Balancing eSafety and Online Censorship, 2024
By Denis Hay Description: Explore how Australia’s eSafety laws impact free speech and how currency sovereignty can help balance regulation and rights. Introduction to eSafety […]
Ignorant. Woke.
Yesterday I was ignorant. I had received, unsolicited, a YouTube video about the dangers of GMO which is in the Covid vaccinations most of us […]
Violence in our churches
We must always condemn violence. There must be no tolerance for brutality, and we must take action to diminish violence whether it is tied to […]
Treasuring the moment: a military tattoo
By Frances Goold He asked if we had anything planned for Anzac Day. “A big rest” was all I could come up with. “What about […]
Top water experts urge renewed action to secure future of Murray-Darling Basin
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today urged a suite of actions and investments to protect the future of the Murray-Darling […]
Warring Against Encryption: Australia is Coming for Your Communications
On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, […]
Of Anzac Day
By Maria Millers For many the long-stablished story of the Gallipoli landings and to a lesser extent the Western Front remain the defining moments for […]
Media statement: update on removal of extreme violent content
By a spokesperson for the eSafety Commissioner: Yesterday the Federal Court granted an interim injunction compelling X Corp to hide Class 1 material on X […]
Why I’m Confused By Peter Dutton And Other Strange Things…
I just realised that the title could be a little ambiguous. It could mean that I’m confused by strange things as well as Peter Dutton. […]
Not in my name
By Roger Chao Not in my name In this quiet hour, I summon words, a humble man amidst shadows long, To speak of wounds not […]
Censorship Wars: Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners and Violent Content
The attitudes down under towards social media have turned barmy. While there is much to take Elon Musk to task for his wrecking ball antics […]
Political Futures: Prepare for the Onslaught from Professionalized Lobbyists
By Denis Bright Australia is quite vulnerable to political instability associated with future downturns in global trade and investment. Despite the current affordability crisis, market […]
Jake’s First Ride West
By James Moore “We need the tonic of wildness. At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require […]
Reflections on the return of the Green Horned Devil
The green-horned devil, “Mother of Dragons”, or 12P/Pons-Brooks, a dirty big snowball, larger than Everest, hurtles into view from the edge of the solar system […]
The paradox of tolerance: do we suppress authoritarians’ speech before they suppress us?
The global movement towards authoritarianism took a step forward this week, and faced an experiment in checking its infiltration. In America, a frightening move towards […]