The Burning Man
By James Moore I suppose it is an easy argument to make that anyone who sets themselves on fire has mental health issues. Aaron Bushnell, […]
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Cognitive Bias
A term I had not come across before but can cover a multitude of sins: Cognitive Bias. Reading an article in the Guardian this morning, […]
Homelessness funding guarantee will save critical jobs
Homelessness Australia Media Release Homelessness Australia has strongly endorsed the Federal Government’s decision to plug a $73 million funding shortfall for homelessness services. Funding for […]
Old Problems with the New: Reforming the UN Security Council
The end of the Second World War was a calamitous catalyst, laying the bricks and mortar for institutions that were always going to look weary, […]
Human Rights?
The term Genocide was first used in 1945 to describe the deliberate, targeted killing of Jews by the German Nazi regime. It was a very […]
Desperation grows in Ukraine war, two years on
Australia for UNHCR Media Release Australia for UNHCR is appealing for renewed support for Ukrainians as conditions worsen two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion. […]
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
United Nations Media Release UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to […]
Urgent call for Australian Centre for Disease Control to reconcile COVID-19 health advice
Public Health Association of Australia Media Release Public health experts are calling for the Federal Government to urgently implement and properly resource the proposed Australian […]
New research highlights the growing prevalence and economic impact of non-competes
New research by the e61 Institute presents five facts on the use of non-competes and other post-employment restraints in Australia based on new ABS survey […]
Where the Palestine laboratory takes us all
By Antony Loewenstein Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October has caused the biggest number of Palestinian deaths and largest displacement since the 1948 Nakba. […]
No, no, no, no. Not more ‘illegals’!
A group of South Asian men arrived on our doorstep seeking shelter, seeking a place to be made welcome, seeking safety and security. We don’t […]
Rafah, Gaza: Urgent Statement from CEOs of Humanitarian and Human Rights Organisations
Oxfam Media Release We are appalled by the harrowing developments in Rafah, Gaza’s most populated area where 1.5 million people are sheltering as their last […]
Outbound Train
By James Moore “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy The water from atop the bridge was a cold and […]
Here Come the Steroid Games
To attribute weighty moral codes to athletes has always been a silly pastime of the judging classes and flesh admiring voyeurs. But sporting bodies, in […]
The ballad of Julian Assange in Belmarsh Gaol starts with corrupt Interpol Red Notice
By guest columnist and longtime Assange supporter, Tess Lawrence Interpol’s Red Notice warrant issued for Julian Assange was bloated with corruption. One of its presidents […]