform, making the case for proportional representation stronger than ever.

independentaustralia.net

The world’s conflicts should not become Australia’s

Australia cannot control wars and political upheavals overseas, but it can choose whether those conflicts are allowed to fuel division, suspicion and hatred at home.

pearlsandirritations.com

I was allowed into, and quickly pushed out of, One Nation's 'Meet The Candidates' event

Pauline Hanson barred reporters from multiple publications from her Melbourne event. Not me, but that didn’t prevent me from having one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had in journalism.

crikey.com.au

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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