The Gaza Genocide and The West: Some Inconvenient Truths
The utter slaughter, ethnic cleansing and genocide that Israel has carried out over the last six months has, of course, been harrowing to watch. The […]
Politics
Australian Futures: Are Our Global Economic and Strategic Policies Consistent?
By Denis Bright NATO leaders met in Brussels to anticipate more policy confusion after the US Presidential elections on 5 November 2024. From ten major […]
Killing Aid Workers: Australia’s Muddled Policy on Israel
The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, was distraught and testy. It seemed that, on this occasion, Israel had gone too far. Not too far in […]
Cost-of-Living Politics: How Sustainable is Policy Momentum for Affordable Public Transport?
By Denis Bright In Australia’s motorized society, most householders still turn their ignition keys as a reflexive response to their transport needs. Transport black spots […]
A Republican victory in 2024 is a “free market” death sentence for humanity
After the Super Tuesday results signalled Trump would become the Republican presidential candidate in November, a first promise was that “We’re going to drill baby […]
Murdoch’s monster Trump all trussed up and in for a wild ride
A hog-tied Joe Biden is depicted in a life-size decal on the tailgate of a pickup truck in an image Donald Trump posts on Truth […]
Triumph over Dutton-style politics: A retrospective look
Of course, any election will have various reasons for why a particular candidate or party won or lost. Therefore, what I write can only be […]
The problems with a principled stand
In the past couple of weeks, the conservative parties have retained government in two jurisdictions across Australia, the (party political) Brisbane City Council and Tasmania. […]
Purgatorial Torments: Assange and the UK High Court
What is it about British justice that has a certain rankness to it, notably when it comes to dealing with political charges? The record is […]
The AUKUS Cash Cow: Robbing the Australian Taxpayer
Two British ministers, the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, paid a recent visit to Australia recently as part of the […]
Team Dutton duds women; snubs gender equality, bipartisanship and democracy
Actions speak louder than words if not nearly as often, while inactions can speak louder than both. The Liberals are paying lip service to a […]
What has age got to do with it?
The ongoing commentary about the relative ages of the two Presidential candidates is becoming tedious. What matters most is their ability to lead. By the […]
Human potential is crushed by disaster capitalism
We must speak to people who require assistance and listen to their needs instead of speaking over them. In the case of Australia’s refugee policy, […]
Censors Celebrated: Misinformation and Disinformation Down Under
The heralded arrival of the Internet caused flutters of enthusiasm, streaks of heart-felt hope. Unregulated, and supposedly all powerful, an information medium never before seen […]
Archer, Pocock win McKinnon Prize for outstanding political leadership
Federal Member for Bass Bridget Archer and ACT Senator David Pocock have been announced as winners of the McKinnon Prize, Australia’s independent, non-partisan award for […]