Human Rights?
The term Genocide was first used in 1945 to describe the deliberate, targeted killing of Jews by the German Nazi regime. It was a very […]
Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia?
It would seem that many countries around the world have decided that democracy has run its race. Russia, India, Hungary, Turkey, Poland, China, Slovakia, Afghanistan, […]
Imperial Venality Defends Itself: Day Two of Julian Assange’s High Court Appeal
On February 21, the Royal Courts of Justice hosted a second day of carnivalesque mockery regarding the appeal by lawyers representing an ill Julian Assange, […]
I’m Not A Racist Butt…
It’s interesting how quickly things change! I mean wasn’t it just yesterday when Morrison and his fellow Liberals were telling us that people were innocent […]
Desperation grows in Ukraine war, two years on
Australia for UNHCR Media Release Australia for UNHCR is appealing for renewed support for Ukrainians as conditions worsen two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion. […]
Peak housing bodies and unions urge end to funding uncertainty
Leading homelessness advocates and unions have united in a joint push for state and federal housing ministers to plug a $73 million funding black hole […]
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
United Nations Media Release UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to […]
Identifying Imperial Venality: Day One of Julian Assange’s High Court Appeal
On February 20, it was clear that things were not going to be made easy for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who infuriated the US […]
Urgent call for Australian Centre for Disease Control to reconcile COVID-19 health advice
Public Health Association of Australia Media Release Public health experts are calling for the Federal Government to urgently implement and properly resource the proposed Australian […]
The Hero Haunted World
By James Moore I do not understand. Perhaps, I never will. Does anyone? As Russia kills innocents in Ukraine and dissidents within its own borders, […]
Swiftie Nonsense Down Under
Gaza. Palestinians. Israel. Genocide. Taylor Swift? This odd cobbling of words is the extent celebrities make a mockery of serious conversation, even in such middle-brow […]
New research highlights the growing prevalence and economic impact of non-competes
New research by the e61 Institute presents five facts on the use of non-competes and other post-employment restraints in Australia based on new ABS survey […]
Ok, So This Is A Boring Post… Or Should I Say A Boring Read?
Gloria Sty, bud Iyam riting this coz I wanna mayk sum poynts bowt reeding and fonnix… You probably read that first sentence more slowly than […]
Border Paranoia in Fortress Australia
The imaginative faculties of standard Australian politicians retreat to some strange, deathly place on certain issues. In that wasteland, they are often unrecoverable. Like juveniles […]
Where the Palestine laboratory takes us all
By Antony Loewenstein Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October has caused the biggest number of Palestinian deaths and largest displacement since the 1948 Nakba. […]