As I get older, change becomes both a nightmare and a necessity
Indeed, we only change once it gets too uncomfortable to stay the same. A philosopher once said: “The secret of change is to focus all […]
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BioNTech to establish clinical-scale mRNA manufacturing facility at La Trobe University
La Trobe University Media Release La Trobe University will be home to the manufacturing of new investigational mRNA therapies for serious diseases including cancer, with […]
Abject failure to forge ceasefire means international community complicit in unfolding catastrophe in Gaza
Oxfam Australia Media Release The Israeli military onslaught in southern Gaza is causing destruction, danger, and civilian terror and suffering at such a scale that […]
Mid year economic update must confront growing housing and homelessness crisis
Homeless Australia Media Release The Federal Government must address the housing and homelessness crisis in its mid-year economic outlook as a new analysis from Homelessness […]
The Power of a Flower
By James Moore When I was a boy up in Michigan, a bit of the joy of Christmas was drained from me because I knew […]
Permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee welcome, but government must establish poverty measure
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS welcomes the Senate’s passage of legislation to create a permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, but says […]
Suffering and killing in Gaza must stop now
Plan International Australia Media Release STATEMENT: The horror and trauma children are facing in Gaza right now is indescribable and unconscionable – suffering and killing […]
COP28: Where Fossil Fuel Industries Go to Gloat
The sequence of COP meetings, ostensibly a United Nations forum to discuss dramatic climate change measures in the face of galloping emissions, has now been […]
Refreshing the Camelot School: Kennedy Hagiography at Sixty
Camelot, the sweetly sentimental shorthand for a shortened US presidency, has generated a mythopoetry so rich it turns the stomach, clogs the intestines, and soils […]
CFMEU mourns loss of Labor MP Peta Murphy
CFMEU Media Release The Construction, Forestry, Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has paid tribute to Labor MP Peta Murphy who has died, aged 50. Ms Murphy […]
Henry Kissinger: Snake Oil Salesman of Gangster Realism
“‘He’ll have ye smilin’,” an old Irish saying goes, “while he takes the gold out of your teeth’.” Charles Glass, London Review of Books, Oct […]
Building the future foundations for giving in Australia
Productivity Commission Media Release The Productivity Commission has proposed an overhaul of the system that determines which charities can receive tax-deductible donations. This is part […]
SAC takes on CPAC
By Brian Morris Secular Australia justifiably expects equal media attention to that given to CPAC – the Conservative Political Action Conference that stages rallies promoting […]
I remember Texas
By James Moore “There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.” – Rosa […]
More than one hundred scholarships awarded to boost diversity in STEM
Australian Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Media Release The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today announced 116 scholarships […]