Report on Government Services 2024
Productivity Commission Media Release The Productivity Commission yesterday released the Report on Government Services 2024. The report shows how governments have performed in the delivery […]
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Slamming Shut the Golden Door
By James Moore “The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all […]
“Shit Life Syndrome”: the criminalisation of poverty
In the book Pathogenesis, the author Jonathan Kennedy refers to the phrase ‘Shit Life Syndrome’ being coined by local doctors in Blackpool, one of the […]
It’s All About Me: Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Statehood
Israel has been given enormous license to control the security narrative in the Middle East for decades. This is not to say it is always […]
Cost-of-Living Challenges: Time for More Creative Use of Leisure Time Near Home?
By Denis Bright The upsurge on post-COVID air fares to exotic holiday destinations in Australia and overseas justifies a closer look at creative activities closer […]
Eyeless in Gaza: Some thoughts on an art world split
By Frances Goold ‘Schwartz claims her role to be that of a “counterpoint” to that of the museum. “Within public spaces and museums there is […]
Cost of living crisis, cost of living crisis, cost of living crisis …
Repeat again and again, we are living in a cost of living crisis. And the government really urgently right now ought to be doing something […]
Enough with Iowa and New Hampshire
By James Moore Moses was mad. Our bus was rolling to a pancake breakfast being held to support the 1996 presidential campaign of Phil Gramm. […]
Nearly three quarters of millionaires polled in G20 countries support higher taxes on wealth, over half think extreme wealth is a “threat to democracy”
Oxfam Media Release Polling comes as 260 millionaires and billionaires sign new letter, directed at political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying […]
Bypassing Parliament: Westminster, the Royal Prerogative and Bombing Yemen
There is something distinctly revolting and authoritarian about the royal prerogative. It reeks of clandestine assumption, unwarranted self-confidence and, most of all, a blithe indifference […]
Nominations open for Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition
Australia for UNHCR / SBS Media Release Nominations are now open for the third Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition, presented by SBS and Australia […]
Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are Incapable of Genocide
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and blatant hostility. In a famous cabinet meeting […]
Living in a More Motorized Harbour City: Are the New Motorways Improving Quality of Life in Sydney?
By Denis Bright Media coverage of the traffic chaos in Sydney’s Inner West associated with the opening of the Rozelle Interchange on 26 November 2023 […]
Wealth of three richest Australians has doubled since 2020 as cost-of-living pressures for many continue to bite
Oxfam Australia Media Release Analysis finds that in the same period, five billion people around the world have been made poorer. The wealth of the […]
Hope is Not a Strategy
By James Moore “Joe Biden is a good president. The country is better off. The Democratic Party is strong.” – Simon Rosenberg, The Hopium Chronicles […]