Infectious Follies: Britain’s Freedom Day
He can scant resist a slogan, but UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s insistence on describing Britain’s exit from lockdown as Freedom Day came with its […]
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How CDN Providers Break the Internet
“After years of IT experts telling us that we ‘can’t break the internet’ by pressing the wrong button, it turns out we can do it […]
The Pros and Cons of Unionism in the Pandemic
By Callen Sorensen Karklis Seventy-seven years ago, the first wage claim in Australia was won by relatives and my great, great grandfather Alfred Martin on […]
Branson Goes to Space
Profligate, vain and utterly pleased with himself, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson could boast about his latest adventure of megalomania. Unlike others of the stinking […]
Arts and culture workers neglected during COVID, study shows, as sector set to miss out again
University of South Australia Media Release As NSW and Victoria grapple with a fresh round of lockdowns, advocates including ACOSS and the Media Entertainment and […]
When Football Did Not Come Home
They were in with a shot. The English team, deliriously floating on chants of Football’s Coming Home, had made it to their first major tournament […]
Can I Gladys at 11 O’Clock
An hour a day keeps the doctor away! ‘First of all can I… can I say in my defence…’ as we announce the numbers on […]
Immigration does not harm wages outcomes for Australians: CEDA
CEDA Media Statement Recent commentary from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) perpetuates the myth that immigration harms the employment and wages prospects of local […]
Protecting Eden: Pornography and Age Verification Down Under
Sex on the screen and on the page has often incurred the wrath of Australian censors. Over the years, the opaquely functioning Office of Film […]
The Bishops of Brisbane …
This could have been a poem. But it is not. I want to live down in the fucking dirt of truth and reality. I want […]
The US Appeals the Assange Ruling
It took over half a year, but the US government’s case against Julian Assange continues its draining grind. Even the Biden administration, which claims to […]
Thordarson’s Fabrications: Another Hole in the Julian Assange Prosecution
The tyrannical, brutal cynicism of keeping Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison remains one of the more inglorious marks of the British legal system and, it […]
Leaving Bagram Airbase: The Day the US Imperium Turned Tail
From the Bagram Airbase they left, leaving behind a piece of the New York World Trade Centre that collapsed with such graphic horror on September […]
The Known Knowns of Donald Rumsfeld
“On the morning of September 11, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld ran to the fire at the Pentagon to assist the wounded and ensure the safety of […]
Clinching in the Breach: Matt Hancock Resigns
From his secure fortress of contented spite, Dominic Cummings, exiled from the power he once wielded at Number 10 as one of the chosen, must […]