President Donald J. Trump has been engaged with berating human caravans, a…
By Dr Strobe DriverNormally I restrict my opinions to international relations issues…
Those in the war industry and the business of commemorating the dead…
Soft power was always a term best suited for eunuchs. It relies…
It means, "shut the f*ck up!"It means, make no noise!It means let…
The Global Risks Report 2018 produced by the World Economic Forum lays…
Oh for a government who didn’t spend all their time finding reasons not to:Bring sick children on Nauru to Australia to get medical helpResettle refugees in New Zealand (or prior to that, Malaysia) or…let’s make this easy and cheap and only fair….hereReduce emissionsInvest in renewable energyProtect water security, the water…
Richard Horton’s note in an October 2015 issue of The Lancet was cautiously optimistic. It described the launch of Doctors for Climate Change Action, led by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) in the lead-up to the UN Climate Change Conference COP21. The initiative had arisen from a statement…
In June 2018, when the world broke into uniform outrage over the forced separation and detention of illegal migrant children in the United States, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was quick to stomp on any hope for the men, women and children trapped on Nauru and Manus Island: “…
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and…
Those in the war industry and the business of commemorating the dead have little time for peace, even as they…
President Donald J. Trump has been engaged with berating human caravans, a spectacle that might have been odd in another…
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By Dr Strobe DriverNormally I restrict my opinions to international relations issues with a particular emphasis on war and conflict…
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So the Liberal Party has hired a bus as a new toy for PM Scott Morrison. As a special gesture,…
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The Global Risks Report 2018 produced by the World Economic Forum lays out very clearly why this ridiculous debate about…
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It seems that in politics telling lies, fabricating half truths and being wilfully misleading is now par for the course…
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"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and…
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By John Haly“Recalcitrant” is what Prime minister Keating once described Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir over economic considerations with APEC.…
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By Keith Antonysen Already when the Paris COP21 was being negotiated some scientists were stating that reaching a 1.5C increase in temperature…
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Recently there has been a lot of commentary about the Big Dry. From news.com.au to the 7:30 report to your nearest…
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By George TheodoridisTwenty-five minutes into last Monday night's QandA, a question was asked about the refugees and specifically the children, stuck…
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It is an organisation not without its problems. Conceived in the heat of idealism, and promoted as the vanguard of…
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'Enough is Enough'….All consumers and psychologists in Australia deserve equal access to Medicare!The following is reproduced with permission from the…
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Those in the war industry and the business of commemorating the dead have little time for peace, even as they…
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Soft power was always a term best suited for eunuchs. It relies on persuasion, counsel and an air of seduction.…
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By BarddylbachIf you think you know the history, can distinguish fact from legend and myth, if the Great War could ever be…
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It means, "shut the f*ck up!"It means, make no noise!It means let me think for a minute. Let me reflect.It…
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By Stephen FitzgeraldThe first German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, said there were two sights the public should not see: The…
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By Loz LawreyI constantly hear the word “values” bandied about in public debate. What are values? The label commonly refers…
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