More Clive James: Climate Change Sceptic (Part 1)
This discussion continues from the previous post “Clive James: Climate Change Sceptic” published in The AIMN recently. That post took four lines of Clive James’s […]
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We. Have. No. Water.
Dear All, I have just emailed the Premier and Barnaby Joyce to tell them that I am starting a social media campaign. (I don’t actually […]
Paranoid Groundings and Technocratic States: Hillary Clinton versus Mark Zuckerberg
It is another one of those contests and disagreements where the contestants should all lose, or at the very least, be subjected to a torturous […]
Trump’s Failed Bullying: Britain accepts 5G Huawei Technology
It is strikingly bullying and bullish. US officials have been less than reserved in their threats about what Britain’s proposed dealings with Huawei over admitting […]
Split Hearings: The Assange Extradition Case Drags On
It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the Julian Assange extradition case now […]
Diminishing Returns: Calculated Misery in Air Travel
If there comes a point when people will decide not to fly, the issue may well be less to do with any moral or ethical […]
A rant and a challenge
By Al Ross This article was written to challenge anyone who has ever made an absolute statement on any issue. (Oh, the irony). Preface One: […]
Cyclone Tracy: a disaster in another time
It is just over 45 years since Cyclone Tracy virtually destroyed Darwin. It was the event which put Darwin on the map for many Australians […]
Janus-Faced on Climate Change: Microsoft’s Carbon Vision
“This is a bold bet – a moonshot – for Microsoft.” So claimed Brad Smith, Microsoft President, in a Thursday announcement painting a picture of […]
My Kangaroo Island
The looks of excitement on our faces was sure evidence that Mr Borham’s idea was met with class approval. It was 1966. Trevor Borham was […]
A Matter of Quality: Air Pollution, Tennis and Sporting Officialdom
They are disgruntled and have every right to be. Whatever one’s feelings about tennis, expecting athletes to perform in subpar conditions is a rank matter […]
Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court
London. Another slot of judicial history, another notch to be added to the woeful record of legal proceedings being undertaken against Julian Assange. The ailing […]
UniSA expert calls for ‘fire-line’ to future-proof against bushfire disaster
Media Release As fires continue to burn across Australia, damage estimates are now in the billions. More than 8.4 million hectares have been burnt, almost […]
Harry and Meghan Exit: The Royal Family Propaganda Machine
Royal gossip is worth its weight in gold on the British media circuit. Buckingham Palace knows that, and seeks to control, as much as it […]
Vague Imminence: US policy, Pre-emptive Force and Qasem Soleimani
International relations is typified by its vagueness of definition and its shallowness of justification. Be it protecting citizens of a state in another, launching a […]