Shark Attack: Fearing Monsters in the Whitsundays
It begins with a gruesome account: a tourist, paddle-boarding and swimming in an idyllic setting baked by sun – in this case, Cid Harbour in […]
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Extreme distraction (part 2)
By Tony Andrews … Continued from Part 1 The world is rigged, and it has been for a very long time. Society has a bad […]
Masquerading Reforms: The Tricks of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
The surgical dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi has sent the military establishments of several countries into a tizz. Arms manufacturers are wondering whether this is an […]
Extreme distraction
By Tony Andrews A revolution has occurred while we’ve been watching the telly, dreaming of a new car, dishwasher or holiday, and trying our best […]
“This country belongs to whoever shows up”
Imagine what sort of government we would get if only older people voted. Well that’s practically what happened in the USA, where only 46.1 per […]
Closing Loopholes: Taxing the Digital Giants
The treasurers of various countries seem to be stumbling over each other in the effort, but taxing the digital behemoths has become something of an […]
Losing Users: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Problems
His detractors and enemies have been waiting some time for this, but it must have given them moments of mild cheer. Facebook, the all-gazing, accumulating […]
War, religion, and a half billion dollars
When you do the maths, you realise almost a half billion of your dollars has been set aside by the Morrison Government to redevelop the […]
Moving Right in Brazil: The Rise of Jair Bolsonaro
Moving left has been a Brazilian political tendency for some time, a tendency affirmed through the 1990s and 2000s with the presidential administrations of Fernando […]
Angela Merkel’s Last Days
Cultural compilations such as James Frazer’s The Golden Bough are rich with these accounts: the high priest or leader of a tribe, whose lengthy tenure […]
Julian Assange, Ecuador and the Dangers of Farce
This is the next stage of the Julian Assange chronicles: from the summit of information disclosures and meddlesome revelations on classified state matters, the Australian […]
The Arms Behind the Invictus Games
The origins of the Invictus Games (“For our Wounded Warriors,” goes the slogan) lies in war. Wars that crippled and caused depression and despair. The […]
Through the looking glass darkly
October 2019. The Australian Labor Party is the government of Australia holding a whopping majority in the lower house, but it must deal with a […]
Agents of Chaos: Trump, the Federal Reserve and Andrew Jackson
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes” (President Andrew Jackson, Washington, […]
What is it with Heaven and Millennials?
The promise of an afterlife – to meet departed family and friends – appeals to many; but especially for younger Australians. Why do they dismiss […]